American Music Therapy Association

October 2022 Updates *Note: The link to the October 6 board meeting can be found in the Videos section. To register for the upcoming board meeting, use the link found in the October 25 Board Meeting section. * In order to better inform the music therapy community of events and topics important to music therapists, music therapy students, clients, and other stakeholders, we continue to work to expand how we provide information. We currently use a number of tools, including email blasts, social media posts, and videos. We invite you to visit the following sources for more information:

The AMTA Workforce Development and Retention Committee is pleased to make available our survey results from one of our assigned goals from the board of directors to collect information regarding the music therapy workforce and create a retention plan.

The next AMTA Board of Directors Meeting will take place on October 25th, 8:00-9:30 pm ET. As with the past few BOD and Assembly meetings, this meeting will be open and accessible to everyone in the music therapy community.

Reminder: The American Music Therapy Association is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the inaugural AMTA Symposium, which will be held online November 13-16, 2022. The preliminary program and registration portal is available at https://amta-u.thinkific.com/

Carol Collins 1927 – 2022 It is with deep sadness that we share the death of Carol Collins, a beloved music therapy pioneer and educator. She was one of the first music therapy interns to train with Dr. Ira Altshuler during the late 1940’s at Eloise Hospital (later named Wayne County General Hospital and Infirmary) in Detroit, Michigan.

2022 AMTA Symposium attendees will have access to a special interactive screening of Orchestrating Change, a film about the world’s only orchestra for people living with mental illness. A Q&A with the filmmakers and musicians featured in the film will follow.

Join Suzanne Sorel, DA, LCAT, MT-BC, at the 2022 AMTA Symposium for a 5-CMTE session on Becoming a Music-Centered Music Therapist! Learn more and register at https://amta-u.thinkific.com

Attention music therapy students! AMTAS is sponsoring the virtual Student Passages session on November 13 from 10am-12:30pm EST.

Included in your 2022 AMTA Symposium registration is Understanding Ethics and Developing Moral/Practical Wisdom 101, applicable for 5 ethics CMTEs and LCAT credits!

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is hosting a teaming activity on October 13, 2022 from 2-4 p.m. ET for the following funding opportunity announcement (FOA): REsearch Across Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions (REACH) Virtual Resource Centers (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - RFA-AT-23-007.

As part of the Opening Session for the 2022 AMTA Symposium on November 13, the Carol Bitcon Lecture features Dr. Juliana Mosley-Williams, who will be speaking on The Do-Re-Mi of Cultural Humility. All of the Symposium sessions are included in your registration. More information at https://amta-u.thinkific.com/​

This is a reminder that the Board of Directors Meeting previously scheduled for September 27th will take place on October 6th, 9:00-10:30 pm ET. Please complete this updated Google form only if you did NOT already RSVP for the original meeting date (9/27/22).

Thanks to generous donations from Liquid Mind Musical Healthcare and The Center for Performing Arts Medicine at Houston Methodist, we have multiple scholarships available for students, interns, and new professionals to attend the 2022 AMTA Symposium.

The AMTA Board Meeting scheduled for September 27, 2022 at 8:30 pm ET has been changed to October 06, 2022 at 9:00 pm ET.

The next AMTA Board of Directors Meeting is scheduled for September 27th, from 8:30 – 10:00pm ET / 7:30-9:00 pm CT / 6:30-8:00 pm MT / 5:30-7:00 pm PT.