It’s not easy growing up in Lavender Hill. Young people in this community are exposed to violence and crime on a daily basis and often don’t have positive role models or a healthy way to express their feelings. Our Music for Life team has been offering marimba and… Read More »What it is like growing up in Lavender Hill
Music should be an essential part of every child’s daily life. Music activates all parts of the human brain and this means that listening to and participating in music can be beneficial to children in all areas of their life and their development. Yes, music can make your… Read More »Why music is good for children…
Our society faces unprecedented high levels of violence against children. Abuse and neglect in early childhood affects brain development and impacts on cognitive and psycho-social adjustment, which results in an increased risk of violent and anti-social behaviour. So for more than a decade MusicWorks has worked in marginalised… Read More »TARGET: therapeutic music services to 5000 children by 2018
Our society is facing unprecedented high levels of violence against children. Access to safe spaces and therapeutic support structures have a direct impact on children’s ability to flourish amidst adversity. Join the FRIENDS OF MUSICWORKS campaign and help us to bring hope and possibilities through music to hundreds… Read More »Join the FRIENDS OF MUSICWORKS campaign
Since 2002, MusicWorks has established itself as a leading force around the world in using music to bring about social change. Driven by a passion to mobilise musical resources across the Cape Peninsula’s most marginalised communities, MusicWorks has used the power of music to provide its impact. Music… Read More »This is how Music Works…