Dr. Adenike Webb

Suzanne Oliver is the Founder and Executive Director of Neurologic Music Therapy Services of Arizona/NMTSA, a nonprofit organization that has provided clinical music therapy services to the Phoenix community for over 40 years. She also founded a school for nonspeaking students with autism, approved through the Arizona Department of Education, in 2007. Suzanne is a Board Certified Music Therapist who received her NMT training in 1999, and additionally has completed five fellowships since that time. Suzanne assisted in developing the Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy and co-authored the Medical Coding and Records Manual: Neurologic Music Therapy. Her passion is to educate the community on current research regarding the impact of rhythm on the brain and how this knowledge can positively impact the treatment of individuals with neurologic differences and improve their everyday life. She has mentored countless private practice MTs and NMTs over the years, and is grateful to partner with others to assist them in discovering their own passion and treatment focus.

Jayne M. Standley, Ph.D., MT-BC is a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor at Florida State University and Director of the National Institute for Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy, a network affiliation of universities and medical centers to promote research and training in NICU-MT. In 2014, she received the first Research Award given by the World Congress of Music Therapy for her pioneering research on music therapy for premature infants. She is the Editor of the new AMTA publication, Evidence-Based Music Therapy for Premature Infants.

Toby Williams is the director of the music therapy program at The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, which provides music therapy to nearly two thousand children, teens and adults in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan through outreach and onsite programs. In 2005, Toby started a music therapy program at Reach for the Stars Learning Center and continues her clinical work and intern training working with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders there. An accomplished jazz vocalist, Toby spent many years singing in clubs, recording and doing educational outreach on jazz singing through Carnegie Hall. A graduate of NYU and of Diane Austin’s certificate training in Vocal Psychotherapy, Toby uses voice as a primary instrument to promote growth, development and healing. Toby has offered workshops on how to use the voice and body to promote emotional and physical healing at such institutions as The Kessler Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center; New York University; Voices of September 11th and My Time, Inc. Through partnerships with Friends Health Connection, Citicorp and Carnegie Hall, Toby developed music therapy programs at New York Presbyterian Hospital on the cardio-thoracic unit and at the Herbert Irving Cancer Center’s Infusion unit. At NYU, Toby is an adjunct professor teaching Introduction to Music Therapy and Clinical Vocal Improvisation.

Joe Thompson is a Neurologic Music Therapy-Fellow currently living in Seven Hills, NSW. After earning his Masters in Creative Music Therapy at Western Sydney and working at a Penrith-based music therapy organization for several years, he decided to travel for international work opportunities to gain further skills. He now specializes in the use of NMT for cognitive-motor connectivity in Autistic populations.

On top of his work as a clinician Joe hosts and produces the podcast Baselines In Music Therapy and is a guest lecturer at Western Sydney University. He has previously served as Chair of the Australian Music Therapy Association NSW branch.

Outside of work, Joe lives with his even-more-skilled-and-clever music therapist wife, and his Minecraft-loving, lightsaber-weilding, Pokemon-genius neurodivergent stepson.

Megan Brunner is a board-certified music therapist, working with children with disabilities, inner city female teens and adults. Megan has supervised undergraduate students in their older adult and adult clinical placements as part of her graduate assistantship. She takes pride in seeing her students grow into well-rounded student music therapists in preparation for future internships and job opportunities. Megan is an advocate for accessible and affordable music therapy services for underrepresented and marginalized persons in the city of Buffalo and strives to make a difference in her community. Utilizing a multi-modal and humanistic approach, Megan makes connections through music to provide a safe space for individuals to thrive.

Katurah Christenbury is a board-certified music therapist and Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery. Senior lecturer of music therapy at Appalachian State University, she maintains a clinical practice providing Bonny Method of GIM sessions and supervising advanced trainees in GIM. Additionally, she is completing advanced training in the Austin Vocal Psychotherapy Method. She holds the Master of Music Therapy degree from Appalachian State University and has published in Music Therapy Perspectives and the Journal of the Association for Music and Imagery

Vanessa Moran MT-BC, NMT-F (she/they) graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree in music therapy after completing her internship at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital with MedRhythms. Vanessa recently completed her Neurologic Music Therapy® fellowship in August 2023. Vanessa has always been interested in Music Cognition, and pursued her certification in Neurologic Music Therapy® because it stands at the corner of her two passions; neuroscience and music.

Vanessa is the in-patient clinician at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, NY. In her free time she enjoys reading, baking, eating good food, and traveling.

Calvin is a board-certified music therapist from Singapore, working with individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders and multiple disabilities. He is on a journey to advocate for how music can play a role in improving healthcare, quality of life, well-being, and society. Calvin's passion and interests lie at the intersection of music and the arts, Augmentative & Alternative Communication, and User Experience Design.

Alejandra Arevalo, MT-BC

Daniel Tague has experience as a teacher, clinician, blogger and researcher in the field of music therapy.  Tague has quickly emerged as a rising authority within the music therapy field, working within a variety of settings including hospitals, school districts and rehabilitation units. He developed a pilot improvisational drumming curriculum for music therapy and music education students, and researched the effect of music therapy and art therapy on mood in patients with mental health needs. As part of his work with the World Federation of Music therapy, he co-authored the first worldwide survey study on music therapy clinical practice around the world. His current research projects include investigating music-based mindfulness for people with substance abuse and older adults with dementia. Another focus is his work with a team of researchers using music therapy to assist with pain and anxiety management after heart surgery.

Tague taught music therapy and directed the program at Shenandoah University in Virginia from 2012 to 2017. In 2017, he was re-elected to serve a three-year term as the chair of the clinical practice commission for the World Federation of Music Therapy. Tague was able to present preliminary results from the worldwide survey on clinical practice at the 15th World Congress of Music Therapy in Tsukuba, Japan in July 2017. He has led two study abroad trips to international conferences in Austria and Japan for music therapy students and hopes to lead another trip to South Africa for the 16th World Congress of Music Therapy.

Tague holds degrees from The Florida State University (Ph.D. in Music Therapy) and The University of Kansas (Master of Music Education with honors in Music Therapy).