Outreach Committee
of the Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association

 

Committee Guiding Statements

The GLR aims to provide equitable and accessible resources about music therapy to those interested in pursuing a career in the field.  

  • The GLR strives to create opportunities for building connections between music therapists/student music therapists with those exploring the field of music therapy
  • Create a link between aspiring music therapists and institutions that offer music therapy programs. This includes offering guidance and supporting preparation.

 The GLR strives to build relationships with various community partners. 

  •  Exchanging resources, training, and professional development with various professions and community members to build a network that promotes collaboration, awareness, education, and access. 
  • Identify and build coalitions that foster both sustainability and growth to expand community access. 

 The GLR endeavors to empower music therapists within the region to utilize consistent resources for advocacy, educating and recruiting.

  • Develop, gather and maintain accessible resources for use in outreach efforts across the region.
  • Coordinate to have representation at relevant events identified by the GLR Outreach Committee

 

Meet Laurel Rosen-Weatherford

Laurel Rosen-Weatherford, MM, MT-BC is a board-certified music therapist with the Monroe County Intermediate School District.  She completed her undergraduate degree in Music Education at Miami University and her Masters in Music Therapy at WMU. Laurel has presented various workshops on school music therapy and works as an adjunct professor at Lourdes University and University of Toledo teaching Introduction to Music Therapy for non-music majors. In addition, Laurel is involved in leadership with numerous professional and non-profit organizations, such as the Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association and BeInstrumental.   


 

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Resources for Music Therapists

Metal stick figures holding hands with the title: GLR Presents Community Connections, September 12th 6:30pm CST on Zoom. Content that follows: "Share your experiences, exchange ideas, or just socialize with other music therapists. Open to both new and seasoned professionals. An excellent opportunity to foster meaningful relationships and enhance your practice."

Community Connections Zoom Link

More Coming Soon!

 

Calls & Collaborations

Light brown background with three light blue shapes across the top. The first states, Prospective Students. Provide equitable and accessible resources about music therapy to those interested in pursuing a career in the field. The second states, Professional and Organizational Partnerships. Build relationships with various community partners. The third states, GLR Ambassadors. Empower music therapists within the region to utilize consistent resources for advocacy, educating, and recruiting. In the middle of the graphic, is clip art of 6 people gathered at a table that states connect. At the bottom of the graphic, is a cream colored section titled “Why Me?” “Am I…” followed by a list: passionate about the field of music therapy, excited to network and connect with others, flexible and visionary, interested in building and implementing a resource library, responsive to the needs of future professionals, or connected and engaged with outside organizations. In the bottom left corner is a black and white round GLR logo and in the bottom right corner is a QR code.
Join our Outreach efforts…

GLR Outreach committee call for members

The GLR Outreach committee is seeking new members to join our work. We are seeking individuals from across the spectrum of music therapy experience (student/intern/new professional/experienced professional/etc.) to…

  • Passionate about the field of music therapy
  • Excited about networking and connecting
  • Flexible and visionary
  • Interested in building, designing, and implementing a resource library
  • Responsive to the needs of future professionals
  • Connected and engaged with outside organizations

If you are interested in this work,

Please submit responses through this Google Form and contact the committee through email form above if you have questions.

 

Illustration of 6 people gathered at a round table viewed from above. Text reads, Help us connect!
Invitation…

Share your connections with us!  

The GLR Outreach Committee is creating a database from which to build Professional and Organizational Partnerships.  Please consider sharing YOUR connections with us!  Some questions to consider as you prepare to fill out the Google Form include:

  • What connections to other professional and organizational groups do you CURRENTLY have?
  • What connections to other professional and organizational groups do you WISH you had?
  • In what other professional and organizational settings/conference have you ATTENDED a conference and PRESENTED?

Thank you for helping us to build our network for collaborations and partnerships!