#ServiceSaturdays – Walk to END Alzheimer’s
On Saturday, October 17th some members from AMTAS (American Music Therapy Association for Students) participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Canandaigua, NY. On top of being able to meet new people, walk through a beautiful neighborhood, there is just something about the consistent…
6 Things You May Not Know About Naz Music Majors
My name is Jeanie McCarthy and I’m a junior music education major at Nazareth College. If you currently go to Naz, you know at least a handful of music majors. At such a small school with such a wide array of majors, your circle of…
#ServiceSaturdays – On-Campus Physical Therapy Clinics
This semester we’ve decided to start a new blog series – #ServiceSaturdays. Nazareth College was founded in 1924 by a group of nuns known as the Sisters of Saint Joseph. We dropped our affiliation with the nuns in the mid-1970s and now identify as an…
Conner’s Trip to Jamaica Part 4: Hand Drum Lessons!
Every night while I was living at the Great Huts, we got hand drumming lessons from the head of our program. We learned several different patterns of drumming including styles indigenous to both Jamaica and Africa. My friend Marissa also got some good GoPro footage of…
Conner’s Trip to Jamaica Part 2: A Summary of My Clinical Experience
Over the course of my 2 week stay in Jamaica, I completed 5 days and 36 hours of clinical music therapy treatment. This was one of the most incredible experiences that I have ever had, so I’m going to try to collect my thoughts about…
Conner’s Trip to Jamaica: Part 1
HELLO EVERYONE! So I’m not sure if you all remember but a few months back, I posted a blog about my upcoming music therapy trip to Jamaica! (If you want to read my original post, you can find it here!) But, to catch you all up;…
Music Therapy Mini-Conference!
*Disclaimer: I’m not in this group shot of AMTAS because I had to leave the reception early…sorry!* So it’s time for another shameless music therapy plug! One of the coolest things about the music therapy program here at Nazareth is the mini-conference that we put…
Top 5 Things I Learned From My Music Therapy PreClinic Experience
The coolest thing about being a music therapy major at Naz is how early we get to start clinical experience! While we don’t actually start hands-on clinical work until junior year, as a first semester sophomore I began my PreClinic Experience which involved song-leading in…
Music Therapy Awesomeness!
Okay so I’m gonna take a little break from the series I’ve been doing about clubs and organizations at Naz and instead this week I’m gonna do a little bragging about how awesome our Music Therapy program is!! So as a lot of you may…
Get Involved in the Arts at Naz!
There are so many ways to get involved with the arts here on campus! Theatre, music, and art are some of our most popular majors. Here are some of my favorite clubs/ways to get involved! AMTAS-The American Music Therapy Association for Students Okay, so I’m a…
Social Media