WORLD FEDERATION OF MUSIC THERAPY
What’s new
RIGHT NOW! See what’s happening at the European Music Therapy Congress in Cadiz, Spain.
ALERT: The World Federation of Music Therapy is offering student scholarships to attend the World Congress of Music Thearpy in Seoul, Korea. Applications close on 31st May 2010. See eligibility criteria and application forms.
25th anniversary of the WFMT: We are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the World Federation of Music Therapy. Click here to read about upcoming events and publications.
CALL FOR PAPERS: The 13th World Congress of Music Therapy July 5-9, 2011 in Seoul, Korea. See the link for guidelines and submission precedures. The World Federation of Music Therapy is offering a limited number of subsidies for students in accredited music therapy training institutes.
FOR STUDENTS: The WFMT council is actively promoting student involvement in the World Federation of Music Therapy. See the link to three new initiatives:
- Window to the World, where music therapy students around the world have the opportunity to share their current projects.
- Connection aims to connect students around the world – find a music therapy peer in any country you wish and learn how their culture influences their music and interventions.
- WFMT is offering student scholarships to attend the World Congress of Music Thearpy in Seoul, Korea. ALERT: applications close on 31st May 2010.
Australia/New Zealand regional blog on the WFMT website provides a forum for Australian and New Zealand music therapists to profile education, clinical practice and research initiatives to the international music therapy community. The blog is updated on a regular basis. Please send updates to australianewzealand@wfmt.info. Go to the blog now.
Follow these great links
World Federation of Music Therapy
Imagine, a new on-line journal profiling music therapy in early childhood
A brief introduction to the World Federation of Music Therapy
In August 2008 Anja Tait, RMT from the Northern Territory, was appointed Regional Liaison for Australia/New Zealand by the council of the World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) for a three-year term, until 2011.
The World Federation of Music Therapy provides an opportunity to promote innovative professional exchanges. It is a chance to learn and celebrate throughout the world, the consonance and dissonance of our values, understandings and practices in music therapy.
The World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) is an international organization bringing together music therapy associations and individuals interested and active in developing and promoting music therapy globally through professional exchange, collaboration, and action. The Federations’ members are music therapy organizations, training programs, music therapists, and individuals associated with music therapy. WFMT is an international body, with officers, commissioners, and regional liaisons in Africa, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, India, Ireland, Korea, Spain, U.A.E., and the USA.
The World Federation currently includes the following six Commissions:
- Education and Training
- Clinical Practice
- Research and Ethics
- Global Crises Intervention
- Publications