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MUSIC THERAPY

Music Therapy

Dr. Alicia Barksdale
Director
Music Therapy Program

MUSIC THERAPY

@ WAU

WAU's Music Therapy Program is led by  Dr. Alicia Barksdale.

WAU is the first school in Maryland, and, within the Adventist education system in North America, to offer a four-year academic and clinical program based on the education requirements established by the American Music Therapy Association.

 

Included in the program are courses in Music, General Education (with special emphasis in psychology and special education) and Music Therapy. WAU’s music therapy program is approved by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) and the National Association for Schools of Music (NASM).

BM in Music Therapy

Music Therapy Equivalent Program

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Music Therapy

Professor, Amy Tenney
Music Therapy Clinical Coordinator
Practicum Supervisor

MUSIC THERAPY

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Ms. Tenney is a board-certified music therapist and serves as the Music Therapy Clinical Coordinator/Practicum Supervisor at WAU. She has experience providing music therapy to various populations of children and adults, including immigrants and refugees, seniors, and individuals with special needs.

Ms. Tenney was a recipient of a Community Fellowship through Open Society Institute-Baltimore. Through this fellowship, she founded and continues to serve as the director of RICH in Music: Refugee – Immigrant Connection & Healing, based in Baltimore.

Ms. Tenney previously served on the Maryland Music Therapy State Task Force for Occupational Regulation, which subsequently achieved licensure for music therapists in Maryland.

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CONTACT US

Washington Adventist University

Department of Music

7711 Greenwood Ave

Takoma Park, MD  20912

Dr. Alicia Barksdale, Music Therapy Program Director

Email: music@wau.edu

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Music Therapy

Dr. Cindybet Perez Martinez
Professor, Music Therapy

 

MUSIC THERAPY

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Dr. Cindybet Pérez Martínez, PhD, MT-BC, NMT is a board-certified clinical and neurologic music therapist with over 10 years of experience.

She is also a music educator and special education specialist certified in Puerto Rico, the State of Florida and the State of Alabama. She completed her BA in Music Education at the University of Puerto Rico, her Masters in Music Therapy at Illinois State University and her Doctorate in Music Therapy at Cambridge International University, Spain.

She has experience working with neonates, infants, children, youth, adults, elderly and families in a great diversity of settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, schools, hospice, among others, helping individuals and families improve their quality of life and health through music therapy.

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