Training
•Bullet: Cynthia Colwell, Professor of Music Therapy and Department Chair, and Deanna Hanson-Abromeit, Professor of Music Therapy, lead a program with "the longest running music therapy program in the country"
•Bullet: Students train for "careers in diverse clinical settings including medical and rehabilitation hospitals, mental health centers, schools, correctional facilities, hospice programs, and private practice"
•Bullet: Bachelor of Music Therapy — a professional BM-level concentration in KU's NASM-accredited School of Music; a live audition is required for admission and for scholarship consideration
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Music therapy majors study within an applied-area studio (voice, piano, strings, woodwinds, brass/percussion, or jazz) alongside performance-track peers and perform in KU's large ensembles, including the KU Wind Ensemble, KU Symphony Orchestra, and KU Chamber Choir
•Bullet: Clinical training is paired with supervised field placements in the settings above ahead of internship
Facilities
•Bullet: Murphy Hall houses Swarthout Recital Hall, the Gorton Music Library, the Robert Baustian Theatre, and the McCurdy Jazz Studio; large ensembles perform at the 2,020-seat Lied Center of Kansas
