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• 2 December 2020

Margaret’s Story

United Kingdom

Last month, we had the pleasure of speaking to Margaret Corcoran, an Interactive Music-Maker, about her experience of training in IMM and using music with young children. Margaret, a Teaching…

• Children
• Disability
• Activities
• Interactive Music-Making

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• 24 November 2020

Our Final Interactive Music-Making CPD Event of 2020

United Kingdom

Last Wednesday, Interactive Music-Makers gathered on Zoom for the final CPD Event of the year. After such a strange nine months it was a great opportunity to discuss the idiosyncrasies…

• Children
• Disability
• Activities
• Interactive Music-Making

• News
• 10 November 2020

Apply for the January Interactive Music-Making Course now!

There are now a limited number of places available for the next Interactive Music-Making Course, which will run from January to July 2021. Though IMM traditionally runs from September-April, we…

• Children
• Disability
• Activities
• Recruitment
• Interactive Music-Making

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• 28 October 2020

Interactive Music-Making is a Finalist for the Nursery World Awards 2020!

United Kingdom

We were so pleased to find out this morning that our structured training course here in the UK, Interactive Music-Making, run in partnership with Oxleas Music Therapy Service, is a…

• Children
• Disability
• Activities
• Interactive Music-Making

• News
• 22 June 2020

The Summer CPD Event for Interactive Music-Makers goes online

United Kingdom

Last week, we took our Summer CPD Event for Interactive Music-Makers online. Alexia met with three Interactive Music-Makers (one of whom trained in 2012!) on Zoom to discuss the challenges…

• Children
• Disability
• Activities
• Interactive Music-Making

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• 15 June 2020

Keeping going! New ALD resources and musical instrument funding for our Partners

United Kingdom

The past ten weeks have been strange and often incredibly challenging. We are constantly impressed with your dedication to the vulnerable people you care for, despite these circumstances. Though music…

• Adults
• Children
• Dementia
• Disability
• Elderly
• Young people
• Activities
• Interactive Music-Making

• News
• 21 May 2020

Applications for our 2020 Interactive Music-Making Course are now open!

United Kingdom

We are now accepting applications to our Early Years Practitioner learning programme, Interactive Music-Making (IMM), beginning in September 2020. IMM is a child-centred approach to music-making, which promotes positive relationships and fosters each child’s…

• Children
• Disability
• Activities
• Get involved
• Interactive Music-Making

• News
• 24 April 2020

Kheeima’s Story

United Kingdom

Kheeima Stewart qualified as an Interactive Music-Maker in 2018; Since then she has continued using her interactive music-making techniques and activities within her Early Years Community Co-ordinator role at Quaggy…

• Children
• Disability
• Activities
• Interactive Music-Making

• News
• 17 April 2020

Completing IMM during COVID-19: (Video) Presentation Day

United Kingdom

This past month has seen all of our lives change dramatically. Our Interactive Music-Making students all work with young children and many of them are key workers. They are currently…

• Children
• Disability
• Activities
• Interactive Music-Making

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• 30 March 2020

Ideas and guidance for our Partners during COVID-19

United Kingdom

As many of you are front-line care workers and educators, we know you will be under a lot of pressure over the course of the unfolding COVID-19 outbreak. It may…

• Dementia
• Elderly
• Children
• Activities
• Interactive Music-Making