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Music Therapy students, professor participate in Unified Sports kick-off event
Music Therapy students Alyssa Santiago and Venus Rodriguez, and Dr. Heeyoun K. Cho, an assistant professor of Music Therapy, led a breakout sessions with high school students with disabilities at a recent Youth Activation Committee kick-off event.
Cho gives music therapy lecture for Japanese university
Dr. Heeyoun K. Cho, who is an assistant professor of music therapy, presented a lecture, "Use of Music for Therapy," for the psychology department at Ritsumeikan University in Osaka, Japan.
Music therapist presents at symposium
Dr. Heeyoun K. Cho, who is an assistant professor of music therapy in the School of Music, presented a session “Analysis of music therapy research on dementia care” at an academic symposium sponsored by Korean Music Therapy Education Association.
Students to celebrate Music Therapy Awareness Week with events open to the public
The SUNY Fredonia Music Therapy Club is hosting several events to celebrate Music Therapy Awareness Week from March 27 to April 1.
Sarah Haseley named September Honors Student of the Month
Sarah Haseley, a senior from Lockport majoring in Music Therapy and Music Performance, has been named the recipient of the September Honors Student of the Month Award.
Faculty and graduate students to conduct study of music-based interventions to lower stress
School of Music Assistant Professor Heeyoun Cho will be assisted by three graduate students in the Music Therapy program in conducting a research study in the fall semester that investigates the effectiveness of different music-based interventions on college students’ stress management.
Music Therapy faculty member awarded grant
Music Therapy Assistant Professor Heeyoun Cho has won a community benefit grant from the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation to support a research project, “Therapeutic Songwriting for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers.”
Cho awarded AMTA research grant
Music Therapy Assistant Professor Heeyoun Cho has won the 2022 Research Grant Award from the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association for the research proposal, "The effectiveness of music-based interventions on college students' stress management."
Presentations set for Music Therapy Awareness Week
A wide variety of events that culminate with a music therapy recital in Rosch Recital Hall will be held during Music Therapy Awareness Week, hosted by the Music Therapy Club, which began March 21 and continues through March 25.
Music Therapy student receives scholarship
Maggie Calabrese, a senior from Lagrangeville majoring in Music Therapy, has been awarded the Christine K. Stevens Development Scholarship by the American Music Therapy Association.