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Anja Tait, BMus, RMT
Regional Liaison for
Australia/New Zealand
Contact: australianewzealand@wfmt.info[/caption]
Australian Music Therapy Association: Annual conference & professional development seminar. The theme of the recent conference was "With Music in Mind", and featured keynote speaker, Dr. Lauren Stewart from the Dept. of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, whose clinical and research expertise is in Music, Mind, and Brain. The conference was held 18-19th September, in Melbourne, and was well attended, with more than 200 delegates from around Australia. Papers and workshops represented diverse clinical areas, including both well established and emerging fields of inquiry and practice. The professional development seminar, 20-21st September, was also well attended by practicing Registered Music Therapists.
Music Therapy New Zealand: Annual conference
Music therapy continues to grow in New Zealand, both as a profession and in the public eye. The recent conference in Christchurch over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of October was a highly successful event, with a good turnout and increased interest from outside the music therapy community. With a theme based on collaboration, a wide variety of work was seen and strong connections were shown to be developing between music therapists and other professionals within allied health and education. The conference was followed by a well attended professional development day for RMTh's.
RECENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Dr. Felicity Baker, Associate Professor, University of Queensland: Program Director in music therapy, and Director of Research at at the School of Music. Felicity's achievements as a leading academic in Australia, in the field of music therapy, build on the achievements of other distinguished clinicians and researchers, including:
Dr. Clare O'callaghan, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, and Music Therapy Coordinator, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; and
Dr. Denise Grocke, Professor, University of Melbourne: Head of Music Therapy, Director of the National Music Therapy Research Unit (NaMTRU), and Associate Dean (graduate research).
Anja Tait
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