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JMT authors Dr. Bill Matney and Elizabeth Schwartz shared their thoughts on music therapy musicianship.

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🎶Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

On the last day of the celebration, we’re exploring the different ways the editors at Music Therapy Perspectives support authors.

World Music Therapy Week: Faster Dissemination, Broader Access

This , we'd like to share one of the newer features of AMTA journals — continuous publication. New articles are available the moment they're published, with no waiting for the next issue. Timely access to the music therapy research that matters.

Links to the 2026 Issue one are in the comments!

World Music Therapy Week: Research Moving Our Field Forward

The Journal of Music Therapy (JMT) is a forum for music therapy research and practice, driven by the researchers, clinicians, educators, and those we serve across our field.

Meet our Co-Editors and Associate Editors — the scholars working behind the scenes to guide the journal's vision, manage peer review, curate content, and keep our community connected, alongside a dedicated Editorial Board of scholars from around the world committed to advancing music therapy.

Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎵

World Music Therapy Week: Growing as a Profession 🌍✨

Today for , we are highlighting articles that explore ethics, equity, and cultural humility in our 75th Anniversary collection. Providing high-quality care means exploring self-awareness and equity in music therapy.

Check out these articles that were part of the 75th Anniversary collection:
📖 Hadley & Norris (2016): Musical Multicultural Competency in Music Therapy: The First Step

📖 Leonard (2020): A Problematic Conflation of Justice and Equality: The Case for Equity in Music Therapy

Join us in reflecting on how we can explore these issues and apply the research in therapeutic spaces.

Happy World Music Therapy Week!

World Music Therapy Week: Revisiting the 75th Anniversary Virtual Collection 🎵🧠

How does music actually work in a clinical setting? Today, we’re diving into the how and why theme of our virtual collection in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the legacy associations that now comprise the American Music Therapy Association.

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At Music Therapy Perspectives and Journal of Music Therapy, we’re proud to celebrate the start of World Music Therapy Week, as shared by the World Federation of Music Therapy 🎶🌍

Through the work published in the journals, we see how music therapy is practiced and researched across many environments, from hospitals to community spaces. We’re excited to contribute to this growing international conversation.

🌍✨ World Music Therapy Week 2026 starts today!

From 10 to 15 April, the global music therapy community comes together to mark World Music Therapy Week: a time dedicated to advocacy, awareness and sharing the value of music therapy worldwide.

This year’s theme, “Connecting Borders: Creating Networks and Enhancing Identities through Music Therapy”, highlights how the profession fosters connections across cultures, strengthens networks and supports identities through meaningful musical experiences.

The theme also aligns with the 18th World Congress of Music Therapy - Connecting Borders, the leading international event in the field, taking place this July in Bologna, Italy 🇮🇹🌐

📣 We invite professionals, students and supporters to take part by sharing their work, projects and experiences from their communities.

➡️ Use the hashtag to connect globally and allow us to share your contributions.

🎨 The official WFMT toolkit is available on: https://www.wfmt.info/post/wfmt-launches-the-world-music-therapy-week-toolkit-2026

Feel free to translate the materials to make them accessible in your local context.

Together, we highlight the role of music therapy in health, social and community settings across the world. 💜🎶



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