This extraordinary book is the outgrowth of the work done at the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University. Founded in 1988, the center, which is part of the Graduate Music Therapy Program at NYU, provides outpatient services for children and adults in the New York area, as well as serving as a venue for advanced training in music therapy. The music contained in the collection, all of it original, is offered for use by music therapists, music teachers and music specialists working in special education, and musically skilled activity therapists working with a range of special needs populations. Most of the materials are also eminently suitable for preschool children, and some can be used in the early elementary grades. Themes for Therapy has evolved from clinical work with clients of diverse developmental levels, needs and abilities. Each piece of music in this collection was either specially composed or improvised for individual or group therapy. Contents include greeting songs, songs to promote self awareness & socialization, songs to promote physical awareness & movement, easing transitions & encouraging play, goodbye songs, instrumental pieces for drum & cymbals, resonator bells/mellophone, and tambourine/small percussion & multiple instruments.

New songs and instrumental pieces. Edited by Michele Schnur Ritholz & Clive Robbins.

For Piano, Guitar, Voice

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Subjects
• Introduction
• A Personal Note from the Editor
• About the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy
• Biographies
• Descriptions of the Songs
• Let's Look and See
• Good Morning To You
• Let Me Introduce Myself
• Hello! Hello! Hello!
• When You See a Friend Say "Hi!"
• Welcome, Welcome
• Our Very Own Music
• How Many People in the Room?
• Let's Sing a Song
• What Time is It?
• Let's Sing Our Song Together
• Clap Your Hands
• Five Fingers
• Up So Tall
• Wonderful
• Shake Out Music
• Don't Go to Sleep in Music
• What's Next?
• Uh-Oh, It's Time to Say Goodbye
• Goodbye
• It's Time to Say Goodbye
• Are You Ready?
• I Have a Drum
• Can You Play the Bell?
• Beat! Beat! Beat the Drum!
• Let Me Hear You Beat That Drum!
• Yes, You Can!
• What Shall We Do?
• Play Your Bell
• Simon's Bells
• Serenade
• Reverie
• Gently
• Can You Play?
• Let's Make Some Music
• You Can Play the Tambourine!
• Orienal Temple
• Lydian Dream
• Catch the Beat (Original Version)
• Catch the Beat
• Dinosaur Ball
• Nostalgia

Pages: 104
Language: English
Publisher: Carl Fischer