Music Therapy Major

compmom
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:23:10 +0000

I know a flutist who did performance for undergrad, grad program in music therapy and is now doing a doctorate focusing on research on neuroscience and music. I believe she will end up in academia and research.

I do think her path illustrates the zigs and zags a career can take, and that planning on very specific goals that are long term is not always necessary.

I have worked with a well-known music performance organization in setting up music therapy programs and also volunteered with hospice and an assisted living facility. I would say that much of what happens therapeutically in music therapy has long been on a volunteer basis, but the field has become more established in recent years.

Also the musicians we use, who were paid, had great personalities for working with the populations we were serving but didn’t have any training in music therapy.

As an undergrad major it could be fascinating with its combination of fields ( but as MACmiracle said, salaries might be low).

What instrument(s) does this young woman play? Would she be happier doing performance as an undergrad, instead?