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“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words, and that which cannot remain silent.” ~ Victor Huge
Your body suddenly starts moving involuntarily, there are butterflies in your stomach, and your ears start tingling, and you just enjoy that feeling, imbibing it, living it. That’s what music is capable of, and much more. Music has the ability to lift us up out of depression and sadness, make us happy and helps us to dream. World Music Day, on the 21st of June, celebrates this feeling, this gift, in all its form and the impact it has on everyone and everything.
Turnstone Global knows the importance of music and believes that it is one of the most advanced methods of learning. We incorporate music as a medium of learning and finding oneself, and also believe in the practice of music therapy.
Suchitra Haldar: ‘’ Music enriched my life. It inspired me to follow my passion to dancing’’
Suchitra Haldar, is a girl who wanted to do something for her future. She is presently in class 6. She wished for her parents to be proud of her. And music made that happen. Music and dance go hand in hand. And this wonder proved what she can achieve with talent. She comes from a rural colony and does not have any resource to get a proper training. She goes to a government school in the morning, comes to our non- formal school at Basanti Colony in the afternoon and helps out her parents in their work in the evening. To be at such a tender age and have such mature ideas is in itself very commendable. But when there is a will, there is a way. She still carved out time to practice her dance which is her passion.
She took part in many of our performances and wowed everyone present. She is now a star in her colony and also in many nearby areas and is called for specifically nowadays for taking part in their performances.
Ananya Roy: ‘’Music changed my life, I see the world differently now, I am more confident and independent as an individual’’
Ananya Roy, a girl from a rural area, studying in class 9, was looked down upon for being a girl. She was quite depressed about it. In one of the classes at our non- formal school in Basanti Colony, we heard her humming a song and saw her dancing to it on her own when no one was watching and she looked quite happy then. We knew we have an opportunity to help her out in this regard. We gave her music and dancing lessons and it has worked wonders. By this, we tried applying the music therapy practice which is a method of therapy wherein music is used as the main form of solution or antidote for psychological strengthening. We were successful in elevating her mood and happiness level because then, she was doing what she loved to do.
This gave in the added bonus of her polishing on her talent of singing and dancing and going for dance performances held by us and also for the general public. This catapulted her confidence and raised her in the eyes of her neighbours and the society. Now they could not be more proud of her and she has become the apple of their eyes.
Music has a power which cannot really be expressed in words. It is a feeling. A feeling which can change a person, which can control the person and which can free a person. So let us bring out the Mozart and the Beethoven from within ourselves and contribute something to make each and every single human feel the emotions which can change a person’s life.
