Conference

5 Lessons for my Graduate Students

August 28, 2018
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ICMPC (the International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition meeting I attended in July) is most succinctly described as a music science conference. Although various fields are represented, including music psychology, music cognition, music theory, music therapy, and more, at its core it’s a science conference. And I find it fascinating to note the differences […]

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Music and Musicking

August 7, 2018
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I have a confession: I am not a fan of the word “musicking.” Not only is it a silly-sounding word to me, but you can’t even find it in Merriam-Webster. (Okay, technically it’s described as the “present participle of music,” meaning it’s the ongoing action of the thing called “music.” But unlike other present participles […]

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World Congress-bound: A Preview

July 2, 2017
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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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Presentational vs. Participational Music: A Recap of the 2014 CMS Summit

May 22, 2014
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Music therapy is an inherently interdisciplinary field, which makes it all the more surprising that it has taken me almost 15 years to finally begin attending non-music therapy-specific conferences. The first was the Society for Music Perception and Cognition conference in Toronto last summer. The second was the 2014 Summit for the College Music Society […]

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Prepping for #AMTA13: ‘Tis the Conference Season

November 18, 2013
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‘Tis the season! No, not the trick-or-treating, costume-wearing, Halloween candy-eating season. And not the family-feasting, cranberry sauce-making, pumpkin pie-baking season. Not even the candy cane-crunching, tree-decorating, stocking-stuffing season. ‘Tis the music therapy conference season. This week marks the 14th annual conference of the American Music Therapy Association (#AMTA13), thousands of music therapists from the US and […]

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SMPC 2013 Wrap-up and Reflections

August 13, 2013
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I have recently returned from the 2013 meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC), which was held at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. On the first leg of my return trip, I was asked by the gentleman sitting next to me to share the “one big thing” I learned at this conference. […]

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Highlights from GLR’s 2013 Music Therapy Conference

April 13, 2013
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Last week, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the 2013 music therapy conference for the Great Lakes Region (GLR) of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). The GLR includes music therapists from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan and is the second largest region population-wise in the US (the largest being the Mid-Atlantic […]

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#AMTA12 Wrap-Up in Pictures

October 18, 2012
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At the time of writing this post, I am (mostly) recovered from last week’s AMTA conference. Normally, I would list my personal conference highlights, but this year? Time to shake things up and show you through pictures… Conference really revolves around the workshops, trainings, and sessions. It’s a time to share, to learn, and to […]

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#AMTA12: A Preconference Preview

October 9, 2012
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This post is coming a month earlier than usual, but I’m excited to write it! This week, the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) is hosting it’s annual conference, this year at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles IL (just outside of Chicago). This is the time when thousands of music therapists from around the […]

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