About Us

What is Music Therapy?

Music therapy is an evidence-based field in which a trained professional utilizes music to encourage engagement and facilitate growth. With therapeutic strategies, the music therapist helps individuals accomplish goals while addressing address physical, emotional, cognitive and social gaps. This use of music in a therapeutic context helps clients’ abilities and transfer the growth to other areas of their lives.

About Roman Music Therapy

Roman Music Therapy Services’ Board-Certified Music Therapists use music to transform lives, overcoming challenges with communication, understanding or socialization in children and adults. With music as a bridge, we  uncover an individual’s potential, creating new connections, providing successful interactions and offering meaningful opportunities for growth.

As the premier independent music therapy agency in Massachusetts, Roman Music Therapy Services has set the standard nationally for community-based and contractual music therapy services.  Since our founding in 2006,  we have improved the lives of children, adults and seniors through goal-driven, meaningful music therapy services, with:

  • Expanded access to music therapy services for individuals throughout the life span
  • Partnerships with municipalities, organizations, agencies, and private businesses
  • Development of Staff Beats® wellness programming
  • Launch of Project Harmony inclusive community-based experiential music programs

Vision Statement

Shining as a beacon that fosters community, belonging, and well-being, Roman Music Therapy Services amplifies each individual’s wholeness and potential for healing and growth. We share our Culture Creed and experiences to inspire mission-driven organizations worldwide to invest in transformative collaboration.


Our role in the world is about more than the music! It is about bringing human beings, all music makers, together. We just happen to use music in building lifelong connections to help make our world a better place.

Mission Statement

We serve others through transformative, human-centered, music-making experiences and build strong foundations that focus on connection and community. Our clients, stakeholders and staff engage in meaningful experiences that translate to all environments and relationships.


Using music to unlock closed doors, expose potential, possibilities and opportunities, we use music to transform lives, working through challenges in communication, processing or socialization. With music as a bridge, we uncover an individual’s promise. In music-making we create new connections, facilitate meaningful engagement, and provide opportunities for growth.

Supporting Your Journey

No matter where you are on life’s journey, our team is here to support you and your loved ones.

With experience spanning the full age spectrum from infancy to end-of-life care, our music therapists have successfully worked with individuals with a variety of physical and developmental challenges.

Learn More

Looking for more information?

Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Communities We Currently Serve

The music therapists at Roman Music Therapy serve communities in and around Boston and beyond. Look for us near a community near you.

Acton, Allston, Amesbury, Andover, Arlington, Ashland, Attleboro, Ayer, Bedford, Beverly, Billerica, Boston, Boxford, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Brookline, Burlington, Byfield, Cambridge, Canton, Charlestown, Chelmsford, Chestnut Hill, Concord, Danvers, Dedham, Devens, Dorchester, Everett, Framingham, Groton, Hanover, Haverhill,  Jamaica Plain, Lawrence, Lexington, Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester, Medford, Melrose, Merrimac, Methuen, Natick, Needham, Newburyport, Newton, North Andover, North Billerica, North Chelmsford, North Easton, North Quincy, North Reading, Peabody, Reading, Revere, Roslindale, South Boston, Salem, Saugus, Sharon, Somerville, Southborough, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Swampscott, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, West Newton, West Roxbury, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn