Meet the Team

Amelia has grown up with a passion for music. Amelia graduated from Lancaster University with a degree in Music and German in 2012 and went on to complete her Master in Music Therapy at Anglia Ruskin University in 2015.

Amelia has worked in a variety of clinical settings but her specialisms include working in palliative care and with children on the autistic spectrum. Amelia is also a qualified clinical supervisor and enjoys supervising not only music therapists but other professionals including nurses, care staff, teachers and teaching assistants. 

Amelia set up Ace Music Therapy in 2017 as she has a passion for creating new music therapy posts and advocating music therapy. She has had numerous radio features including BBC Radio Essex and Chelmsford Community Radio. Amelia is passionate about transforming the lives of her local community and focuses on supporting those in Chelmsford and is always on the search for funding to be able to run free groups.  

In her spare time Amelia enjoys keeping fit by going to the gym and competing in the odd triathlon, and also spending time with her family and children. 

Alexandra Paul is an HCPC-registered music therapist with over a decade of experience
supporting children, young people, and adults with a wide range of needs. With a BMus from
Goldsmiths (2000), University of London and an MMT (Music, Health & Society) from
Nordoff-Robbins (2013), Alexandra brings a music-centred, person-centred and inclusive
approach to her work.

She has worked in schools, care homes, and community settings with individuals with autism,
profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), visual impairments, acquired brain
injuries, dementia, and mental health challenges, as well as co-running community choirs and
singing groups to support adults with acquired communication issues developing from
strokes and Parkinson’s disease. Alexandra is passionate about enabling people to experience
themselves as musicians, using music to support communication, connection, and agency.

Alongside clinical work, she had trained support staff to facilitate music sessions and has
experience supervising students on placement. She is also a trained Equality, Diversity and
Inclusion (EDI) Champion, committed to ensuring that everyone feels heard and valued,
regardless of background or identity.

Alexandra’s practice is grounded in improvisation, creativity, and collaboration. She is a
member of the British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT). In her spare time, she enjoys
reading, writing, socialising, and travelling.

Cherry graduated with a degree in music education and performance pedagogy and she has completed three master’s degrees, two in Hong Kong, majoring in music for young children and one majoring in music therapy at Anglia Ruskin University. She has worked as a music teacher in primary and secondary schools and as an experienced instrumental teacher in Hong Kong. She believes that “every child has dignity, every child is able to learn, and every child is able to succeed”. Music has the power to influence our thoughts and behaviours. Music can be used to comfort and share joy with my clients. She would like to use music as a tool and bridge to create a happy, fun, and enjoyable environment to communicate with clients verbally or nonverbally.

Although not blessed with musical talent myself, I’m a lover of all forms of music and know the impact it can have on our outlook in life and how it can help & heal in so many ways.

I find great comfort in music, its power to change my mood and also transport me to another time or place. Musical theatre & film scores especially, alongside songs from every decade or genre depending on how I’m feeling!

I also have experience working with individuals with learning disabilities, Autism & complex needs, so have seen first-hand how the language of music can bring us all closer together and make such a difference to people’s lives.

Lucy graduated from Roehampton University in 2017 with a Masters degree in Music Therapy and started working for Ace shortly after.

For Lucy, using music to connect with the children she works with is a privilege, and she treats each individual according to their needs, listening and observing with an open mind. Her creative and flexible use of music using the piano, flute, her voice and percussion leads to the positive development of relationships, encourages self-expression and enhances wellbeing. 

She has extensive experience in a variety of settings, including schools and respite homes, working with children and adolescents with a range of complex needs such as neurodiversity and learning disabilities, including PMLD. She particularly specialises in hospice work, where she works with life-limited children and their families, as well as babies on the neonatal ward.

She is particularly interested in the impact that trauma has on children and their families and is due to embark on an EMDR training course, which she hopes to use alongside music therapy.

In her spare time, Lucy loves spending time with her two children and whenever she can snatch a few quiet moments, loves to read and practice yoga.

I came to music therapy late in my life after a long career in teaching and social work. I worked in both special schools and ran specialist units in mainstream schools. I also spent time working for a social work agency where educationalists worked alongside social workers improving outcomes for parents and children.

Being an accomplished pianist, I have always used music in my work. Towards the end of my career, I was really using music therapeutically. Where children couldn’t engage with the curriculum, there were a range of musical options to help them self-regulate.

It was at my son’s graduation at Anglia Ruskin University in 2012 where I saw the music therapists receiving their degrees. I thought, I could do that. So, four months later I was interviewed for the course and as they say the rest is history.

Martha graduated with a Masters in Music Therapy from The University of Roehampton in 2023. With a background in teaching, Martha loves working with children and young people and utilising music making to foster their natural creativity and emotional expression.

Martha has clinical interests in fostering and adoption, mental health difficulties, SEND and trauma, and is passionate about the power of music to support people in expressing themselves when words are not possible or feel too much.

In her spare time, Martha plays saxophone in a jazz band, sings in a choir and enjoys reading, cooking and walking her dog.

Rebecca is passionate about the impact music can have on the lives of children and adults, which lead her to Ace Music Therapy.  Her work with people with dementia, special educational needs, long covid, low self-esteem and mental health has contributed to her commitment and enthusiasm in using music as a tool to support. Rebecca works on a range of projects in the community and in schools, she teaches singing and piano, supports blind children and their families and manages a music and performing arts department. She has a strong interest in music therapy and hopes to complete her masters one day.

Rebecca was recently interviewed on BBC Essex Radio and appeared on BBC Look East and in the local newspaper, due to the success of her dementia choir.

I have been a registered children’s nurse for 20 years and have had the privilege of caring for children and young people with complex health needs and specialist educational needs and disabilities throughout my career.

I am a champion for hearing the voice of the child and families and improving their experience, recognising the role compassionate effective leadership plays in this.

I am very much looking forward to supporting ACE Music therapy and promoting and championing the benefits and positivity it can bring to the lives of children, adults and their families.