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Oksana Zharinova-Sanderson Director of Music Services (Quality Assurance, Chief Practitioner & International Development) Oksana Zharinova-Sanderson was trained as a classical pianist in the Western Ukraine where she grew up. Her work as a music therapist in the last 20 years has been firmly grounded in the principles of the Nordoff Robbins approach to music therapy, with its focus on detailed listening, musical imagination and musical potential. Since training on the Nordoff Robbins Masters programme over 20 years ago, she has worked in Berlin with traumatised refugees and torture victims and developed extensive experience in this area of music therapy practice. She has subsequently worked as a music therapist heading developments of Nordoff Robbins music therapy in the North West of England. She delivered and set up sustainable music therapy projects in a wide range of client contexts and organisations, including neurological rehabilitation, special needs, dementia, oncology and mental health. She was also closely involved with the development of the Manchester base of the Nordoff Robbins Masters training programme and is a tutor and supervisor on it. She is a keen and passionate educator, focusing on learning from music of all kinds in order to bring its vast potential to the service of vulnerable people. In her capacity as Director of Music Services for Nordoff Robbins, since 2015 Oksana has been instrumental in the design and development of the Nordoff Robbins graduate employment scheme as well as other quality related developments supporting music therapists in deepening their practice and experience as Nordoff Robbins practitioners. Oksana's Blogs 22nd July 2021 How music can help you when you’re feeling nervous According to Mind, researchers found that music releases dopamine, the feel-good chemical in your brain. It also found that this feel-good chemical goes up 9% when listening to music you enjoy and it can help us before nervous situations too, such as an interview. Find out more 8th June 2021 Nordoff Robbins supports Carers Week At Nordoff Robbins, we are committed to supporting the carers of people we provide music therapy too, and we believe it can positively influence carers lives too. Find out more 29th April 2021 Eight songwriting tips from a music therapist Jo Humphreys is a music therapist working in the South West & South Wales, from her experiences as a Nordoff Robbins music therapist she shares her top tips for approaching the songwriting process Find out more 10th April 2021 Collaboration at the heart of Nordoff Robbins partnerships David Robinson is Nordoff Robbins Head of Music Services (Delivery). David works closely with all our regional teams and is responsible for coordinating the huge variety of sessions which our therapists deliver across the country in many different settings each year, including care homes, day centres, hospitals, schools and our own centres. Find out more 9th April 2021 Reflections from the TiME New and Accessible Music Technology event As part of the Technology in Music Education (TiME) New and Accessible Music Technology online conference March 2021, Nordoff Robbins music therapist Emily Grimes was guest on the panel to represent our online music therapy work Find out more View all blogs
22nd July 2021 How music can help you when you’re feeling nervous According to Mind, researchers found that music releases dopamine, the feel-good chemical in your brain. It also found that this feel-good chemical goes up 9% when listening to music you enjoy and it can help us before nervous situations too, such as an interview. Find out more
8th June 2021 Nordoff Robbins supports Carers Week At Nordoff Robbins, we are committed to supporting the carers of people we provide music therapy too, and we believe it can positively influence carers lives too. Find out more
29th April 2021 Eight songwriting tips from a music therapist Jo Humphreys is a music therapist working in the South West & South Wales, from her experiences as a Nordoff Robbins music therapist she shares her top tips for approaching the songwriting process Find out more
10th April 2021 Collaboration at the heart of Nordoff Robbins partnerships David Robinson is Nordoff Robbins Head of Music Services (Delivery). David works closely with all our regional teams and is responsible for coordinating the huge variety of sessions which our therapists deliver across the country in many different settings each year, including care homes, day centres, hospitals, schools and our own centres. Find out more
9th April 2021 Reflections from the TiME New and Accessible Music Technology event As part of the Technology in Music Education (TiME) New and Accessible Music Technology online conference March 2021, Nordoff Robbins music therapist Emily Grimes was guest on the panel to represent our online music therapy work Find out more