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Arts Activation 2024: Harmony and Healing
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Berklee and Can We Talk… Celebrate Healing Power of the Arts in BIPOC Communities
October 3, 2024

Arts Activation 2024: Harmony and Healing (October 19) unites artists, thought leaders, and healthcare professionals to explore the arts’ ability to heal and connect.

Community musicians take part in launch of Berklee's Community Health Musician Certificate program

Community musicians from around the country took part in the pilot launch of Berklee's Community Health Musician Certificate program this past weekend in Boston.

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Berklee’s Music and Health Institute Launches Community Health Musician Certificate
April 26, 2024

The program gives musicians of all backgrounds new tools to use for music engagement in community settings.

Berklee student Alecia Taylor

Music therapy major Alecia Taylor 

Image by Colgan Johnson

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Panel Explores the Healing Power of Music in Communities of Color
October 28, 2022

Hosted by Africana Studies and the Music and Health Institute's community programs, the event brought together artists, community leaders, clinical experts, advocates, and students.

Music therapy class

Image by Kelly Davidson

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Berklee Music Therapy Department Launches Undergraduate Minor in Music and Health
August 30, 2022

The new program, the first of its kind in the nation, offers students professional opportunities within the growing field of music and health.

Ukulele Kids Club

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Berklee Renews Partnership with Ukulele Kids Club to Deliver At-Home Music Therapy
August 26, 2022

Children and adolescents across the Greater Boston area will receive virtual music therapy sessions from Berklee's clinical experts at no cost.

Joy Allen, acting director of the Music and Health Institute and chair of Berklee's Music Therapy Department, developed the Music and Health Taxonomy with Heather Hedden.

Image by Mike Spencer

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Berklee Creates Music and Health Repository
July 30, 2020

The college's Libraries and Learning Resources and Music and Health Institute have created the first-ever music and health repository in the field.

Van Otterloos Give $500,000 to the Music and Health Institute
July 3, 2019

Last summer, Rose-Marie visited campus and, inspired by the advances made at Berklee, she and her husband decided to commit $500,000 to support the new institute.

Joy Allen, chair of Berklee's Music Therapy Department and acting director for the Berklee Music and Health Institute

Image by Mike Spencer

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Berklee, MilliporeSigma, Hacking Medicine Institute to Host Hackathon
March 8, 2019

The Music and Health Innovation Challenge, the first hackathon of its kind, will take place April 5–7.

Joy Allen

Musical Solutions to Medical Challenges
February 19, 2019

Berklee's yearlong Music and Health Innovation Challenge will culminate in a three-day hackathon in early April.