MMT Online Application

Master of Music Therapy (MMT) application

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1. You and your application

Full name*

First Last

Preferred title*

Pronouns*

Date of birth*

Day

Month

Year

Phone number*

Email*

Nationality*

Country

Your right to remain in the UK

Please note that, due to UK government policy, we are unable to accept applications from non- EU nationals who do not already have the right to remain and study in the UK. We welcome applications from all EU nationals. If you are applying as a non-EU national, including as a Commonwealth Citizen, please state on what basis you have the right to remain and study in the UK.

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Is your home address different to your term address?*

Yes

Term address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Preferred teaching base*

Have you applied to train with Nordoff and Robbins previously?*

Yes

If yes, please provide details below:*

How did you hear about the programme?*

Please tell us how you heard about the programme

2. Further or higher education

Please give details of your further or higher education*

Institutions attended (most recent first)

Dates (From/To)

Awards (e.g. BA, MMus)

Degree Class

Subject

3. Musical ability

Please tell us about your musical abilities*

Instrument

Standard or grade

Standard of improvisation (high / moderate / low)

Please tell us about your musical experience/ biography (we hope this will help us to understand what kind of a musician you are and how music is important to you)*

4. Employment

Please give details of present & previous employment (starting with the most recent)*

Job title

Dates

Employer

Duties / responsibilities

5. Experience

Please give details of any experience you have of working with people who have particular needs as a result of illness, disability, deprivation or social exclusion*

Have you personally experienced any kind of therapy, either individually or in a group? Please give a brief description*

Please outline the experiences that have led you to apply to train as a music therapist*

Why do you wish to train specifically in the Nordoff and Robbins approach to music therapy?*

6. Language requirements

It is important for music therapists to be able to communicate clearly and effectively with people who use music therapy services, as well as with carers, colleagues, funders, service managers, and the many other people across health, social care, education and community services with whom they may come into contact.

In addition, since this is a Masters-level training, students are required to read extensively and to discuss, debate and explore concepts in both spoken and written form. This degree of critical thinking therefore requires a good standard of English, both receptively (reading and listening) and productively (speaking and writing).

If you are invited to an individual audition/interview, we will ask you to complete a short written task immediately afterwards. This is not intended to test your knowledge of music therapy, but simply your ability to write coherently in English.

What is your level of qualification in English?*

All applicants must demonstrate that their English is of a standard which will enable them to satisfy the demands of the programme (and hence ultimately to meet the requirements of the Health and Care Professions Council). Please indicate which of the following English language qualifications you have ALREADY successfully achieved:

Other (please give details) – we will contact you for further information if necessary

Applicants invited to attend an individual audition should bring evidence of this qualification with them.

7. Your health

As registered health professionals, music therapists are required to demonstrate to the Health and Care Professions Council that their health is not an obstacle to safe and effective practice. This does not mean that any particular health condition necessarily bars you from training, but does make it necessary for you to demonstrate that you are able to manage your health effectively.

We encourage applications from people who consider themselves to have a disability and aim to offer appropriate support to enable all students to achieve the learning outcomes of the programme. We therefore ask applicants to disclose relevant information here so that we can think collaboratively with them at interview about how best we might be able to support them during the programme.

For more information, the document ‘Health, disability and becoming a health and care professional’ (2015) can be downloaded from the Health and Care Professions Council website.

Do you consider yourself to have a disability?*

Yes

If yes, please provide details below and tell us what support you may need to enable you to meet the learning outcomes of the programme.

Do you consider yourself to have any particular learning support needs (for example those resulting from dyslexia, dyspraxia etc.)?*

Yes

If yes, please provide details below and tell us what support you may need to enable you to meet the learning outcomes of the programme.

Please comment on the state of your physical and mental health and your ability to manage any conditions:*

All applicants are required to submit a medical report from their doctor. Please remember to download the accompanying doctor’s medical report form (at the end of this form). You will need to ask your doctor to complete this, and either send it to us yourself or you can ask your doctor to send it. Please note that some doctors charge for this service.

8. Working with vulnerable people

As registered health professionals, music therapists work with vulnerable members of society and any offer of a place on this programme will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Have you ever been removed or struck off from a professional or any other register in the UK or elsewhere?*

Yes

If yes, please provide details below.

Do you have, or have you ever had a criminal record?*

Yes

If yes, please provide details below.

DBS checks relate only to UK criminal records. Please therefore list countries where you have been resident other than the UK at any point in your life:

Date(s)

Country

We may require you to provide us with a Certificate of Good Conduct from the UK Consulate of any country listed. This must be provided at your own expense.

9. References and fees

Please provide the names, addresses and telephone numbers of two referees, one professional and one personal. References will be taken up prior to interview. Referees cannot be members of your family, partners etc.

Personal reference

Name*

First Last

Relationship*

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone*

Personal referee email*

Professional reference

Name*

First Last

Relationship*

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone*

Professional referee email*

Your fees

Who will be responsible for your fees?*

10. Declaration

I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, all particulars I have given are complete and true. I understand that any false declaration or misleading statement or any significant omission may result in the withdrawal of any offer of a place on the programme or the termination of my training. I understand that any place is subject to satisfactory personal, professional and medical references. I understand that an offer of a place is dependant on an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and Certificates of Good Conduct from any relevant countries of residence.

I give consent for Nordoff Robbins to hold the information I have provided securely for six months in order to process my application, and my contact details for up to 5 years. I understand that if I accept the offer of a place on the programme, then the information I have provided will be transferred to my student record.

I confirm*

11. Submitting your video recordings

To help us assess your musicianship and level of playing, we ask you to submit video recordings of your playing and singing. The recordings will be used in conjunction with your completed application form to allow the panel to make an informed decision as to who to invite to the audition / interview stage.

Format of recordings

You will need to record and upload these videos to YouTube / Vimeo or another video sharing platform. We request that these are password protected to insure privacy. If you having difficulty with this please contact [email protected]

Please make sure that any videos uploaded to YouTube are set to ‘Unlisted’ in the visibility settings – this means only people with the URL link can find the video. Please do not set any YouTube videos to ‘Private’ as we will be unable to view them.

Purpose of recording

Music therapy is “musician-ly” work. We need to assess both your skill level and the breadth of your musicianship. The choice of styles and repertoire is entirely up to you, but remember that we are looking for flexible musicians. People who come to music therapy sessions have varied tastes, experiences and cultural identities: we need to be able to support people whoever they are. So we suggest that you show us the range of your musicianship.

What should be in view

During the recording we need to be able to see your hands and your face (your face can be in profile if you are playing an instrument that prohibits seeing both from the front simultaneously).

Content of recordings

Please include the following (maximum 5 minutes per piece):

Two contrasting pieces on your first instrument

AND

One song, which you sing whilst accompanying yourself on a harmony instrument (guitar / piano / accordion etc). This song must be done WITHOUT sheet music, although you may play from chord symbols and you may have the lyrics written out, provided this can be clearly seen at some point on the video recording (without editing)

AND

One piece on another instrument (if you have one)

At least one of your pieces should be a non-accompanying solo on a harmonic instrument – piano, guitar, accordion etc.

Pieces should NOT be examples of therapy-style work or derived from work with people. We will examine your capacity for this type of work in later parts of the audition process.

Link to Video

Content of recording (piece / instrument)

Information we might require to access / open your recording e.g. password

Information about the application process

How will my application be assessed?

A panel of tutors looks at ALL complete applications, including the video footage supplied by applicants. They then rank applications based on their perceptions of:

Evidence of musical readiness for the training
Evidence of academic readiness for the training
Evidence of relevant experience which has informed your decision to apply
Evidence of knowledge and understanding of the Nordoff Robbins approach to music therapy

Individual audition / interview

At the individual audition / interview you will be asked:

To play your pieces
To accompany yourself (again, this needs to be without using sheet music, but you may bring the chord symbols and / or the lyrics)
To undertake various musical tasks, including improvising with us
To discuss your application
To provide the evidence (the original and a photocopy) of your English Language qualification

You MAY play / sing the same pieces that you submitted recordings of as part of your application if you wish to do so.

We deliberately don’t tell you in more detail what will be required of you within the audition because we want to see how you cope with the unexpected. We also want to find out what it feels like to improvise with you.

The music-making audition will be followed by an interview, when the panel will discuss your application with you. We strongly recommend that you prepare for this by reading around music therapy, and in particular the Nordoff Robbins approach to music therapy, and being ready to talk about any relevant experience you may have. We expect you to be able to think with us about whether this particular programme would suit you, and why.

After the audition/interview, you will be asked to complete a short written task. This is not intended to test your knowledge of music therapy, but simply your ability to write coherently in English. You can spend as long as you want doing this, but we would expect it to take around 30 minutes.

Group audition

If you are successful and are asked to attend the group audition, you will then be given further instructions on what to do, including preparing a task of your choice, for the group audition.

When attending the group audition you will need to bring:

Degree certificate(s), both the original(s) and a photocopy of each
Passport, the original and a photocopy of the personal details page
Music certificates, e.g. Associated Board exam certificates, are not required

MMT(NR) Diversity monitoring form

As part of our commitment to diversity within the MMT programme, and within Nordoff and Robbins more generally, we ask students at the point of registration to complete this diversity monitoring form.

The information you supply will NOT be associated with your student record. Instead, we simply combine the numbers into an annual return to our validation partner – Goldsmiths, University of London. This return enables us to monitor the levels of diversity within our cohorts over time.

Programme staff and students will see the annual return but will not know who has identified themselves in any particular way. The forms will be destroyed once the return has been compiled.

However, if you feel there is anything in this form that we should know about in relation to you personally (e.g. so that we can support you better in your training), please do talk to us about this.

Disability

In what ways, if any, do you consider yourself to be affected by disability? (please tick all that apply)

I consider myself to have a specific learning disability such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, or AD(H)D

A social-communicative impairment such as Asperger’s syndrome / other autistic spectrum disorder

A long-standing illness or health condition such as cancer, HIV, diabetes, chronic heart disease or epilepsy

A mental health condition such as depression, schizophrenia or anxiety disorder

A physical impairment or mobility issues such as difficulty using arms or needing to use a wheelchair or crutches

Deaf or a serious hearing impairment

Blind or a serious visual impairment which is not corrected by wearing glasses

I do not consider myself to have a disability

I’d prefer not to say

Ethnicity

How would you describe your ethnicity?

White

Gypsy or Traveller

Black / Black British – Caribbean

Black / Black British – African

Other black background

Asian / Asian British – Indian

Asian / Asian British – Pakistani

Asian / Asian British – Bangladeshi

Chinese

Other Asian background

Mixed – White and Black Caribbean

Mixed – White and Black African

Mixed – White and Asian

Other mixed background

Arab

Other ethnic background

I’d prefer not to say

Gender identity

How would you identify your gender?

Male

Female

Other

Prefer not to say

Is your gender identity the same as the gender you were originally assigned at bith?

Yes

Prefer not to say

Submission

Thank you for taking the time to complete the application form.

Please take a moment to check your answers. You may wish to save your submission and return to it later.

If you have any questions about the application form, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: [email protected]

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