Ian Nye

Ian graduated from Southampton University in 1995 with a BA(Hons) in Music. He then went on to study Music Therapy at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, qualifying in 1998.

Ian worked for several years in Kent in schools for children with severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties. He worked with individuals and groups of children with a range of learning needs and emotional difficulties. In 2006, Ian moved to work in the pupil referral units throughout Bedfordshire. This work expanded so he worked with children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in nurture units, special schools and mainstream schools. Through this work, Ian developed a passion for working with children suffering from the effects of domestic violence. More recently, he has developed a number of training courses for educational staff working with children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Ian spent two years on the committee for the British Society for Music Therapy (a forerunner of the British Association of Music Therapy) and has spoken at conferences throughout England and abroad. Outside music therapy, Ian has run various community music groups including choirs, African drumming circles and a primary school orchestra