By Anna Smith, MusicWorx Intern “Music in itself is healing. It is an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are ALL touched by. No matter what culture we are from, EVERYONE loves music. “ Billy Joel Being a MusicWorx intern is a great experience…
By Maya Zebley, MusicWorx Intern The past eight months of my internship were a great eye opening for me. The opportunities given me to work with variety of populations with various disabilities helped me better understand the healing power of music therapy. I realized that…
This year serves as an extremely important year for MusicWorx Inc. This is the 15th anniversary of the MusicWorx Internship! At the end of the year we will have mentored over 125 Music Therapy Interns. Over the next few months we will be celebrating this…
By Marielle Sheppel Every fifteen minutes, someone in the United States dies in an alcohol-related incident. This Monday, supervising music therapist Noelle Pederson and the MusicWorx intern team had the chance to play an important and unprecedented role in Helix High School’s triennial Every 15…
By Amy Dunlap Sankofa is a word that literally means, “go back and take” in the Ghanaian language Akan. Culturally, the symbol of sankofa represents one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress…
By Brianna Larsen “I began my music therapy internship 35 years ago this June. I remember walking into the career of music therapy not knowing what to expect but convinced that I would make a difference. I spent much of my time explaining what music…
By Maya Zebley, Intern #120 According to the American Music Therapy Association web-site, in the 1940’s music therapy became an organized clinical profession which led to establishment of “standards for university-level educational and clinical training requirements, making research and clinical training a priority, creating a…
By Marielle Sheppel, Intern #119 Advances in research and technology are linking music experiences to actual biological responses in the brain and body, validating our field and providing explanation for treatment. At the MusicWorx internship, we work primarily in the medical setting and I find…