Social Skills Instrument Trick or Treat

Halloween is one of my favorite times of year at the studio because of all the different festivities that take place! The week leading up to Halloween, we begin something we call Costume Week. True to its name, Costume Week encourages everyone, clients and staff, to...

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A Success Story at the “School of Dynamics”

I have the privilege of supervising music therapy students from two local colleges as they accrue fieldwork hours. It is such a rewarding thing to help develop the skills needed to be a music therapist, and it always reignites my own personal love for my work! One...

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My Music Therapy Story

When I was in high school, I was often asked what I wanted to study when I went to college. For a long time, I didn’t have an answer to that question. I knew I wanted to go to college, but I didn’t know where I should go, or what I would choose to study there. Then...

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Common Misconceptions of Music Therapy

Music therapy is still a pretty “new” profession, which means not a lot of people know much about it. It also means that those of us in the field have a HUGE desire to educate and share about how amazing it is! I have only been a board-certified music therapist for 3...

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7 Benefits of Music Therapy

Music therapy has a multitude of benefits that are often unknown! Each client’s needs are different, so their experience with music therapy will also be individualized to meet those needs. Read on to discover some of the foundational or “basic” benefits of music...

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Student Spotlight – Assisting a Summer Camp

by Isbah Shahjee   A few weeks ago, I assisted with the Bumps & Beats Summer Camp at Valotta Studios. It was a great learning experience for me as I figured out how to work with younger children. In the mornings, I would help the teacher in charge with...

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Art’s Advice – Why Private Lessons?

In years (very) gone by, music was relegated almost exclusively to the home.  The musical “The Music Man” depicts a traveling con-man named Harold Hill who travels from town to town, selling the townsfolk on the advantages of a school instrumental music program to...

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