Can technology make music more accessible?

The ‘ReHarp’, a digital instrument designed to support rehabilitation following a stroke or brain injury, is showing how innovation can make music more inclusive, and allow creativity and expression to become a part of recovery.

What is social prescribing, and why is it important?

Social prescribing can take many forms - from the arts, to nature, to physical activity. It can help people in ways that medicine can’t, and the evidence behind music therapy as a method of social prescribing is strong.

How can music therapy support people living with psychiatric illness in intensive care settings?

From helping to build relationships, to supporting emotional expressional - music therapist Stella shares how music therapy can support people living with psychiatric illness in intensive care settings.

Five ways music can support people with learning difficulties

This Learning Disability Awareness week, our music therapists share how how music can provide support to people with learning difficulties.

What does a music therapist do in a day? A day in the life of music therapist Loren 

From music therapy sessions to lunch clubs, music therapist Loren shares a day in her life working at a Special Educational Needs school.

World Hearing Day: Five tips for music-making with hearing loss

Music therapist Anna, shares her top tips for making music with people who are hearing impaired. Find out more - from which instruments to use, to good lighting!

Can music support people living with cancer? 

While there isn’t yet a universal cure for cancer, music therapy can provide a vital form of support for cancer patients.

Making music without traditional instruments: 4 different ways

There really are endless ways to make music and sounds using things that you may already have access to. Find out how, and get creative.

How music therapy helped Ruthie express their LGBTQ+ identity

Music therapy provided a space for Ruthie to express their LGBTQ+ identity. This National Coming Out Day, we're sharing their song.

Support a loved one living with dementia through music

Our music therapists share how you can use music to connect with a loved one living with dementia.

How can music help anxiety?

What do you do when you’re anxious? Our music therapists give their tips for using music to ease anxiety. Plus, check out our brilliant Spotify playlist for wellbeing and relaxation.

Breaking down seven common music therapy myths.

Our Nordoff and Robbins music therapists myth-bust some common music therapy misconceptions.

Why we need to take personal responsibility for language use on disability

Stella Hadjineophytou, a Nordoff and Robbins music therapist, on why we need to take personal responsibility for the language we use to describe a person’s disability

The new Nordoff and Robbins

After a year of intensive work, we have relaunched with an adjusted name, a new brand identity and a new logo, as well as a completely new website.

Eight top tips for budding songwriters

Jo Humphreys, Nordoff and Robbins music therapist, shares her top tips for approaching the songwriting process.

Five ways music can improve your mental health

Mental health challenges can often seem unmanageable and all-consuming, but there are many ways in which music can help ease the burden.