It’s hard to believe any of us will ever forget the last year of living through the COVID-19 pandemic, and I feel the need to write down my experience. I need to remember what incredible challenges we all faced, what it was like to be pregnant during a pandemic, to be a mom, to give … More My Pandemic Year: From Being Pregnant to Testing Positive
This is such a strange time to be a music therapist. This is such a strange time to be a mom. This is such a strange time to be a human. The last time I made music face-to-face with my students was on March 16, the day before my workplace had to close it’s doors … More Mommy-ing and Music-Making at Home
Now that 2019 is already off to a roaring start, I wanted to take a minute and remember 2018 before it completely disappears in my memory. Considering I only got to one blog post in 2018, cleary I had other priorities besides contributing to this blog. But instead of beating myself up for not writing … More Before 2018 fades away….
One thing I love about the music therapy community is its willingness to help each other. Whether it’s in group supervision, conference presentations, or on social media sites, I am continually amazed at other therapist’s generosity with sharing their ideas, suggestions, and work. And now with a little one taking over all of my time … More Swapping Songs
Two years ago on November 9th I started this blog to honor the memory of my dad and give myself a space to process and share my experiences as a new music therapist. I’m a bit embarrassed that I haven’t written a blog post since March even though I have attempted to start one multiple … More A Creative Pause
I debated whether to write a blog entry while on maternity leave as I am not currently practicing music therapy and this blog generally has been about my professional work. But then I realized that my identity as a full time board certified music therapist has now changed to a full time board certified music therapist/working mother. … More The Maternity Leave Report
2016 was fairly monumental for me professionally and personally. It was my first entire calendar year of being a board certified music therapist, I led music therapy sessions at both YCCA school locations as well as the public preschool in New Jersey, I presented at the regional music therapy conference, I started doing individual music therapy … More New Year, New Adventures
As Thanksgiving weekend is wrapping up and we are entering into the busy holiday season, I wanted to share a song I wrote last year for Thanksgiving. Every year we constantly ask the kids what they are thankful for throughout the month of November, and I wanted to write a song with a simple melody … More Thankful
On this day, four years ago, I was a newlywed, struggling to decide if I should continue to pursue a career in opera and starting to entertain the possibility of going back to school to become a music therapist. Thankfully, my husband was extremely supportive in my decision to attempt to start over professionally. On … More On This Day
Last spring, I had the unique opportunity to be part of a pilot program for youth in the foster care system. The program brought together over 30 teenagers who currently live in group homes because of issues that arose in their foster care settings. Having previously led vocal workshops with teenagers in foster care several … More From Toddlers to Teenagers
Next Time Won't You Sing With Me? 