Interactive Music in Pediatrics: A Handbook for Music Practitioners
"An outstanding contribution to the field."
- JUDY ROLLINS, PhD, RN
Learn practical ways in which your music sessions can extend beyond performance into more interactive experiences. Ground your work in research foundations, and explore how improvisation, music learning and joint music-making can provide enhanced benefit to patient health and well-being.
• Arts in health research overview
• Evidence-based activities
• How to shape a music session
• Illustrative anecdotes
• How to document your work
• Infection control
• Printable resources
About the Author
Wendy Lanxner, MMEd, LPMT, MT-BC is a music therapist at Levine Music in Washington, DC, where she works with youth in Montgomery County, Maryland. Before becoming a music therapist, she served as Musician-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, where she developed her approach to bedside music sessions. Wendy holds a Master’s in Music Education from the University of Florida and has studied flute performance and the creative process at Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Massachusetts. Additionally, Wendy is a composer and music director for ArtStream, working with adults with disabilities, and plays bass in the band Wendy & the Lost Boys. wendylanxner.com
