Concord Hospital, in partnership with Concord Community Music School, is pleased to offer Music for Healing and Transition Program training. MHTP, a nonprofit, educational organization, offers a lively and transforming course of study for instrumentalists and vocalists, certifying its graduates as certified music practitioners. MHTP accepts amateur and professional musicians.
CMPs are trained to use their musicianship therapeutically in a clinical setting, working in healthcare facilities to create a healing environment by providing live music at the bedside. With education and clinical practice in the physics of sound and its effects on the body and psyche, they respond improvisationally to support patients experiencing pain, anxiety, muscle tension, etc. CMPs have played for patients at Concord Hospital since 2008, providing services that have been partially funded by grants from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts.
MHTP is offered in a year-long series of five weekend class modules on musical and medical topics, plus a 45-hour internship and required reading. MHTP faculty are experienced CMPs who specialize in their music or healthcare fields. The program is accredited by the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians. Training dates for 2013 are:
Module 1: March 16-17 at Concord Hospital. Module 2: May 4-5 at Concord Community Music School. Module 3: July 27-28 at Concord Community Music School. Module 4: October 12-13 at Concord Community Music School. Module 5: December 6-8 at Concord Hospital.
Students may receive tuition reductions based on healthcare or musical experience, and some scholarship funds are available. For program application and course details, visit mhtp.org, call 518-325-5546, or email mhtp@mhtp.org. For local information, contact Alice Kinsler at Concord Hospital's Therapeutic Arts and Activity Services, at 227-7000, ext. 3867, or email akinsler@crhc.org.
