Music

In music, student artists work together to share, explore and create music. Activities include singing, songwriting, recording, musical improvisation using a range of accessible instruments, world music sessions, ukulele group, drumming circles, Makaton ‘sing & sign’, and musical games to build listening, confidence and social interaction skills.

Students are encouraged to contribute their own ideas to sessions and to be creative in their music-making. The music workshops help our students to feel connected and to express themselves freely. 

Music at Rowan is led by tutor Peter Coleman. Peter is a qualified music therapist, graduating from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, in 2022, as well as working as a freelance singer and violinist in the Cambridgeshire and London areas. Before joining the team at Rowan, Peter worked as a music therapist for Methodist Homes for the Aged (MHA) in various care homes around Norfolk, working with elderly residents suffering from dementia. Alongside his role at Rowan, Peter sings as lay clerk with the professional choir of Peterborough Cathedral, singing daily cathedral services during term-time.

If you would like to develop your musical talents – why not become a student?