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About Me
I'm Brooke, a music therapist, choir director, and classically trained pianist from Manchester.
After realising the potential of music to reach and empower people, I decided to train as a music therapist, earning my masters with Nordoff & Robbins at Royal Northern College of Music in 2021.
At the beginning of my career, I quickly found my passion which is working with children with complex needs and people living with dementia. As well as schools and care homes, I am experienced in the field of mental health, specifically eating disorder units and drug and alcohol rehab centres.
Collaborations
I Like Singing
I Like Singing
Brooke co-leads three choirs alongside I Like Singing founder, Rose de la Font - Alty Voices, Sale Sings, and Chorlton Sings. Brooke is highly experienced in leading interactive group music-making sessions, always aiming to make music accessible and enjoyable for everyone she works with. Her enthusiastic and energetic personality shines through in her work, ensuring that participants feel encouraged and engaged.
Believing that everyone has musical potential, Brooke is committed to helping people discover and celebrate their inner musician while fostering a sense of collaboration and community through music.
Manchester Camerata
Manchester Camerata
Since August 2023, Brooke has been working with Manchester Camerata as part of their Music in Mind project. The project consists of providing weekly music therapy sessions to care homes with a focus on equipping care staff with skills to use music to support people living with dementia and to facilitate their own music groups in their homes. Find out more about Music in Mind
Minecraft Music School
Minecraft Music School
Brooke is working with her husband, flamenco guitarist, music theorist and teacher, Tom Metcalfe, on his PhD project. The project sets out to explore the potential of the sandbox game Minecraft as a platform for music education. A significant aspect of Tom's research has consisted of the discovery and categorisation of every possible heptatonic scale (7 note musical scale), many of which are very rich and exotic sounding.
Brooke will be working with Tom to explore how these can be used to benefit music therapist and to equip them with a wider range of scales and tetrachord to use in their clinical improvisations.
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