Community & Education
Disability
Tailored fun and learning
Specialised drumming sessions
With over 20 years of experience working within the disability sector, Chewy specialises in creating inclusive, engaging, and meaningful music experiences for people of all ages and abilities.
These interactive drumming sessions are tailored to suit the unique needs, abilities, and goals of each group, ensuring everyone can participate, contribute, and experience success. Through drumming, music, movement, singing, and games, participants are encouraged to connect, have fun, and develop valuable life skills in a supportive environment.
What participants take away
- Turn-taking and active listening skills
- Teamwork and cooperation
- Confidence and positive self-expression
- Rhythm, coordination, and musical ability
- Emotional awareness and communication skills
- Social connection and community engagement
- Self-discipline and personal responsibility
A session at a glance
Sarah's music sessions with Chewy are absolutely delightful. Sarah is a 20-year-old young lady who lives with Rett Syndrome, she has very high needs and is non-verbal without her AAC device. Chewy has a unique ability to connect with her on many levels - an innate intuition and insightfulness to how different tones and vibrations evoke Sarah's senses and emotions, which creates fantastic engagement between them and others in a group. Sarah thrives with being able to contribute to making music due to the wide variety of instruments and technology Chewy has available. Chewy is respectful, caring, gentle, positive, a great communicator and facilitator - highly recommended by us.
Lisa Holten, Sarah's mother
Who it's for
We asked Chewy to come to each of our groups to hold a music session as a fun and interactive activity. Chewy connected with members, staff and volunteers alike. Everybody told us how much they enjoyed the session, how personable and skilled Chewy was and how much fun they had. They all wanted more drumming sessions in the future. We were lucky enough to have Chewy come to 16 of our groups in total - all of varying ages and abilities - and he was easily able to adapt and revise each session to suit each group's individual needs with ease and professionalism. Chewy is a fantastic facilitator of groups and individuals and comes highly recommended by us.
Kerry Barnett, PHAB Incorporated