The founders of MHTP had a clear vision for the Program they were creating. The objectives of the Music for Healing and Transition Program are charitable and educational, and include: Serving the ill and dying with live music to facilitate and promote healing or assist in the life/death transition; Teaching the practice of this service; Establishing centers for education all over the United States; Publishing information, research findings and other material about this unique profession; Providing Continuing Education opportunities for our graduates; Developing affiliations with healing, charitable and educational organizations where this service may be provided by Certified Music Practitioners (CMP) ®
MHTP is a member of The National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians (NSBTM), which has created Professional Standards for Therapeutic Musicians www.therapeuticmusician.com
Our Vision:
The Music for Healing & Transition Program (MHTP) trains and certifies musicians to provide live therapeutic music, which creates healing environments for the ill and/or dying and all who may benefit. We recognize music as a therapeutic enhancement to the healing process and the life/death transition. Our graduates are Certified Music Practitioners (CMP) ®. We collaborate with healthcare facilities and community organizations to educate about, and promote research in, the effectiveness of therapeutic music.
What's New….
Win full admission to the 2012 Somerset Folk Harp Festival and a free hotel room for the festival.
Here is your chance to go to the 2012 Somerset Harp Festival for free! Click here for festival information: http://somersetharpfest.com/
MHTP is offering a Raffle that will be drawn on April 1, 2012. The prize is one full admission to the Somerset Folk Harp Festival in Parsippany, NJ, July 26-29, 2012 plus three nights in the Festival Hotel, the Parsippany Hilton. You will only need to pay for your transportation and meals.
If you have ever wanted to go to this wonderful festival---the perfect place to
try out many types of harps, plus learn from the best teachers in the folk harp
world---buy a raffle ticket.
Because Somerset offers such a diversity of workshops, there is also the
possibility of completing about 12 MHTP CEUs there.
MHTP is a 501c3 not-for-profit educational organization. Because of that, you may count your investment in the raffle as a tax-deductible
charitable deduction if by chance you are not the winner!
Join us for our 5th Biennial Conference:
The Heart-Centered Musician – Manifesting the Vision.
Dates: October 18-21, 2012
Place: Lutheridge Retreat & Conference Center, Arden, North Carolina
We are anticipating a wonderful, enriching event, with an inspiring group of presenters, interesting vendors and enjoyable activities. See conference page for more information, the registration form and other Conference documents.
2010 All-Conference CD Set is $100.00, which includes session handouts, postage and handling. Order Conference CD Set
The Summer Seasonal Healing Concert CD
is available - a collaboration between Fabien Maman's Tama-Do Institute and the MHTP
Conference Orchestra: 40 harps, 30 member choir, cello, flutes, clarinet,
double bass, violins, dulcimers, piano, guitars.
Featuring Fabien Maman on guitar, piano and vocals.
Experience the warmth and energy of Summer!
MHTP has many training sites throughout the US and Canada.
To advance our student interns in the development of their skills, we affiliate with health care facilities. Some sites that have welcomed MHTP interns:
Hudson Valley Hospital - Peekskill, NY
Anne Arundel General Hospital - MD
University of Michigan Medical Center - Ann Arbor, MI
Univeristy of Maryland medical Center, MD
Columbia-Memorial Hospital - Hudson, NY
Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Hospice of Lancaster County - Pennsylvania
Cooper Green Hospital - Birmingham, AL
Providence Medical Center - Seattle, WA
O'Connor Hospital - San Jose, CA
Flagstaff Medical Center - Flagstaff, AZ
St Francis Hospital - Federal Way, WA
Danbury Hospital - Danbury, CT
Northside Hospital - Georgia
St. Mary's Medical Center - Evansville, IN
Children's Hospital - Aurora, CO
Highline Rehabilitation Hospital - Seattle, WA
Phelps Hospice - Peekskill, NY
St. Vincent's Hospital - Indianapolis, IN
North Suburban Hospital - Denver, CO
Methodist Hospital (Clarian Health) - Indianapolis, IN
St. Anthonys Central - Denver, CO
Tampa General Hospital - Tampa, FL
Bon Secours Maria Manor - St. Petersburg, FL
Moffitt Cancer Center - Tampa, FL
Morton Plant Mease Hospital - Safety Harbor
St. Anthonys Hospital - St. Petersburg, FL
University of Virginia Hospital - Charlottesville, VA
