Training and education
To meet growing demand, we train and develop the music therapists of tomorrow, offering everything from introductory courses to PhDs.
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Our highly-trained Nordoff and Robbins music therapists work with a diverse range of people such as those who are autistic, or living with dementia, learning difficulties, brain injuries, life-limiting illnesses, mental health issues, grief and trauma.
Bring music therapy to your organisation
Music therapy is a clinically validated, HCPC-regulated practice delivered by our highly trained Nordoff and Robbins team. We work with a wide range of organisations such as SEND and SEMH schools, care homes, hospices and day centres.
Interested in training to become a music therapist?
Our Master of Music Therapy is a two-year, masters-level programme validated by Goldsmiths, University of London. We have training bases in London, Manchester and Newcastle.
We’re holding a series of in-person and online open evening over the next few months. Click below for more information.
Music therapy
Music therapy as unique as every person
Working one-to-one or with small groups, our therapists create a platform for people to express themselves and share a connection. No one is being taught, no one is being fixed. Therapist and client make music together as equals, responding to each other’s cues. No two sessions are the same, because no two clients are the same.
Our history
Sixty years of innovation
In 1959, American musician Paul Nordoff and British teacher Clive Robbins pioneered a new approach to collaborative music-making, designed to engage vulnerable and isolated children.
In the 1970s, a charity was formed to develop and deliver their radical but highly impactful form of music therapy. Over the decades, our work has continued to broaden and evolve.
Music is in our DNA
We believe that music is a human right
We’ve all felt music’s potency, how it unlocks feelings and memories and brings us together. It’s a universal language, a mode of communication. Imagine if music alone gave you the power to communicate. Then imagine a life without music.
For some of the people we work with, this is their reality. We work to ensure that everyone who could benefit from music therapy does.
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Latest events
February 11, 2026
Legends of Rugby
The worlds of rugby and music come together each year at Legends of Rugby. Together, we celebrate the biggest names in rugby on a glittering night of entertainment.
May 14, 2026
Golf Day
Our annual Golf Day brings together teams from the worlds of music, business and sport for a glorious spring day of fresh air, camaraderie and gentle competition.
Latest blogs
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.