Live from Seattle and the University of Washington, we recorded another interview with two American music therapists and then had some roundtable discussions on the topic of writing as a clinician and research in music therapy.

Krystal Demaine is a music therapist in the Boston area working with several populations as a neurologic music therapy fellow, teaching at two universities, and a PhD student at Lesley University. Her poster at ICMPC was entitled “The Relative Roles of Melody and Rhythm in Music Therapy for Two Boys with Autism.”

Dwyer Conklyn is a neurologic music therapy fellow working at the Cleveland Clinic. He presented a paper entitled “Regaining Your Voice: Modified Melodic Intonation Therapy in Acute Care.”

1. Olivia Swedberg, USA: Discussing her paper on Music Therapy Voice Protocol (MTVP) for Singing Groups of People with Parkinson’s Disease.
2. Eun-Jeong Lee, Germany: Music therapist in Heidelberg talks about the use of the monochord in the oncology unit.
3. Joanna Kantor-Martynuska, psychology, Poland: Rumination and the effectiveness of mood induction with the use of music and speech; Physiological and self-reported music relaxation in people suffering from hypertension
4. Elizabeth Dennis – Institute for Music and Human Social Development, University of Edinburgh, Scotland: Can background music and caregiver singing benefit people with dementia? Results of a study in a Scottish home.

More lined up from the conference – we’re only half way through it!