Integrating Music, Language and the Voice in Music Therapy

Integrating Music, Language and the Voice in Music Therapy

A World Forum for Music Therapy, Vol 4, No 1 (2004)

Abstract

Although there has been a fair amount of research and clinical practice related to neurological music therapy, speech production within a musical context and music psychotherapeutic voice work, we rarely find these practices intertwined. The following article provides history, rationale, definition of practice and theory that provides strong backing for the integration of the models and approaches currently available to music therapists.