Awarded to someone based on the President's choice.
Congratulations to our 2023 Winner: Mark Ahola MM, LCAT, MT-BC
Chosen by the president with input from the board. Awarded to a MAR member to recognize their service.
Congratulations to our 2023 Winner: Kate Myers-Coffman, Ph.D., MT-BC
Benedikte Scheiby worked throughout her career to transcend artificial boundaries and to expand the scope of music therapy practice, both her own and that of the profession in general. She was an analytical music therapist with a strong belief in the value of psychodynamic psychotherapy, but psychodynamic thinking provided the foundation of her clinical work, not the boundaries of it. She completed a training in Bio-Energetic Analysis and integrated bodywork and psychodynamic movement into her sessions; she greatly admired the work of Paul Nordoff & Clive Robbins and considered herself a music-centered practitioner; her practice included musical meditation and other Eastern influences; and she developed a strong interest in neuro-imaging seeing it as a perfect complement to psychoanalytic thinking. And within her chosen model of practice, Analytical Music Therapy, she worked to expand its applications from its roots in psychiatry into medical and rehabilitation contexts. The “Benedikte Scheiby Pioneering Spirit Award” is thus dedicated to those music therapists who work to expand music therapy practice with the goal of meeting the needs of diverse clients.
Congratulations to our 2023 Winner: Kerry Devlin, MMT, LPMT, MT-BC
This award is presented to an administrator, public official, or other friend of the field of music therapy that has positively impacted access to music therapy services.
Nomination form: https://forms.gle/474XByYn4VMk71AY8
Deadline: March 10, 2025