The Bachelor of Music Therapy degree program prepares students for a rewarding career in music therapy and requires extensive training in both musical and clinical skills. The BMT program provides the interdisciplinary and clinical training necessary to meet the diverse emotional, social, cognitive, and physical needs of individuals throughout the lifespan.

Music can inspire, lead, comfort, and heal. As a music therapist, you’ll use your knowledge and abilities in music to help people live better lives. Music therapy is a fast-growing field and Carroll University is one of only two institutions in Wisconsin offering an AMTA-certified music therapy degree. Music therapy is useful for a wide variety of patients, from infants to the elderly and those suffering from trauma, injury, illness, and disease. It can help reduce anxiety and stress, coax movement, generate social interaction and improve a patient’s quality of life in numerous ways. Music therapists work in diverse settings–from clinics and hospitals to schools and homes. In our program, you’ll study music, gain proficiency in an instrument, and also acquire the qualifications to be a therapist, learn clinical skills with patients, and prepare for professional practice.

Music therapy being a scientific practice that has knowledge and modes of production of art, aesthetic thought, especially music in the health space, that of mental health, its object of study is focused on the relationship of the subject with the sound-body-music, understanding this relationship as a complex, aesthetic, discursive phenomenon and a linking experience.

The Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy degree is offered for those who wish to complete the coursework aligned with the requirements set by the American Music Therapy Association to qualify for becoming a Board-Certified Music Therapist.

The Bachelor of Music Education/Music Therapy degree is offered for those who wish to qualify for K-12 licensure through the state department of education and as a Board-Certified Music Therapist through the Certification Board for Music Therapy.

Converse’s Music Therapy degree program blends music, psychology, and neuroscience to support an individual’s physical, emotional, cognitive and social development. Music therapists work with clients of all ages from newborns to older adults using music to help them achieve therapeutic goals.

Converse’s Music Therapy degree program blends music, psychology, and neuroscience to support an individual’s physical, emotional, cognitive and social development. Music therapists work with clients of all ages from newborns to older adults using music to help them achieve therapeutic goals.

The Bachelor of Music Therapy degree program, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and the American Music Therapy Association, prepares students to use music as a therapeutic tool to address the physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of individuals. The College of Wooster and the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music comprise the Cleveland Music Therapy Consortium.

Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy with its unique integration of art and science, the Bachelor of Science in music therapy lets you combine your love of music with a passion for helping others. This degree prepares you for a career as a music therapist by developing your musicianship, performance, therapeutic, and scholarly skills. The program includes rigorous training in music and courses in psychology, biology, nursing, sociology, and anthropology.

The Art Therapy program at Converse explores the transformative power of creative expression to heal and improve lives.

In Advanced Audio/Music Mastering: Theory and Practice, you will develop your analytical and practical skills to be able to tackle the demanding signal processing challenges presented to professional mastering engineers.

More than ever before, today's drummer is called upon to be a versatile, creative force. Afro-Cuban Drums is designed to strengthen your overall versatility as a drummer by exposing you to the rich grooves and rhythmic concepts of Afro-Cuban music, a genre that has become increasingly popular since its inception in the 1940s and now influences many other styles, including pop, gospel, jazz, rock, hip-hop, country, and classical.

Whether you are writing for jingles, soundtracks, or pop songs, knowing how to write/arrange for smaller bands and larger ensembles is crucial to your success.

Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings provides a simple, straightforward, and in-depth approach to this high level material.

Become a more effective player and learn to better express yourself on the acoustic guitar in Berklee Online's Acoustic Guitar Techniques course.