MHTP Biennial Conference
MHTP holds a conference every other year. The next conference will be held in 2024.
2022 VIRTUAL Conference
Metamorphosis: Therapeutic Music Thrives!
July 8-10, 2022
2022 Conference Schedule
MHTP’s 10th Biennial Conference is in the books! Thank you everyone who contributed to the success of this year’s conference and to the over 180 people who came together, virtually, to learn, share with one another, and have fun. Together, therapeutic music thrives!
2022 Conference Recordings
Purchase digital access to any of our individual sessions, OR save by bundling all 2022 conference recordings to learn and earn CEUs:
What did our attendees have to say?
“Amazing experience! I will for sure be attending in the future. Very inspiring and motivational for our work.”
“I first want to say how inspired I felt the theme of Metamorphosis was for where we are now—moving into new territory of virtual, live and hybrid. It was an excellent selection and variety of speakers and events. Even better than last time which was also exceptional!”
“Amazing conference. I so appreciate the hard work, dedication, and love that went into preparing and providing this for us. I am grateful to be a part of this community. Thank you!”
“Thank you to all for an incredible conference. Every presenter and topic were totally relevant for me.”
2022 Keynote Speakers
Daniel Barber
Daniel holds both a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Applied Social Research degree. He is a statistics consultant, video producer and Sonic Presence coach. In his words:
I’ve had a very circuitous career route through social work, social systems research, computing tech, video production, political activism, music, ritual, and "sonic presence coaching." Through all these vocations, interests, and passions, I’ve always wondered, “How do we get from where we are to where we most want to be?”
The best I've come up with so far is to a) listen carefully, b) feel deeply, and c) play it out.
I help people who are in momentous transition to build confidence and skills in navigating uncertainty. I created an innovative modality using piano improv to nurture inner empathy, mindful presence, and authentic self-expression.
Rollin McCraty
Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., is the Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute and Research Center. As a psycho-physiologist, Dr. McCraty’s research interests include the physiology of emotion, heart-brain communication, and the global interconnectivity between people and the earth’s energetic systems. Findings from this research have been applied to the development of tools and technology to optimize individual and organizational health, performance, and quality of life. Dr. McCraty has acted as Principal Investigator in numerous studies examining the effects of emotions on heart-brain interactions and on autonomic, cardiovascular, hormonal, and immune system function, and outcome studies to determine the benefits of positive emotion-focused interventions and heart rhythm coherence feedback in diverse organizational, educational and various clinical populations.
He has been featured in many documentary films such as I Am, The Truth, The Joy of Sox Movie, The Power of the Heart, Solar Revolution, and The Living Matrix, among many others.
Mary O’Malley
Dr. Mary O'Malley is currently an Attending Psychiatrist for the Department of Psychiatry at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, NJ. She has an MD from Weill College Medical College, and a PhD in Neurobiology from The Rockefeller University. She is board-certified in both Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and has authored or coauthored in both basic and clinical research and contributed chapters to a variety of standard textbooks in the field of sleep medicine and psychiatry. She created a program for healing and self-care for staff and patients using quartz crystal singing bowls and vocal toning in the Department of Psychiatry at Berkshire Medical Center, in Pittsfield MA, and has presented widely on this topic. Dr. O’Malley is also an ordained Interfaith Minister and has an active practice in Sound Healing.
Information About the Previous MHTP Conference, in 2020
2020 Conference: Creating our Vision of Music in Healthcare
The last conference was held virtually in 2020. CMPs can earn 2 continuing education units (CEUs) for viewing and responding to each recorded presentation from the 2020 Virtual Conference: Creating our Vision of Music in Healthcare.
Purchase your favorite recordings individually, or gain unlimited access to ALL 2020 virtual conference recordings by bundling.
2020 Keynote Speakers
The 2020 Conference Keynote Speakers were Kenny Werner, author of Effortless Mastery, and Dr. Donald B. Levy, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Kenny Werner was the MHTP 2020 Conference Musical Keynote Speaker.
Dr. Donald B. Levy was the MHTP 2020 Conference Medical Keynote Speaker.