My practice is in Parktown, Johannesburg. I have a B-Tech (music) degree and a master’s in Music Therapy from the University of Pretoria and am registered with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA). I also have experience working with adults including elderly people with dementia. Sacks tells the story of a man with Alzheimers who 'has no idea what he did for a living or what he did 10 minutes ago,' but who 'remembers the baritone part to almost every song he has ever. I work with autistic teenagers and children (my Master’s research was titled “Becoming a rock band. I primarily work with teenagers and children with issues around depression and anxiety, identity, self-confidence, anger, aggression, and bullying. I have been a passionate guitar teacher for over 30 years and have also taught music theory at a tertiary level. I have worked in theatre, played with jazz and pop bands, composed, recorded, and released albums and even won a South African Music Award (SAMA) for my children’s music. Sacks has worked as a composer and orchestrator on over 30 feature films over the past 25 years. As a professional musician and music teacher with over 30 years of experience I have witnessed the profound power that music has to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. Composer Jonathan Sacks is a versatile and eclectic composer who writes for film, theater, and the concert hall.
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