Hi all,
Over the weekend I presented to students and therapists at Indiana Purdue University. Part of the discussion revolved around music being a domain of its own. This is a topic that my colleague, Dr Brian Abrams and I, chat about quite often. (As a matter of fact, Dr. Abrams will be discussing this at his upcoming talk at St. Mary of the Woods this coming weekend). Would you agree that when a client is engaged in a musical experience, with his/her therapist, that it is the experience of playing music that crosses into all conventional domain areas (e.g., social, emotional, physical, cognitive, etc.)? If we agree that this is true, then why is it that on most music therapy assessments is music either a) stated as a separate area?, b) not listed as a domain area?, or c) not listed at all (except to write the client’s musical preferences). If the experience of making music does in fact cross into all other conventional domain areas, should music simply BE the domain that the Music Therapist is assessing and working with? It would be great to hear from others regarding this subject.

Best,

John

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