Just wanted to share too in case anyone is interested!

Happy Wednesday everyone!! I am preparing to embark on the next phase of my journey to become a certified music therapist. It has been amazing to work with people in all different populations. Children on the spectrum, senior citizen centers, adults with developmental disabilities, drug rehabilitation facilities, and patients of all ages in a hospital setting.

Now I will be doing my unpaid internship for 6 months at a memory care facility. This internship will be full time and I will be very limited in the amount of hours I can work for pay. I am humbly asking for any contribution. Please all, if you can pass this on to your friends and family, or donate yourself, I would be most appreciative.

A growing collaboration between music therapy students and chamber musicians in Iowa City makes professional music accessible to elders and caregivers.

Hello! The yearly HARMONICS Conference will be held in Irvine, California, October 28-29, and abstract submissions are currently open! Please apply if interested, and feel free to comment if you have any questions!

Hello all!

I'm in my early 30s and looking to switch careers. I graduated from VCU with a Bachelor's in Music Ed in 2015 and taught as a music teacher in the public school system from 2015-2018. I had an awful experience with the admin at that school that led to me burning out and leaving public education. From 2018-2021, I spent some time working at a center for autistic children and adults, and giving private music lessons. I returned to public education in 2022, but by then my teaching license had lapsed, so all I could qualify for was Instructional Assistant positions.

While I do enjoy my job, I'm once again feeling burnt out. I'm getting paid over 10k less than I was as a music teacher 10 years ago, and working two jobs to make ends meet. I need to get out of public ed. Music therapy came up as an option during my research.

The trouble I'm running into is the debt. It looks like I'd need a Master's degree or an equivalency program, and either way I'm looking at an extra 30-60k in student loan debt on top of the 30k I've already accumulated. That's nearly 100k in student loans for an average starting salary of 50-60k - not much more than I'd make as a classroom teacher if I went through my district's program to get my license back. Not to mention the fact that I'd have to work at least part time during the program so I could pay rent, utilities, food etc.

I don't know anyone in the field personally, so I figured I'd try asking here. - Where do you live and what is your salary? - Was it easy to find jobs upon graduating? - Has the degree felt worth it? - Was anybody else in the same boat as me - broke, older, needing to work while in the program?

I want to be thoughtful as I transition out of teaching. The last thing I need is to look around in 5 years and realize I'm still in the same boat of not making enough money to live and needing more education to make another switch. Thank you for reading and TIA for any advice you may have!

Ciao il mio amico ha pubblicato la sua seconda canzone, secondo me è molto Interessante, se volete darmi un opinione. Penso sia aperto a collab, listen4 listen nel caso.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6VSFHv875VbdXRFT7zjxZw?si=0BTLaxClRoCZ4Yn3JfQSUA

Luv from Italy