The Division of Fine Arts offers a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy toward preparation for Music Therapy Board Certification. The program has been approved for more than twenty-five years by the National Association of Schools of Music and by the American Music Therapy Association, the leading professional music therapy association in the country. It is one of only two accredited undergraduate music therapy programs in the New England region. Graduates of this program are eligible to sit for the board exam administered by the Certification Board for Music Therapists to receive their MT-BC credential (Music Therapist-Board Certified).
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The 4 1/2 year program prepares students for clinical practice as generalists immediately after graduation. In the first two years of the curriculum, students acquire their basic musical skills (theory, ear training, keyboard, guitar, voice, and percussion) learn clinical musicianship through hands-on class work and begin clinical placements in music therapy. In the junior and senior years, music therapy coursework focuses upon techniques, theory, and research. Concurrently, students complete 1,200 hours of supervised clinical practicum and internships in the community working with child, adult, and elderly clients with psychiatric illnesses, cognitive and physical disabilities, and medical conditions. |
Admission to the Music Therapy Program
Students may begin their music therapy coursework in the first semester. However, students are not formally admitted into the music therapy program until the completion of the sophomore review process. |
Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy
In addition to general College requirements, Music Therapy majors must complete:
Introduction to Psychology
Human Biology
Music Therapy Cooperative Internship
Senior Music Therapy Seminar
Music Theory I-IV
Ear Training I-IV
Piano Class I-IV
Individual Studio Instruction in Major Instrument
Ensemble
Music History I-II
Clinical Musicianship
Music Therapy I-IV
Music Therapy Field Placement I-III
Child Development
Psychology of the Exceptional Child
Abnormal Psychology |
For more information, please contact:
Lisa Summer, M.C.A.T., MT-BC
Director of Music Therapy
(508) 849-3454
lsummer@annamaria.edu |
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