By Rachel Ferreira, MusicWorx Intern When you think of a person that is homeless, what image pops into your head? Perhaps it’s something like this. You probably don’t think of something like this: When talking about the homelessness problem we have in the United States,...
By Anna Limina, MusicWorx Intern American music would not be what it is today without Black musicians. Period. Too often styles of music and songs were stolen, appropriated, and watered down by white folk. As music therapists especially, we must understand the history behind the...
By Amanda Mears, MusicWorx Intern We’ve all heard of and experienced grief in some form. Grief is a word that has been appearing more and more in discussions everywhere lately. On top of any personal grief that you may be dealing with, the pandemic and...
By Brian Locascio, MusicWorx Intern When given the opportunity to work with MusicWorx and Resounding Joy Inc. I learned that I would get to conduct a case study and a special project. I began to ask myself, what are some populations in need that are...
By Anna Limina, MusicWorx Intern First of all… take a deep breath. Completing your Music Therapy internship can be overwhelming and scary, especially when you throw in a major historical event altering all reality in the mix! As students, we have all worked extremely hard...
By Arianna Monge, MusicWorx Intern “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” - Theodore Roosevelt In the midst of a pandemic, we find ourselves searching for some type of normalcy in our lives. With so much we cannot control, we must...
Resounding Joy and MusicWorx are devastated by the murder of George Floyd, the most recent victim of a long history of violence against Black Americans, violence perpetuated by systemic racism. We stand against racism and injustice, and acknowledge the trauma inflicted on people of color....
By Amanda Mears, MusicWorx Intern Have you ever seen a musician perform and think, “I wish I could do that, but I’m not that talented!” Or, music therapists, have you heard people tell you that they’d love to play an instrument or sing, but they...
By Alicia Coleman, MusicWorx Intern For the completion of my internship, I wanted to develop a special project that focused on songwriting and recording... something that I was passionate about, something that got me excited, and something that I wouldn’t mind plugging away at for...
Effective Strategies for Handling Physical Distancing By Brian Locascio, MusicWorx Intern Our lives have changed substantially within a period of months. In addition to this natural stressor, our nation does not currently have the necessary amounts of PPE required to handle the current threat to...