Aided by an award from the GRAMMY Foundation® Grant Program, two School of Music, Theatre and Dance professors at Colorado State University are set to lead a study on musical creativity in children with autism spectrum disorder. With a $19,697 GRAMMY Grant, combined with an additional $20,132 from Colorado State University (CSU), Erik Johnson, Ph.D. […]
Good things continue to happen for the Music Therapy area at Colorado State University as a current student, recent alum, and two faculty members were honored at the 2015 American Music Therapy Association conference, held Nov.12-15 in Kansas City, Mo. According to the American Music Therapy Association’s (AMTA) website (musictherapy.org), the professional organization annually acknowledges […]
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the Music Therapy Student Association at CSU spent their weekly meeting with CSU’s chapter of the Best Buddies International program. According to the organization’s website, Best Buddies International is a non-profit dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that provides opportunities for one-to-one friendship, leadership development and integrated employment for people […]
Last month during a mid-week rehearsal, the CSU Marching Band abruptly switched gears, stopping in the middle of learning drill to play the Coast Guard song, “Semper Paratus.” At the time, the reason was only known by Director Dr. Richard Frey who had previously received a special letter from one of the three people watching from […]
Mt. Saint Abbey in Mt. Angel, Ore. This summer, Horn Professor Dr. John McGuire performed with the Boulder Brass at the Mt. Saint Abbey Bach Festival in Mt. Angel, Ore. According to the festival’s website, the event, established in 1971, invites national and international musicians for a three-day classical music celebration. Guests enjoy vespers with […]
The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) convened an historic and innovative research symposium, “IMPROVING ACCESS AND QUALITY: MUSIC THERAPY RESEARCH 2025” (MTR 2025), July 16-18, 2015. This visionary special event was designed to recommend guidance for future research in music therapy. Dr. Blythe LaGasse, associate professor of Music Therapy and coordinator of Music Therapy at […]
Michael Thaut, director of the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University and pioneer in the neuroscience of music and neurologic music therapy, has received a major honor from across the pond. “This was a huge and unlikely honor,” Thaut said. The Oxford Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy, co-edited and co-authored by […]
On February 25, several Music and LEAP graduate students presented research at CSU’s Graduate Student Showcase. Over 300 CSU graduate students presented research and creative works, including six exhibits from music students in areas of performance, education, and therapy, along with four exhibits from students in the LEAP Master of Arts Leadership & Administration program. […]
William Davis has been recognized for a lifetime of commitment and dedication to the field of music therapy with the American Music Therapy Association Lifetime Achievement Award.The prestigious award is given to signify the recipient’s primary role in the establishment and continued growth of the field of music therapy. According to the official announcement, “The […]
When alumnus Casey Ehresman ʹ08 taught in the K-12 education system, she noticed that music had a way of helping children manage stress and excel academically. She chose Colorado State University to study music therapy because of the program’s emphasis on neurologically based research and study. Now a music therapist in a maximum security state […]
