Caring with Music
Course Date: 30 July 2026
Duration: 1 day
Delivery Mode: In person
Cost: £95 +VAT

This one-day short course will offer an introduction to interactive music-making in care settings, aiming to equip you with practical skills to bring music into your approach to care. Using techniques and tips from specially trained Nordoff Robbins music therapists – combined with your own expertise – you'll explore how to effectively use music with the people you support. The course content is adaptable for those working with school-age children as well as those working with vulnerable adults.

You'll explore your own relationship with music before learning how, and why, this can be used as an effective tool in care settings. You will learn how to tune into the people you support through music, and identify how you can bring music into the daily life of people you care for, such as creating songs and using musical instruments. You’ll also learn how to plan and facilitate music activity sessions as well as tips to improve the soundscape of your setting.

The course is suitable for anyone interested in developing practical skills in interactive music-making for use in the care of school-age children and vulnerable adults. This might include dementia care, care of the elderly, adult learning disability settings, adult mental health, neuro rehab, care at home, and much more. You do not need to have experience as a musician to attend, just a willingness to try out the presented ideas.

The summer school will be run by experienced music therapists from the charity Nordoff & Robbins. Nordoff & Robbins is the UK’s largest music therapy charity, delivering music therapy services, education and research across the country.

For more information visit napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/short-courses/caring-with-music