The World Congress of Music Therapy Conference 2023 has come to a close. Thanks to all delegates and exhibitors for making the conference a booming success! If you participated in the congress, don't forget to use your 12% off coupon code (The code is in the program book and on the hand-out flyers).
Check out some of our video and photo highlights of the week:
Empire Music Co. 's GM Elliot & President Milton smiling wide!
Check out our WCMT2023 Collection of products that were on display!
A special thanks to these incredible exhibitors:
The American Music Therapy Association ® is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services. AMTA is committed to advancing education, training, professional standards, credentialing, and research in support of the music therapy profession.
Mahidol University’s College of Music is Thailand’s first music school, offering programs of study ranging from early childhood to doctoral level in various majors to prepare students for a successful musical career in the real world. The College now has over 110 full-time faculty members serving over 1,200 students.
Purdue University The Purdue University Fort Wayne School of Music offers graduate and graduate equivalency music therapy degrees in a hybrid format so you can advance your career without interrupting your life. Advance your career in their methods-based, transtheoretical, clinically-focused program, led by diverse and highly-experienced music therapy faculty. That week I met the wonderful Dr. Nancy Jackson, director of music therapy, who came as both a speaker and an exhibitor.
Concordia University, located in Montreal, Canada, offers two different graduate programs in music therapy: The Graduate Diploma in Music Therapy (in-person) and the Master’s in Creative Arts Therapies – Music Therapy, the country’s only online music therapy program. Both programs are approved by the Canadian Association of Music Therapists (CAMT).
Berklee College of Music advances the field of music therapy through the development and innovation of best practices. We train future music therapists through our Undergraduate Program, facilitate interdisciplinary cross-sector collaboration through our Music and Health Institute, and develop programs to address identified health disparities through The Center for Music Therapy.
Additionally, Berklee College of Music is looking for practicum and internship clinical supervisors. For information about minimum requirements, contact MTI@berklee.edu .
MUSIC CARE by Room 217™ is a music-based health arts social enterprise that produces and delivers, purposely designed music products, education, training, and certification to improve quality of life and care. Our three pillars of MUSIC CARE are – CONNECT, LEARN and CERTIFY, each designed to support caregivers and care communities to increase engagement and life enrichment.
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Finally, thanks to the World Federation of Music Therapy and the Canadian Association of Music Therapists for your support in making WCMT 2023 a huge success!
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