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Natalie Bower

Since graduating from the UTS Music Therapy Course in 2001, I have been working as the Infants Music Therapist at Giant Steps, a school for children with autism - an area of very special interest to me during her studies at UTS. I have also been working at St Vincent de Paul Nursing Home, Lewisham with 86 aged care residents in individual and group sessions and at Pittwater College of Music, Mona Vale working 'one-on-one' with eight young adults with various and multiple disabilities. I will soon be going overseas to England and am hoping to continue my professional development and experience as a Music Therapist in my special interest area of early intervention and working with children with autism.

Rebecca Hood

I am currently working in Invercargill, New Zealand as a Music Therapist, with children from 5 to 21 with a variety of disability and mental health issues. We just recorded their first Songwriting CD. I'm also working at a Girls High School doing performance music and have started an early intervention "music for babies" business. All is going well.

Kathy Butcher

Since I graduated in 1998, I have worked in many different areas, for different lengths of time. These include, Special Education, Nursing Homes, Mental Health Rehab, Hostels, Psychiatric facilities, and Private Practice clients. As well as working as a registered Music Therapist, one of my jobs was a research assistant on a music therapy project (Rozelle Hospital). At the moment, I work in a residential facility for children with challenging behaviour and aged care.

Andrew Channon

For the past two and a half years I've been working as Music Therapist at Fisher Rd Special School in Dee Why (children and adolescents with developmental disabilities). Commencing next Term, I will become the Music Therapist at Sir Eric Woodward Special School at St Ives. I also worked for a year and a half at a post-school options facility in Brookvale working with adults with intellectual impairments.

Bronte Arns

Since graduating from UTS as a Registered Music Therapist I have held challenging and rewarding positions at an acute psychiatric unit, a brain injury rehabilitation centre and an aged care facility. I am currently working at a Rudolf Steiner school working with teenagers and adults with disabilities.

Sue Gee

Since graduating I have been working almost full-time as a music therapist and part-time as a Special Education Teacher at Cairnsfoot School for students with intellectual disabilities and autism.

I am about to leave that job and take up a position in Aged Care at the St Vincent de Paul Nursing Home in Lewisham - my dream has been to work in Aged Care and I've started on that path. I am also working as a Music Therapist at St George School for students with physical and intellectual disabilities one day per week, and that is a great job - the students are very responsive and the staff are very supportive. I also work at the See Foundation for adults with intellectual and sensory disabilities on Friday mornings. So far it's been relatively easy to get jobs.

Peter Mahony

Since graduating I have continued to work as a music educator at the SoundHouse at Powerhouse Museum. I feel that my MT skills have added greatly to the way in which I work, seeing students differently, and with an enhanced understanding of the value of music and participatory musical experiences as important aspects of a holistic education. For example, I have found a positive response among students identified at risk of dropping out of schools and engaged in Department of Education special programs such as Links to Learning. I use understandings and strategies developed in my music therapy training to find ways to engage these young people and enable them to create music they value.

I have also continued to develop programs for people with a disability, And strive to provide accessible experiences which contribute to the Museum's status as a welcoming place which responds to the needs of our diverse community. Through my work in the SoundHouse network, I have contributed to the development of a unique musical system "The SoundHouse Special Access Kit' - a set of computer-programmable technologies featuring a large key keyboard called the Banana Keyboard. Following ten years of continuous research, trialling and development, this system is now being used in over 40 special schools and music therapy settings in Victoria, NSW and New Zealand.

Motoko Oda

I have been working at Greenwich Hospital Psychogeriatric Unit and teaching University students at an intensive music therapy course in Japan. I am also RMT in Japan and a member of JMTA (Japanese Music Therapy Association). I published a translated book in Japanese titled "MUSIC IN GERIATRIC CARE" by Ruth Bright in 2000.