Music-Thanatology Training

The next two-year training begins January 2010.

Application deadline is August 28, 2009.

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Students will have received over 600 contact hours upon completion of this two year, non-degree training, which includes 20 didactic weekend intensives in Portland, Oregon and one-on-one clinical internships. The program is designed to prepare students to meet the Standards and Competencies of the Music-Thanatology Association International (MTAI), the independent certification body for music-thanatology worldwide.

Clinical Internships: These internships provide the student with over 300 hours of on-site experience in hospitals and hospices working one-on-one alongside an MTAI certified music-thanatologist mentor.

Academic Program: Our faculty consists of MTAI certified music-thanatologists, medical doctors, registered nurses, and other professionals who work closely with music-thanatologists. The program includes a contemplative component in which each student is supported to grow in their own personal and spiritual life.

Areas of study include, but are not limited to:

Students will have an opportunity to participate in annual concerts throughout the Pacific Northwest. These concerts are well-established and attract large audiences.

Admission to the program is by application *(.pdf) only. The next two-year training program begins in January 2010. Application deadline is August 28, 2009

What is Music-Thanatology?

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