

Getting in Touch with your Inner Sloth: Thoughts on Work-Life Balance, and Mindfulness
How often have you encountered the term mindfulness lately? I notice it showing up in titles of books, as part of a marketing thing...
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
Apr 26, 20173 min read


Peace, Love, and Music: My AMTA Conference Recap
I'm fresh from the 2016 American Music Therapy Conference, and I feel inspired, and musically refreshed. This was my third year at...
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
Nov 18, 20162 min read


Bach, Bach, Bach!
Today, I resurrected Bach...sort of. Based on encouragement, I decided to get back into the heart of violin playing. Though I have...
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
Jul 10, 20162 min read


Using Your Primary Orchestral Instrument in Music Therapy: Tips to Get Started
When I first started my training to become a music therapist, I wasn’t sure where my primary instrument would fit in the picture. I came...
Laura Bunker, MA
Apr 26, 20163 min read


Give me an "A": The beauty of historic tuning.
In grad school I wrote a paper about historic tuning, and the benefit it would bestow to students to learn it. Many years later, I am...
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
Feb 24, 20162 min read


Save the date! FEB 3rd
Howdy folks! Texans, and Music therapy supporters everywhere, save the date of Feb 3rd! Why you ask? Because February 3rd is...(drumroll...
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
Jan 19, 20163 min read


Shout out: Rhyme
One of the great things I love about the field of music therapy is that research is always happening. Today's blog post is a shout out...
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
Jan 11, 20161 min read