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When we plan events or programs, we always go into them hoping that the people who attend will have fun, receive some benefit and experience community. Anyone who has been to one of our live ...

The tragic murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and all of the egregious events of the past few weeks represent a critical culmination of centuries of injustice. While our impulse is to act ...

Have you participated in music therapy in the past but find the idea of virtual sessions intimidating? Has music therapy been suggested to you for a loved one but you aren’t sure how to navigate ...

With most events cancelled, and the ability to “go-out” to a concert, restaurant or movie suspended, it’s easy for our Friday nights to feel just like any other night of the week. After a week ...

Partners. Advocates. Leaders. Supporters There are times when we meet people in the community who immediately understand the impact music therapy can make. They are the parents who advocate for music therapy services on their ...

Rethinking Engagement Prior to March, we hadn’t envisioned providing music therapy sessions to our clients in a virtual capacity, but as the world rapidly changed, it became clear this was the direction we would need ...

While this is not the Sprouting Melodies experience that we all expected at the beginning of the session, we have seen so many different benefits that we didn’t even consider would come out of this ...

A Secondary Epidemic We are all connected in our shared experience right now: changing routines, isolating from friends and extended family, working from home and caring for children out of school. Many are anxious about ...

Friday, March 13, 2020 Over the past few days, we have been closely following the recommendations from the CDC and the Department of Public Health in Massachusetts. We know it's been a crazy week for ...

Starting this Saturday, we enter what we affectionately refer to at Roman Music Therapy as “Conference Season”. The Federation of Children with Special Needs in Boston on February 29th kicks off three months of tabling ...