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Music Therapy

Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.
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“Music engages many neural regions at once, and evidence suggests that it can shape and even alter our brains. And the field of music therapy offers decades of experience supporting the healing potential of music in a range of healthcare settings.”

RENEE FLEMING

Our Organization

The Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association (GLR-AMTA) is home to six states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin), twenty-one colleges and universities offering a degree in music therapy, and thousands of individuals who receive music therapy services.

Our vision states a music therapy culture that inspires ongoing growth of music therapists, their networks, and the profession.

Our mission is to create an inclusive, equitable, accessible, and informed community of diverse music therapy partners across the Great Lakes Region.

Picture of two young children playing the guitar with their music therapist.
Man playing a drum.
Older woman watching two people play the piano together.
Young Black girl gently pressing the keys of a piano.
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