Music therapy in a time of pandemic: Experiences of musicking, telehealth, and resource-oriented practice during COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of people worldwide. This collaborative article describes personal and professional experiences of New Zealand music therapists during the lockdown. We envisaged this article as a series of glimpses into our professional lives, a tapestry reminiscent of...

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Published in:New Zealand journal of music therapy 2020-01, Vol.18 (18), p.7-66
Main Authors: Hoskyns, Sarah, Hunt, Benjamin James, Johns, Libby, Matthews, Emma, Cho, Hyunah, Talmage, Alison, Kong, Jingyuan Cici, Solly, Ruby, Hunt, Emily Langlois, Rickson, Daphne, Glass, Megan, Clulee, May Bee Choo, Gordon, Jenny, Sabri, Sophie, Jeong, Angela Ah Young, Landreani, Carlos Riegelhaupt
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Choirs
Collaboration
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 (Disease)
Digital communications
Epidemics
Internet videos
Medical research
Medical telematics
Music therapists
Music therapy
Pandemics
Practice
Professional practice
Social aspects
Telemedicine
Therapists
Traumatology
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of people worldwide. This collaborative article describes personal and professional experiences of New Zealand music therapists during the lockdown. We envisaged this article as a series of glimpses into our professional lives, a tapestry reminiscent of the now so familiar grid of Zoom participant images. Each author (or team) offers a unique snapshot of life and professional practice at this time, all focusing on the shift from face-to-face to online connections. Contributing authors focus on various cultural aspects, clinical and community musicking, telehealth approaches, resource-oriented practice, and online music therapy training. This diversity illustrates the many affordances of music, described by Denora, and Wood's matrix of musical formats that can be incorporated within eclectic music therapy practice. Many contributing co-authors draw on community music frameworks. Most theory here is practice-led, driven by ecological principles of prioritising people, context, and trauma recovery. This article highlights concurrent vulnerability and resourcefulness in ourselves as music therapists and in those we work with. The authors hope that readers will feel encouraged to reflect on and share their own experiences, challenges, resourcefulness, and guiding values as we all continue to build individual and collective resilience.
ISSN:1176-3264
2744-631X