Music Therapy Graduate Alumni

Three Shenandoah Conservatory alumni were selected as 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients. The awardees will be honored at the Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony during Homecoming.…

Tom Sweitzer ’94, ’11 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre – Voice, Graduate Certificate in Music Therapy), M.M.T., MT-BC, received the university’s prestigious President’s…

Shenandoah Conservatory’s music therapy program celebrated a major milestone this year, commemorating 50 years of innovation and academic excellence with a two-day event for alumni,…

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Therapy Musicianship Fredrica Dooley-Brown ’11, ’19, M.M.T., MT-BC, was featured in The Winchester Star article, “Kids with special needs shine…

The research study, “The Impact of a Single Music Therapy Session on Pain Perception of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease,” by MG Rivas Berger ’13,…

“Music Therapy and Music-Based Interventions in Neurology: Perspectives on Research and Practice,” a book co-edited by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Therapy Kerry Devlin ’17,…

Research by Cassie Byers ’20, M.M.T., MT-BC, for her master’s degree at Shenandoah University was highlighted in a compendium of articles created by Oxford University…

A Place To Be’s Director of Medical Music Therapy Ray Leone ’17, MT-BC, (Master of Music Therapy), critical care nurse specialist Amanda Golino MSN, RN, CCRN,…

Assistant Professor of Music Therapy Bronwen Landless ’04, ’13, Ph.D., MT-BC, successfully defended her dissertation “Therapeutic Songwriting with People Experiencing Homelessness: Exploring the Impact on…

Martina Bingham ’18 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Pedagogy – Voice), Johanna L.E. Horn ’19, MT-BC (Master of Music Therapy) and Cassie Byers ’19, MT-BC…