Pronouns

he/him/his

Employed Since

2014

Educational History

B.M., University of Melbourne (Australia); M.M.T., Ph.D., Temple University

Professional Highlights

Anthony (Tony) Meadows received a Bachelor of Music (Therapy) degree from the University of Melbourne (Australia) in 1988 and a Master of Music Therapy (1996) and Ph.D. (2002) from Temple University. He has been a music therapist since 1989 ands worked in education, private practice and medical settings. Meadows was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II and Esther Boyer Scholarships to study music therapy in the United States.

From 1988 to 1996 Meadows worked as a music therapist in a school setting for children with multiple disabilities before working as a music therapist at the Joan Karnell Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital (2002 to 2014), establishing and expanding the music therapy program. He has also worked in private practice as a GIM therapist (Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music) and completed training in Analytical Music Therapy (AMT).

Meadows served as editor-in-chief of Music Therapy Perspectives between 2008 to 2016, and as a reviewer for the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, Voices, and the Journal of Music Therapy. He also served for many years on the AMTA Assembly of Delegates and MAR-AMTA Research Committee, for which he received a service award in 2016.

Certifications & Fellowships

• Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC)
• Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery (FAMI)
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

Research

Meadows has published widely in the field. This has included research in cancer care, music therapy musicianship, and professional issues in the field. He has also supported student research at Shenandoah University, providing guidance for a number of student-led research projects that were subsequently published in peer reviewed journals.

Meadows has received the Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Award from the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) three times (2008, 2013, 2023): 1. to examine the effectiveness of music therapy in managing symptoms related to chemotherapy infusions, 2. to complete a qualitative research synthesis of music therapy research focused on clinical improvisation, and 3. the complete an analysis of music therapy electronic health record data. Most recently he has published a chapter on music therapy research (2025), clinical musicianship (2025), and is completing an analysis of qualitative research focused on clinical improvisation.

Personal Highlights

Tony lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife. He grew up in Australia and has lived in the United States for nearly 30 years. He has two sons, both of whom recently graduated from college. He is an avid walker, loves adventure travel and scuba dives whenever possible. In his younger years, he was a marathon runner, completing two marathons in Melbourne, Australia. He walked the Mont Blanc tour with one of his sons in 2014 and his last scuba diving adventure was on the Great Barrier Reef.