Music-Thanatology Training

This two year, non-degree training program utilizes the adult learning model. Students attend 20 didactic weekends in Portland. Areas of study include, but are not limited to:

Students deepen their learning experience through independent study as well as on-going clinical internships.  These internships provide the student with on-site experience in the field working alongside an MTAI certified music-thanatologist.  The program is designed to prepare students to meet the Standards and Competencies of the independent certification body for music-thanatology worldwide, the Music-Thanatology Association International (MTAI).

The program includes a contemplative component in which the student is supported to grow in his or her own personal and spiritual life. Each student will have over 300 contact hours with MTAI certified music-thanatologists who are actively working in the field through hospitals and hospices in the Pacific Northwest.  Our faculty consists of MTAI certified music-thanatologists, medical doctors and registered nurses. There will also be opportunities to attend master classes with other professionals that work closely with music-thanatologists.

Students will be involved in clinical discussions in which music-thanatologists and students discuss clinical narratives, case studies and on-going areas of growth and development in the field.  Students will have an opportunity to participate in a number of annual concerts throughout the region.  These concerts are established and draw large audiences. 

Admission to the program is by application *(.pdf) only. The next two-year training program begins in January 2010.

What is Music-Thanatology?

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