John Carpente

 

Clinical Presentations/Lectures

November, 2005: American Music Therapy Association National Conference, Orlando, Fla.

• Bringing the Traditional into the Contemporary: The Clinical Use of Popular Idioms in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy

April 2005: Converse College: Petrie School of Music, Spartanburg, SC.

• An Introduction to Music Therapy and the Nordoff-Robbins Approach

March, 2005: Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, American Music Therapy Association, Garden City, N.Y.

• Clinical Guitar Panel

September, 2004: Georgia State College, Milldridge, GA

• CMTE Course: An Introduction to Clinical Improvisation

March, 2004: Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, AMTA. Harrisburg, PA

• The Rebecca Center for Music Therapy: Our Creative Journey

September, 2003: The Board of Directors of The Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center (JCC), East Hills, N.Y.

• The Importance of a Music Therapy Program: Building Program at The JCC

October, 2003: Parents of Special Needs Kids/ Members of The JCC, East Hills, N.Y

• The Value of Music Therapy: "Can My Child Benefit?"

January, 2003: The David Center, Autism Awareness. Roslyn, N.Y

• The Use of Clinical Improvisation in Working with a Boy with Autism: "Meeting Mikey in Music"

February, 2003: "I Am I Can" Program, Dix Hills, N.Y

• The Effectiveness of Music Therapy with Children and Adolescents with Asperger's

December, 2001: Harlem United AIDS Community Center. New York, N.Y

• Themes in Therapy: Defining Clinical Musical Themes and Their Roles in Creating a Social System in Group Music Therapy with Adults Living with AIDS

January, 2001: The David Center, Autism Awareness. East Meadow, N.Y

• Music Therapy and Autism: "How Can Music Therapy Help My Child?"

January, 2000: LifeBEAT, The Music Industry Fights AIDS. New York, N.Y

• Creating the First Music Therapy and AIDS Program at LIFEbeat, The Music Industry Fights AIDS: "What Music Therapy Can do for People Living with AIDS"

October, 2000: Encuentro de Musicoteripia, Argentina, Buenos Aires

• The Music of Free Spirit: Creating a Social Networking System through Clinical Improvisation with Persons Afflicted with AIDS and Substance Abuse

October, 2000: X Simposio Brasileiro De Musicoterapia, Porto Alegre, Brazil

• Music Therapy and AIDS: A Philosophical Perspective
• Music in Music Therapy: A Music Centered View
• Foundations in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy: The use of Song and Clinical Improvisation in Therapy

October, 2000: Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York

• Music Therapy and AIDS: An Inside Look

July, 2001: The Nordoff-Robbins World Symposium, New York, N.Y

• "Picking" out the Possibilities of the Guitar: A Guitar Based Approach in Nordoff-Robbins Therapy

January, 1999: The Terrence Cardinal Cooke Medical Center, New York, N.Y

• Uses of interactive music making for stress reduction, Creativity, Meditation, and Inner Comfort.

June, 1999: Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy, New York, N.Y

• The Music Therapy Process in "Finding Rowan" - A Case Study

August, 1999: II Jornado de Musicoterapia de Rio Grande de Sul. Porto Alegre, Brazil

• Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy with an Autistic Boy: "Here We Are!"
• The use of Clinical Improvisation in Creating Group Cohesion with Persons Afflicted with AIDS

August, 1998: I Jornado de Musicoterapia de Rio Grande de Sul. Porto Alegre, Brazil

• Music Therapy and AIDS: An Existential Perspective
• A Nordoff-Robbins Based Approach with an Autistic Boy: "Finding Justin's Voice" - Case Study

 

Papers and Publications

2005. "The Rebecca Center for Music Therapy - Developing Programs at The JCC." Music Therapy Matters, Volume 8, American Music Therapy Association

2004. "A Brief Look at the Guitar in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy." Musicing: the Newsletter of the International Association of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapists (Winter 2004).

2004. A book review. Aldridge, D. (Ed.) (1999) Music Therapy in Palliative Care: New Voices. Nordic Journal website (Winter 2004).

2004. An Understanding of Music Therapy by Parents of Children with Autism: A Quantitative Study. Temple University. Unpublished manuscript.

2004. The Differential Use of Guitar and Piano in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy: A Qualitative Study. Temple University. Unpublished manuscript.

1999. The Music of Free Spirit: Creating a Social System through Music within a Group of Individuals Afflicted with the AIDS Virus and Substance Abuse. New York University. Unpublished Master's thesis.