SMT Newsletter - Mid-year 2025
- Southern Music Admin
- Sep 17
- 5 min read
Hi there, it is so nice to have you here!
What a wild mid-year it has been, so busy that we have only just now been able to catch up on our newsletter for both term 2 & 3! So, here we are, we hope you enjoy!
Term 3 - Groups
This term we have been focusing on our children's groups, we are pleased to share that we have 2 that have begun. We have a maximum of 4 members per group.
Rhythm Makers - Aged 9 - 13 years.
Currently, this group is seeking 1-2 more members to join them in Papanui. This group in term 4 will be facilitated by our Music Therapist Ting-Wei Lin who you can read more about below.
Little Jammers - Aged 5 - 8 years.
We are seeking 1 member to join, if you are interested in finding out more, please contact info@smt.nz. This group is in our Halswell location.
If you are interested to find out more, please contact us info@smt.nz or fill in our referral form via our website www.smt.nz/referral-form.
SMT CONCERT 2025 - The Sound of US
Our performers are preparing, rehearsing, planning & excited to bring you a concert full of heart & soul through songs & sounds that are special to them - The Sound of US will also include a special performance by the SMT team, showcasing their musical talents like we have never seen before - you won't want to miss this!
Tuesday 30th September 2025
*Mention SMT at the cafe for 20% off coffee!*
12.30pm - Doors open
1pm - 2.30pm - Concert
2.30pm - 3.30pm - connection, snacks & cold drinks available
Tickets are limited & selling fast - $5 (+booking fee) per person with over half of the tickets sold already. If you are a support worker or performer, please contact your therapist or email info@smt.nz.
Other news & catchups!
APRIL 2025
Music Therapy Week 2025
Music Therapy week we had a variety of things happening - we held our first school holiday program, we had a stall at the Papanui library, the team shared their wealth of knowledge & our wonderful therapist Renata had a radio interview with RNZ - what?!
You can listen to Renata's radio interview here.
We are always so proud of our team & the wider music therapy community for continuously advocating & spreading the word about music therapy & a huge thank you to you, yes you, thank you for always supporting us.
School Holiday Program
We were so grateful to be included in the Arts Centre School Holiday Program back in April, we had a great turn out and the team enjoyed doing something different. Music Makers with SMT was an opportunity to give children an inclusive space to express themselves through music & movement.
Getting to know the team
Did you get to know us? If not, go back on our Facebook & Instagram pages (or just click the link below) to get to know our team of 2025!
We had such fun answering these questions, we find doing this gives our wonderful clients & future clients a little insight into our lives & interests - believe it or not, it can help in sessions too!
While you are there, like our posts & page, share our posts & page, every little bit helps support music therapy! www.facebook.com/southernmusictherapy
MAY 2025
Thrive 25!
Wow! What an incredible turn out this morning at our Thrive 25 presentation. Kim & Renata loved talking about music, music therapy & neuro plasticity. Thank you to the awesome audience for attending & participating in live music making together, no better way to understand it than to do it. Fantastic feedback from today as well!
A big thank you to the Thrive team, Aspire Canterbury, @braintreewellnesscentre & Step Ahead for hosting the event. We look forward to the next one!
JUNE 2025
Cantabrainers - Mid Winter Concert
The Christchurch & North Canterbury choirs came together for their annual mid-winter concert & it did not disappoint! You can catch up on the performance via the Cantabrainers Facebook page.
JULY 2025
Cancer Society Pilot Program
Thank you, Cancer Society North Canterbury & Cancer Society Southern for partnering with us on this pilot project exploring how the creative processes in music therapy can reduce the impact of a cancer diagnosis and support people on their cancer journey towards Hauora - health and wellbeing. Participants have opportunities to connect, express themselves and create music together, through exploring the voice, movement and a range of instruments in a supportive space. We also discuss how to use music in their daily lives. This was for workshops, group work & working with referred individuals.
See what they got up to here!
Thank you to Music Therapy New Zealand & MusicHelps for their generosity.
We look forward to the next session!
School holiday program
In the July school holidays we held 2 sessions for kids at BrainTree Wellness Centre. We had a wonderful turnout & have successfully created a new group for term 3 (read more here). From having so much fun, we forgot to take any photos...oops! We look forward to being able to hold more, if you are interested, please email us info@smt.nz to express your interest.
The response we have had for more school holiday programs has been inspirational - we will not be holding another school holiday program this September school holidays; however, we are going to aim for more in 2026 so keep up to date with our news and events via our social media pages & website www.smt.nz/newsandevents.
Term 4 2025
With the year 2025 coming to an end in just a matter of months, we have been overwhelmed with referrals and have a growing waitlist. Spaces are filling up fast!
Current availability - Term 4 2025
Tuesday morning - Papanui
Thursday afternoon - Papanui
Friday afternoon - Halswell
If you are interested or know of someone keen to receive music therapy, please send them to our website www.smt.nz/referral-form to fill in a referral form today!
Do you follow us on social media?
We share lots of exciting news weekly, please follow, like & share!
Facebook - www.facebook.com/southernmusictherapy
Instagram - www.instagram.com/southernmusictherapy
Referral Form
Do you or do you know someone that would benefit from Music Therapy? If so, we welcome you to complete our referral form to secure your space in term 4 & 2026 now! You will be added to our waitlist and contacted when a suitable time becomes available.
Thank you for reading our newsletter, please share this with your wider community, just another way to support Southern Music Therapy!
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