AMTS would like to highlight that the participants of the abovementioned course (originally scheduled to run June-July 2009) will not be qualified to do Music Therapy in any capacity. Prospective employers of any provider of Music Therapy services are recommended to seek verification of the service provider’s credentials before hiring. Email AMTS at musictherapy.sg@gmail.com. Thank you.

If you would like to read up more about the training requirements of a professional music therapist, please refer to this link: http://singaporemusictherapy.wordpress.com/press-release-what-is-music-therapy/. There are also other useful websites on training on http://www.apmt.org (U.K.), http://www.musictherapy.org (USA), http://www.austmta.org.au/ (Australia).

Thank you for your interest in Music Therapy.

We’ve been getting many requests to observe Dr. Tan’s Music Therapy sessions at SGH. Please note that you will need to write into SGH for approval. Please be informed that you may have to pay to observe sessions.

We welcome professional Music Therapists and students majoring in Music Therapy to join AMTS. We’ve posted our membership form online. Please go to the link: Association for Music Therapy (Singapore) under “Pages”.

We look forward to your continued support. Thank you!

It recently came to our attention that a talk was just recently conducted by a Music Therapist, who claimed to be trained in the U.S. Of particular interest, he claimed his music could “cure” and sold CDs of up to $1000 to attendees.

Music Therapy is NOT about just listening to CDs. While passive listening to music is one of the many ways in which music is used, more often than not, active interventions are used, e.g. playing instruments, singing, improvising, composing, etc. Current Music Therapy practice is NOT based on specific tones or frequencies that “cure” – but more the musical encounter as experienced by the client within the context of a therapeutic relationship.

Hence, do not fall prey to such CD sales claiming to be “Music Therapy”. If anyone tells you that his/her music can cure one’s illness or disease, etc… please exercise caution. This person is probably NOT a qualified Music Therapist. Please see links on this blog about what IS Music Therapy and what it is not. (http://singaporemusictherapy.wordpress.com/press-release-what-is-music-therapy/) Having accurate information about Music Therapy will save you a lot of money!

Author: Ng, W.F. (2007)

On 15/9/07, Channel News Asia reported that Music Therapy can cure tinnitus. (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cgi-bin/search/search_7days.pl?status=&search=tinnitus&id=300018)

Music therapy is NOT about using headphones and listening to certain prescribed music for x number of hours everyday! The form of treatment for tinnitus in the mentioned CNA report is, in fact, called Neuromonics. Neuromonics is NOT Music Therapy. To date, while Music Therapy may provide effective coping mechanisms to alleviate symptoms, there is no research showing that tinnitus can be “cured” by Music Therapy.

Author: Ng, W.F. (2007).

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