Our Program

 

“Music has breadth and depth and can touch people on so many levels simultaneously that it is an ideal tool to help people connect with what is important in their lives”  - Deborah Salmon, Music Therapist, Royal Victoria Hospital – Palliative Care, Montreal

 WHAT IS THE AIM/PURPOSE OF THE MUSIKIVA PROGRAM?

Through a professionally designed program, incorporating therapeutic music interventions, the primary aims are to enable participants to achieve increased:

  • self-expression
  • self-esteem
  • social/peer awareness
  • social interaction and communication between own culture and cross-culturally

The purpose of music therapy in exchange is to:

  • bring together youth of like-experiences from different regions through the sharing of creative media
  • gain a deeper understanding of another culture perceived as different
  • increase the understanding that persons are more similar than different and, therefore, promote positive relationships globally
  • use music as a bridge between culture, language, and lifestyle