Services

Don O’Connor is an innovative provider of music therapy services. He works with people, groups, organisations, businesses, communities, hospitals etc. delivering a range of services that constellate around the power of music to:

•Improve physical health and ability
•Address emotional and behavioural difficulties
•Develop communication and social skills
•Increase creativity, self-esteem and confidence

Don’s programmes offer participants a way to develope life SkillS, by fostering empathy and creativity, reducing levels of aggression, and inculcating self belief and teamwork while also being coached in the arts of music, percussion, dance, drama, humour, song writing and the workings of the entertainment business both it’s pitfalls and it’s job opportunities.

He has developed a unique series of Mini Musicals with inspirational themes such as “Everyone Can Do Something”, “The Wheel of Life goes Round and Round’ and “Bridging the Divide”.

These form the basis of training courses pertinent to departments, organisations and educators, such as Department of Education, Department of Justice, Special Needs Organisations. Special Needs Schools, Regeneration Projects, the Corporate Area, Sports Teams, Foroige, V.E.C’s, Institutes of Technology, FAS the Qualification and Quallty Authority and Universities.

Don’s work in the field of music therapy feeds back into his daily work with people who benefit from music and he is also interested in communicationg with other practitioners, researechers, funding bodies etc. to explore how the infinate possibilities of music can help not only individuals but society as well.

“I firmly believe that music is a good barometer of the inner health of society. It is a fact that the more musical a society is, the more law abiding, more successfu and more peaceful it is. Music creates harmony. Its practitioners must show discipline, intellect and an acceptance of deferred reward. Three elements that are the corner stone of all civilisations,  the key to success and social mobility”.

We deliver over 50,000 music therapy sessions per year in care homes, day centres, hospitals, schools and our own centres. We are also developing a range of other music and health projects aimed at bringing music to more and more people in local communities.