New Date: September 5, 2020
Location: School of Music, Nazareth College, 4245 East Avenue, Rochester NY 14618
Open: All sessions are free and open to the community — but registration is required.
Wilmot Hall (Nazareth College Arts Center, Music Wing)
6:30-8:00pm: A Conversation with Deforia Lane, PhD, MT-BC -- Associate Director of the Seidman Cancer Center & Director of Music Therapy at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Seidman Cancer Center and Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (Retired).
ALUMNI RECEPTION
York Wellness & Rehabilitation Center
6:00pm: Reception and opportunity to tour the William and Shelia Konar Foundation Creative Arts Therapy Wing and the Dawn and Jacques Lipson Music Therapy Clinic.
7:30pm: Participants are also invited to the Symphonic Band Concert, in Beston Hall, Glazer Music Performance Center
This day-long event will feature a keynote address by Dr. Lane, concurrent sessions highlighting Rochester music therapy programs, history of the Nazareth College music therapy program, a fireside chat with Dr. Bryan Hunter and Leslie Hunter, a reception, and concert by acclaimed storyteller-musician-music therapist Ken Medema.
Duda Family Lobby in the Glazer Performance Center
8:15-9:00 am: Registration (optional tours of the Glazer Performance Center available)
9:00 am: Welcome Address: Mario Martinez and Daan Braveman
9:15-10:00 am: Keynote - Deforia Lane: Establishing, Nurturing, and Maintaining a Successful Music Therapy Program
10:00-10:30 am: Panel Response: Successful Strategies for Music Therapy Advocacy -- with Danielle Morris, Psy.D; Brigid Noonan, PhD, LMHC; Meghan McGee, MA, BCBA; and O.J. Sahler, MD.
10:30-10:45 am: BREAK
10:45- 11:45 am: CONCURRENT SESSIONS: PART 1
11:45-1:15 pm: LUNCH on your own (optional tours of the Glazer Performance Center available)
1:15-2:15 pm: CONCURRENT SESSIONS: PART II
2:15-2:30 pm: BREAK
2:30- 3:30 pm: Plenary Session: Reflections on Four Decades: A Conversation with Dr. Bryan Hunter and Leslie Hunter, facilitated by Dr. Andrea Farbman
3:30-5:00 pm: Plenary Session: Interactive Concert by acclaimed storyteller-musician-music therapist Ken Medema
5:15-6:15 pm: Reception with hors d'oeuvres
A block of rooms for conference attendees is being held at the Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr., Fairport, NY 14450.
The room rate is $129. For reservations call 585-248-4810 or 800-365-3065 and ask for the Nazareth College Music Therapy 40th Anniversary room block. The block is being held through March 16, 2020. Check with the hotel for space availability after that date.