Services
We are either moving towards or away from something, or we may be stuck - what is your path to wellbeing and nourishing your soul?
Juntas
Collaboration
Let’s work together
Whether it’s a retreat, educational presentation or an immersive experience aimed at creating value for clients and providing opportunities to regional and remote audiences - ‘let’s have a chat about working together.
I have served communities in the arts, education, recreation, horses and taught thousands of students, volunteered at many events and brought together communities through film, radio and live performances.
Past collaborations
Created and implemented ‘Barefoot Bowls for Farmers’ for Rural Aid Ltd - Toowoomba
Hosted community screening - NSW documentary ‘The Healing’ (Staunch Films, Directed by Nick Barkla) to Sunshine Coast hinterland audience with sponsorship.
Performed music at the opening of the Mary Valley Arts Festival on two occasions.
Guest musician for numerous events - regional Victoria
Singer on Horseback Spectacular appearing singing whilst riding a horse for Need for Feed Flood Appeal (Media Horsedeals)
Guest Artist for Project Hope Horse Welfare Charity Event - Oaklands Junction
Guest speaker at the 2024 Animal Therapies Ltd conference in Brisbane speaking about horses and wellbeing - streamed globally
Live radio Interview & music performances on Yarra Ranges FM, 3WBC, Star FM, music played on PBS, 3WBC Melbourne, Star FM
Regularly facilitate therapeutic music for community women’s centre - Gympie
Network coordinator for the Sunshine Coast Women’s Mental Health Network.
Guest presenter at the Queensland Farmers Federation Resilience workshop Goondiwindi
Key personnel in Southern Downs disaster recovery team
Hacer Arte
Making Art
Visual Artist
Jemma is an award winning visual artist with her 1997 painting being selected by B’nai Brith to tour Victoria as the ‘Nationally selected artwork done by a young person’ in response to the Holocaust.
The Jewish Museum of Victoria in St Kilda, subsequently bought the artwork to put on display. The painting depicts two young girls escaping under a barbed wire fence in the dark of night with imagery of lit candles and features the yellow butterfly.
Jemma studied with practicing artists at the University of Ballarat to complete her Undergraduate Fine Arts degree and during that time explored with painting, ink, drawing, graphic design and some 3D media. She exhibited her work in the graduating year exhibition in 2009 in Melbourne.
Jemma has sold a number of artworks, mainly commissions of horses for private owners. Her work has gone through many stylistic iterations.
Painting studio - coming soon!
La Musica
Music for Wellbeing
Why music for wellbeing?
Developing skills and understanding how music can help our wellbeing is foundational. It’s actually backed by neuroscience!
Singing and humming can help reduce stress and anxiety, supports nervous system regulation, may increase vagal tone and elicit relaxation. Controlled breathing helps us activate our lungs and diaphragm.
Playing a musical instrument can help us focus, develop confidence, lift our mood, encourage creative expression, social connection and work through resistances.
Music, when professionally taught in a supportive environment can assist us to learn to set goals for ourselves, find purpose & meaning, cultural connection, take time out and connecting more with the limbic region of our brains.
Simply put, ‘music can make us feel good’.
Singing and Piano Lessons
Whether you have aspirations for the stage or content to ‘sing in the shower’, music can be part of your life.
Typically, music sessions with Jemma go for one hour and a 10 session package deal is offered to new clients.
Adults and children are catered for.
Children under 12 are offered 30 min or 45 min lessons depending on individual needs.
Jemma’s kind and well rehearsed approach to teaching is client-focused. No two lessons are the same and Jemma’s strength is supporting her client’s learning needs.
Carefully designed singing and piano lessons can incorporate:
play & original music
creative expression
finding one’s own voice
focused breath work
vocal exercises
goal setting
coaching strategies
classical music appreciation
music genres
instrument knowledge and safety
foundational piano skills
focused skill development
songs
song writing (additional fees apply)
performance preparation (additional fees apply)
Contact us
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