Australian Music Therapy Association

Past Conferences

Australian Music Therapy Association

Conferences, Places held, Theme and Keynote Speaker

Year	Place	Theme	Keynote Speaker
1975 1^st	Sydney	Music: A Therapy for All Ages	Welcome address: Dr J. Miller
1976 2^nd	Melbourne	No theme	Welcome Address:Mr Bernard Rechter
1977 3^rd	Adelaide	No theme	Ruth Bright (Australia)
1978 4^th	Sydney	No theme	Angela Fenwick (UK)
1979 5^th	Brisbane	No theme	Mr Ashby (Director of Special Educn, Qld )
1980 6^th	Melbourne	Music Therapy: A Sound Practice	No invited speaker
1981 7^th	Adelaide	Music for the disabled: Similarities and Differences in Music Education and Music Therapy.	Prof. George Duerksen (USA)
1982 8^th	Sydney	Music Therapy: The Ageless Therapy	Dr Murray Lloyd, Geriatrician
1983 9^th	Canberra	Music Therapy and the Community	No Keynote Speaker
1984 10^th	Brisbane	Music in Learning and Education	No Keynote Speaker
1985 11^th	Melbourne	Growing Together with Music	Prof. Donald Michel (USA)
1986 12^th	Sydney	Perspectives on Progress	No Keynote Speaker
1987 13^th	Adelaide	Music Therapy an Agent for Change	Dr Clive and Carol Robbins (USA), &Denise ErdonmezAustralia)
1988 14^th	Melbourne	Music Therapy: A Community Resource	Prof. Ken Bruscia (USA)
1989 15^th	Brisbane	Music Therapy: A Way to Holistic Health	Linda Keiser (USA)
1990 16^th	Brisbane	Music Therapy toward 2000: Challenge and Commitment	Morva Croxson (New Zealand)
1991 17^th	Sydney	No theme	Tony Wigram (UK)
1992 18^th	Melbourne	The Versatility of Music and Music Therapy	Prof. Jayne Standley (USA)
1993 19^th	Melbourne	From Lullaby to Lament: Music Therapy for Life	Dr Lorna Lloyd-Green & Beth Dun (Australia)
1994 20^th	Brisbane	Music Therapy: The New Generation	Helen Odell-Miller (UK)
1995 21^st	Sydney	Celebrating Diversity of Australian Music Therapy	Denise Erdonmez (Australia)
1996 22^nd	Melbourne	Music Therapy: Breaking New Ground	Prof. David Aldridge (Germany)
1997 23^rd	Brisbane	Music Therapy: Theme and Variations	Clare O’Callaghan (Australia), & Prof. Kate Gfeller (USA)
1998 24^th	Melbourne	Expanding Horizons (in conjunction with the 7^th International Music Medicine Conference)	Prof. Rosalie Rebollo Pratt (USA); Dr Lorna Lloyd-Green (Australia); Dr Tony Wigram (UK)
1999 25^th	Sydney	Music Therapy for the Developing Person	Prof. Barbara Wheeler (USA)
2000 26^th	Brisbane	Beyond 2000: A Multi-disciplinary Approach	Dr Joanne Lowey (USA)
2001 27^th	Melbourne	Music Therapy: Creative Transitions	Robin Howat (Australia)
2002 28^th	Sydney	Music therapy within the multidimensional team: Research and practice	Wendy Magee (England)
2003 29^th	Brisbane	Music Therapy: Creating Connections, Strengthening Communities	Prof. Brynjulf Stige (Norway)
2004 30^th	Melbourne	Significant Moments in Music Therapy	A/Prof. Denise Grocke (Australia)
2005 31^st	Brisbane (and 11^th World Congress of Music Therapy)	From Lullaby to Lament	Helen Shoemark, Ruth Bright, Clare O’Callaghan & Anja Tait, (Australia); Dr Mercedes Pavlicevic (South Africa); Dr Robert Krout (USA)
2006 32^nd	Sydney	Moving Forward: Promoting and Communicating New Knowledge	Dr Felicity Baker (Australia)
2007 33^rd	Melbourne	Changing the Rhythm, Keeping the Beat	Catherine Threlfall (Australia)
2008 34^th	Brisbane	Gender, age and ethnicity in music therapy	Prof. Dorit Amir (Israel); Dr Katrina McFerran (Australia)
2009 35^th	Sydney	Building Better Bridges	Prof. Sarah Hoskyns (New Zealand)