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#MTAdvocacy and Finding My Advocacy Song

January 11, 2018

It’s January! Know what that means…? Time for the annual Music Therapy Social Media Advocacy month! I have had the distinct pleasure of helping to coordinate this project since its inception in 2012. Whereas in year’s past we invited music therapy bloggers and podcasters to talk about advocacy, this year we’re structuring the project differently […]

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Happy Holidays! Enjoy the 2017 Moore Holiday Video Card

December 22, 2017

It’s now tradition in our house that, in lieu of sending holiday cards, we prepare a holiday music video! Please enjoy, with best wishes for a joyful holiday and a very happy New Year!

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What does Geography have to do with Song Preference?

October 11, 2017

I was recently inspired by an episode of the Revisionist History podcast to explore musical characteristics associated with “sad” music. This particular episode stimulated some other thoughts as well, in particular the role of geography and song preference. Where does this come from? In the podcast episode, host Malcolm Gladwell explored characteristics associated with specific […]

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Summer Reading Challenge, Part 2: Emotion Regulation Time

August 4, 2017

I’ve continued my personal summer quest to finish 6 books on my professional reading list. In June I shared my review of two books related primarily to autism spectrum “disorder.” The theme of topical pairing now continues with two books on emotion regulation… Review of Handbook of Emotion Regulation (2nd Ed.) Emotion regulation (ER)—and particularly […]

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World Congress-bound: A Preview

July 2, 2017

I blog this morning from a hotel room outside the LAX airport. In 6 hours I’ll be on a flight again and, should all go smoothly, in 17 hours will be touching down at Narita airport in Tokyo. From there I make the hourlong bus ride north to Tsukuba, Japan to attend the 15th World Congress […]

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A Landmark Week for Music Therapy Awareness

June 21, 2017

The week of the 2017 Memorial Day holiday will go down as a landmark week for the music therapy profession in the United States. Let’s start at the end… Through a partnership between the Kennedy Center and the National Institutes for Health (NIH), music therapy was on full display during the June 2-3 “Sound Health: […]

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Summer Reading Challenge, Part 1: Neurodiversity and Movement Differences

June 13, 2017

Academic life makes for a busy 40 weeks. These include the 32 weeks of actual classes, meetings, defenses, and grading, along with the extra 8ish weeks of course prep and semester wrap-up. These 40 weeks leave me busy enough there’s little to no time for non-teaching related activity. (Long-time readers may have noticed my blogging […]

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Pomp and Circumstance-inspired Musings

May 13, 2017

I am fresh off the annual academic tradition of the commencement ceremony. With its academic regalia, inspirational speeches, decorated caps, air horns, and (of course) music, this event marks a concrete moment in life when one transitions into a new role—student to professional, student back to (law/medical/grad) student, student scholar to professional academic. I enjoy […]

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