Twenty years of music therapy at Berklee College of Music

Abstract

This report is an account of the establishment and progress of the Music Therapy Department and Institute at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is a retrospective look at 20 years of faculty/curriculum development, special initiatives, events, and trends in the education and training of music therapists. It offers some insights into the factors that guide programmatic focus and change.

Keywords

• programme development
• music therapy
• curriculum
• history of music therapy