The
Music for Healing & Transition Program, Inc. (MHTP)
is a 501c3 Not-for-Profit, Educational Organization Founded
in 1995, and a national not-for-profit organization dedicated
to training musicians with a transforming and innovative
curriculum. Graduates of the Program bear the title of
Certified Music Practitioner®.
The mission is to teach musicians how to provide live,
acoustic, therapeutic music. MHTP's goal is to create
healing environments in hospitals, nursing homes, and
for hospice patients both in healthcare facilities and
in their homes. An additional goal is to educate the healthcare
profession as well as the general public to the importance
of therapeutic musicians.
MHTP's vision is for Certified Music Practitioners®
to be sought-after members of the healthcare team in hospices,
hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare venues.
These musicians should be recognized as bringing an essential
service to the healthcare system. The organization began
after two musicians read an article in The Folk Harp Journal
by harpist Laurie Riley about her experience playing in
the Intensive Care Unit for her father during a serious
health crisis. In 1994 these musicians asked Laurie to
help them initiate an organization that would train other
musicians to play at the bedside.
MHTP was incorporated in the state of Texas in January
1995 as an educational corporation and became a 501 c
3 not-for-profit in June 1996. MHTP has offered its certification
program nationally since 1995 at various sites, beginning
in Houston, Texas.
MHTP graduates serve the ill or dying in many states in
the USA, with some graduates working in Canada and a few
in Japan. MHTP offers its educational program to people
without discrimination in regard to religion, race, gender,
sexual orientation, physical ability and ethnicity. The
printed materials are available in Braille for visually
impaired students. Many graduates work in hospices and
nursing homes.
As of January 2007, MHTP has 450 graduates (Certified
Music Practitioners®), with additional students working
to complete the program in various sites around the country.
Since the inception of MHTP, classes have been offered
in: Virginia, New York, New Hampshire, Maryland, Ohio,
Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Washington,
California, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Michigan, Oklahoma,
Texas, and South and North Carolina.
MHTP also provides continuing education for its graduates
via Biennial National Conferences, regional Enrichment
Days, an on-line monthly newsletter, an on-line discussion
group, instrument-specific support groups, and regional
support groups. Their website
provides nformation on the Program--Training Sites, E-Newletter,
Conferences and Conference CDs, and Enrichment Days.
Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation.
Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
The Healing Music Organization and The Healing Music Foundation
P.O. Box 3731, Santa Cruz, CA 95063 - 831.588.7498
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