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My name is Ed Muirhead, and I love music - listening to it, making it and helping others make music too. I write and sing songs, play piano, guitar, drums, bass guitar and other musical instruments.
I have worked one-to-one with over 200 students of all ages and led groups of music-making in different settings such as nurseries, primary schools, community groups and residential care centres.
I've seen music make a difference to people, enabling them to be creative and express themselves. I've heard all kinds of tunes, songs and rhythms, and witnessed how much music can mean.
In 2017 I earned an MSc Music Therapy from Queen Margaret University, learning a range of musical and therapeutic skills.
My approach is person-centred, actively listening and responding to the music, sounds and silences of each person I work with.
(p.s. - the name "face the music" comes from a community music group I was invited to lead: f.a.c.e. = fun all-age community ensemble)
Role | Activities | People | Location | Dates | |
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Current | |||||
Group leader | community music sessions | adults | Dundee | Aug 2022 to present | |
Community musician | 1:1 music sessions | adults with a learning disability children with a learning disability adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities | Dundee | Apr 2021 to present | |
Guitar tutor | 1:1 music sessions | children, young people, adults | Dundee | Apr 2019 to present | |
Music tutor | 1:1 music sessions | children with autism | Dundee | Mar 2019 to present | |
Piano tutor | piano lessons | people of all ages | DundeePiano.co.uk | Feb 2014 to present | |
Prior | |||||
Group leader | group music sessions | children with additional support needs | Primary School, Dundee | Oct-Dec 2021 | |
Music therapist | small group therapy | adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities | Dundee | Apr 2018 to Mar 2020 | |
Music therapist | music therapy | adult with learning disabilities | Dundee | Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 | |
Music therapist | music therapy | adult with dementia, learning disabilities | Dundee | Mar 2019 to Mar 2020 | |
Music therapist | individual and small group therapy | children with autism and additional support needs | Schools in Dundee | Apr 2018 to Jun 2019 | |
Singing group leader | singing group | intergenerational group - people of all ages, with a range of needs | Dundee | Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 | |
Music therapist | small group therapy | adults with a learning disability | Cornerstone Dundee | Jan-Dec 2018 | |
Music therapist | individual and small group therapy | children with autism | Dundee | Nov 2017 to June 2018 | |
Trainee music therapist | individual and small group therapy | adults with dementia | Dementia Resource Centre | Sep 2016-Mar 2017 | |
Volunteer musician | band member | adults | Lochee Parish Church | Aug 2016-Mar 2018 | |
Trainee music therapist | individual and small group therapy | children with additional support needs | Primary School | Sep 2015-Mar 2016 | |
Music group leader | music group | children with additional support needs | Barnardo's | Jul 2015 | |
Music group leader | music-making and songs | pre-school children | Frances Wright Nursery | Mar-May 2015 | |
Music group leader | community music group | children, adults | Blackness Library | Jan-Jun 2015 | |
Piano teacher | piano lessons | children with additional support needs | Kings Park School | Jan-Mar 2015 | |
Music group leader | songwriting and music | teenagers | Carolina House Trust | Oct-Dec 2014 | |
Volunteer musician | singing and music-making | older people | Tayside Healthcare Arts Trust (THAT) | Sep-Oct 2014 |
I have PVG Scheme Membership for work with children and vulnerable adults, and have Public Liability Insurance.
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