Beyond the Melody: Leading Singing Groups – CPD Workshop for Music Therapists/Practitioners
Are you a music therapist or musician looking to develop
Then look no further!
In this CPD day led by esteemed vocal coach Sophie Garner you will:
- Learn techniques to support
your group such as warm ups and breathing - Gain understanding of the science behind the breath and muscles using in singing
- Learn about vocal care
- Finish the session feeling confident with resources ready to go away and lead your choir/group!
Kickstart 2025 with a skill-building workshop designed for Music Therapists and Practitioners! Join Ace Music Therapy CIC on January 11th for a specialised CPD training session focused on leading singing groups and choirs. Led by renowned vocal coach Sophie Garner, this workshop will offer valuable techniques and insights into effective choir leadership.
With only 15 spaces available, early booking is highly recommended.
Special Offer: Use code “BLACKFRIDAY” to reduce your ticket price to just £190 (normally £225). Offer ends Sunday, 15th December at 11:55 PM.
Workshop Details:
- Date: January 11, 2025
- Location: Arise Chelmsford, ARU Campus
- Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm (arrival at 9:30am)
- Extras: Light refreshments and CPD certificates included
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn from Sophie Garner, whose impressive 35-year career spans vocal coaching for ITV’s The Voice Kids, founding the UK’s first Widows Choir, and directing multiple community choirs. With deep expertise in singing for health and wellness, Sophie will guide participants in mastering the art of impactful choir direction. Learn more about Sophie in her bio below!
Secure your place now to start 2025 inspired and equipped for impactful musical leadership!
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Workshop Leader Bio:
Sophie Garner – Vocal Coach
Sophie Garner was the first artist to play the main stage at London’s O2 Arena.
She’s been a vocal coach for ITVs The Voice Kids and in 2023 she directed the UKs
first Widows Choir. She currently directs 4 community choirs across 3 counties. Her
career spans 35 years working with the human voice as an instrument. She has an
MA degree in Voice Pedagogy and carried out extensive research in singing for
health and wellness. She designed a specialist programme for the ABI unit she
worked in at the time which she has gone on to implement successfully further afield.
She has extensive experience in working with brain injury and also with children and
teenagers having taught 4,000+ in the past 20 years. Sophie is an ambassador for
Headway and provides weekly music sessions for Bedford as well as providing
training for Headway branches across the UK.
Earlier this year she published her third book ‘Reawakening the Creative Playmaker’
along with her six week creative course of the same title. Her two previous books, for
children, ‘The Creative songwriting Journal’ and ‘If You Can’t Say it Sing it!’ have
circulated into schools across the UK, Australia, Canada and the US. She has also
developed and run countless workshops in her expert area in schools, colleges,
corporate and online.
She is a dedicated speaker on the benefits of singing and creativity for mental health
and wellness. In December 2023 Sophie set up her CIC Take a Deep Breath and
applied to the National Lottery Grant Fund to support her dream project; a weekly
music support group for brain injury survivors and their careers In June this year she
was awarded 20,000 and it launched in the autumn. As a neurodivergent woman
who has struggled with misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis the past ten years, Sophie
is proud to share, that music has been the constant throughout her life and is the
main reason she is alive today. It is her deep connection to singing, music and
songwriting and the power of these collectively to create change that drives her to
get up each day to work.
Visit www.sophiegarner.com & www.takeadeepbreath.org.uk for more on Sophie’s work.
Want To Learn More About Ace Music Therapy CIC?
If you would like to know more about music therapy, please get in touch! Ace Music Therapy offers not only in person sessions but also online too. We are also able to provide clinical supervision to professionals. Ace Music Therapy is a non-profit social enterprise delivering music therapy and community music services across Essex, London and Norfolk.
more information can be found here – www.acemusictherapy.co.uk
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