Connecting through music
Music is life itself. ―Louis Armstrong
👥 Serves: 11-25 people, 2-10 people
🎚 Difficulty: Medium
⏳ Total time: 31-60 minutes
🥣 Ingredients: Laptop or mobile device, access to an online meeting platform, one piece of music that each participant really loves
🤓 Wholebeing Domains: Community, Digital Consciousness, Liberatory Learning, Radical Care
💪 Wholebeing Skills: Curiosity, Digital relating, Diversity, Fun, Listening, Openness, Relating to Others, Trust
Connecting through music
📝 Description
A music-based activity to get to know each other in a different way.
Very often we work together for a long time, but we rarely get to know each other’s tastes in music, our passions and hobbies, etc. The following activity is a simple and fun practice to deepen the connections in your team or organisation through music. It can work well online as an extended check-in activity or as a starter at the beginning of a longer team meeting/retreat.
This recipe has been kindly donated by Sue Griggs of The Wellbeing Project.
👣 Steps
Step 1 – Set up (Prior to the call/meeting)
Ask each participant to send you (the facilitator) their favourite piece of music ahead of time. Once you receive all the pieces of music, please prepare a 1-minute clip for each song ahead of time.
Step 2 – Play & guess (45’)
On the day of the call/meeting, play each clip (in a random order). After each one, invite participants to guess which person chose that particular piece of music. Then invite the person who chose that piece of music to briefly talk about the importance of their choice. Continue until everyone has had a chance to share.
Step 3 – Debrief (15’)
If it feels right and there is time, you may wish to lead a debriefing round for participants to share what they experienced, what surprised them about people’s musical choices and what feelings may have risen.