Students have the opportunity to explore their own composition and improvisation skills as they relate to facilitating music therapy sessions. We explore topics in music theory, composition, and improvisation, and incorporate those concepts into our own compositions and improvisations. Music recording technology is also explored in this course.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students are able to:
- improvise and compose music that facilitates functional objectives.
- use composition to facilitate movement, speech and language, and other functional skills.
- develop creative music skills including musical play, melodic improvisation, harmonic improvisation, and playing in different meters and styles.
- record compositions utilizing computer programs.
- generalize learned techniques into clinical practice.
This course can be applied toward:
Prerequisite
Must be admitted to CSU's Music Therapy master's degree program.
