Musikera

28/08/2020

Friday Feels 💕I’m missing my community groups and choirs heaps and this gives me some hope 🌈 that we can one day soon all be together again 🙏 it’s been an odd season of zoom sessions, solo creative writing and embracing the new normal. I just hope the creative arts 🎭 survive this turbulent time and we resume music making in the near future 🎶

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17/04/2020

Friday Feels 💕hope this finds you well during these challenging and surreal times. Like many I adored watching Sign along with us perform on BGT last week and I’m so pleased they were given the golden buzzer which was thoroughly deserved! It really lifted my spirits and reminded me of the power of music and community 🎶It was a moving performance singing The Greatest Showman ‘This is me’ which is an uplifting inclusive anthem 💪it also made me miss all of my groups 😔...stay safe and well, thinking of you all 🙏

See more from Britain's Got Talent at http://itv.com/talent Watch Britain's Got Talent: Unseen on the ITV HUB: https://bit.ly/2RreDOp Signing choir Sign Alon...

10/04/2020

Friday Feels 💕 I’m missing all my groups and participants heaps and I’m so thankful that work has been postponed rather than cancelled 🙏I’ve been getting creative with rhythm resources in the current climate and been experimenting with lessons via zoom 🏎 I hope you’re well and staying safe at home 🏠 thinking of you all and wishing you a peaceful Easter 🐣🎶

20/03/2020

Friday Feels 💕a challenging week as I took the decision to cancel all groups due to not feeling 100% and wanting to take every precaution and self isolate in order to protect others throughout these troubled times with the fast developing Coronavirus 🦠

Given the latest Government directive. Sadly, all future Community groups will be suspended until further notice. I am however developing online sessions and hoping to teach via zoom 🏎 so we can still feel connected and uplifted through the power of Music and Song 🎶

Music brings people together and offers hope and happiness in unsettled times. I’ve been really moved by clips of Communities around the 🌍 sharing Music and Song.

Please enjoy this video of neighbours singing 'And While Siena Sleeps’ out of their windows on a locked down street in Siena, Italy.




Stay safe and cosy, look after one another ❤️

‘We shine our best in the darkness. Thank you Siena’

13/03/2020

Friday Feels 💕still beaming from the wonderful ‘sing-a-long-a-link’ group performance last week 🎶we just love props! Ripon Community Link Limited
A brilliant week of Sing therapy and Music making with 5 youth workshops, 3 adult groups, choir and 1:1 singing lessons 🎶🙏
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08/03/2020

Super Sunday 🎉still buzzing from the electric ⚡️ performance of our wonderful ‘sing-a-long-a-Link’ 🎶 choir who performed a 30minute set list yesterday as part of the Sights and Sounds celebration event. Singing the finale of “I will follow him’” in the majestic Cathedral was simply magical 🤩and a memory which I will treasure forever🥰Thank you for the Music 🎶 Ripon Community Link Limited
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06/03/2020

Friday Feels 💕so excited for our performance at the fabulous Sights and Sounds event taking place tomorrow. The energy was electric at our final rehearsal today ⚡️
The amazing Ripon Community Link Limited Sing-a-long-a-Link choir 🎶will be singing in the Cathedral at 11.30am and the Tearoom will be providing refreshments. Local folk, please come along and support us and enjoy this brilliant celebration 🎉

28/02/2020

Friday Feels 💕so excited to perform at the Ripon Cathedral on Saturday 7th March at 11.30am with my amazing ‘Sing-a-long-a-link’ choir Ripon Community Link Limited 🎶as part of the wonderful ‘Sights and Sounds’ Event...please come and support us 🙏

07/02/2020

Friday Feels 💕a wonderful week of sensory story work, interactive drama play, sing therapy and music making in my sessions for York Mind ‘Creative Lives’ scheme 🎶🙏

31/01/2020

Friday Feels 💕so excited for the NYMAZ SEND Music Gathering 2020🎶 I always find them inspiring, uplifting and meaningful. It is such a joy meeting other practitioners and organisations, sharing practice and creative ideas

24/01/2020

Friday Feels 💕an informative article discussing the benefits of singing with others which helps to increase overall well-being and improved mental health 🎶such a joy witnessing the benefits and happiness singing brings with all my various groups and pop up choirs 🙌

Faced with panic attacks and depression, I looked to my creative past for inspiration on how to improve the present. Rediscovering singing proved the turning point I needed

17/01/2020

Friday Feels 💕 an interesting article further highlighting the power of Music 🎶 💥and how singing can boost your social life, help your mental health, and make you physically healthier and happier. Something which I’m fortunate to witness and experience through sing therapy +music making sessions 🙏

Watch the "What happens inside us when we sing?" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "How it feels to be human" playlist.

10/01/2020

Friday Feels 💕Christmas throwback of a wee snippet from one of my festive concerts 🎶always Fun and Merry with these wonderful people 🥰Ripon Community Link Limited

03/01/2020

Friday Feels 💕a New Year full of hope and promise. Lovely to be back with my ray of sunshines this morning 🎶🌞Ripon Community Link Limited

31/12/2019

Happy New Year 🥳💕a year full of new ventures and opportunities; expanding partnership work, new partners and securing freelance contracts. I feel thankful for all the engagement, magical moments and joy shared with all my participants through my workshops, singing lessons, and group sessions. It’s a privilege being able to do what I do🙏Thank you for supporting my wee enterprise and excited to see what the year ahead brings 🎶 #2020

25/12/2019

🎄Merry Christmas folks, and a Happy New Year🎶🎉🎄

Thank you for all your support, encouragement and kindness this year💕🙏

I look forward to seeing you in 2020!