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A completed four-year (honours) undergraduate degree in Music Therapy (for our one-year program), or a completed degree in music or related field such as psychology (for our two-year program).
A minimum B average in your final year of academic study.
Evidence of advanced clinical experience (one-year program only).
Piano performance abilities at a minimum Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) Grade 6 (if piano is not your primary instrument).
Evidence of advanced musical qualifications, including ability to perform advanced repertoire.
Ability to improvise on your primary instrument.
Successful completion of the following prerequisite psychology courses: Introduction, Developmental (Child, Adolescent or Adult) and Abnormal Psychology.
Qualified applicants will be asked to do an audition and interview.
English Requirements
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL):
TOEFL iBT/TOEFL iBT Home Edition: minimum score of 83, with minimum skill scores of 20 in each of the skills tests (speaking, writing, reading and listening).
Paper-based TOEFL: minimum of 560.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS, IELTS Online): academic – minimum score of 6.5 with no band score below 6.0.
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic, PTE Academic Online): minimum score of 59.
Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL, CAEL Online): minimum score of 70
Our Master of Music Therapy (MMT) program is the longest-running graduate music therapy program in Canada. We have the only clinical improvisation lab in Canada, established in 2013 for improvisation and low frequency sound research. The clinic is funded through the Manfred and Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR), also housed at Laurier.
The philosophy of our program is music-centred psychotherapy. Clinical musicianship and psychotherapeutic techniques are developed through clinical, theoretical and experiential practices. The CIMTR can offer you training in the Helen Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (minimum enrolment).
In our program, you’ll have the option of doing an original research study or clinical case study. We offer supervision expertise in clinical, arts-based and music medicine research. You’ll also take experiential courses in the safe and effective use of self, required by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
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Our graduates have gone on to work in health care, education and private practice. Examples of jobs held by our graduates include:
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