“SONGWRITING FOR THE SOUL” – With Singer/Songwriter and Creative Arts Therapist Brodie Caporn at the 2022 Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat.

Songwriting for the Soul Workshop

Brodie Caporn brings her gift for collaborative music making to the 2022 Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat: an invitation to join a group songwriting workshop that culminates in a co-created composition, singing to the unfolding experience of the group.

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Feature image (above) description: Brodie is standing on a stage, playing a guitar and singing into a microphone. She is wearing a white t-shirt and paisley patterned skirt. Her hair is in a bun and a necklace hangs around her neck. There is a pink coloured light on her and she looks out to the audience as she sings. The words “A song for your soul” are overlayed on the photo. Photo credit: Michael Reynolds

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Photo 2 image description: A guitar and journal with pen is shown on a bed in front of crossed legs in jeans. Underneath is a quilted blanket that is green with colourful dragonflies. The paper on top of journal contains song lyrics.

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The workshop will begin with an art-based exercise to get our creative songwriting juices flowing and to generate some key words and themes for our collaborative songwriting process, followed by an inclusive, non-judgemental and playful approach to improvising poetry to create the lyrics for our song.

We will then put these words to melody and share our voices along with musical instruments and body percussion to create a harmony of souls.

Brodie’s intention for this workshop is to offer an opportunity for authentic self-expression and deep listening while fostering a sense of community and belonging.

She hopes you will join her for some Songwriting for the Soul!

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Image description for photo 3: Photo collage. Centre photo is of Brodie standing with her hands behind her back and she is smiling directly at camera. She wears a dress with artistic pink and red stripes across it and a black cardigan. This photo is surrounded by 8 smaller photos of things that represent different creative activities. These include paintings, dried flowers, a ukelele and a guitar.

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ABOUT BRODIE

Brodie is a registered Creative Arts Therapist and Singer-Songwriter who is passionate about offering a space for individuals and groups to be witnessed, heard and understood through their creative expressions.

Brodie works with a diverse range of clients through her private practice and also in residential Aged Care and Specialist Schools. She employs a multimodal creative arts therapy approach to her work (including music, visual art, storytelling and play therapy processes) and is committed to meeting the unique expressive and therapeutic needs of each of the individuals or groups that she works with.

Brodie is also an established singer-songwriter who regularly performs around Melbourne (pre-covid!) and online. Her music has been described as “salt of the earth” (Nkechi Anele, Triple J) and she has recorded several of her original songs, which can be heard on all the usual streaming platforms and found via https://m.facebook.com/brodiemusician/

Brodie is currently working with Regional Arts Victoria as part of their Creative Workers in Schools program where she is establishing a “School of Rock” band at Coburg Special Developmental School. Rock on!