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2010 Regional Conference
Pre-conference Institute:
“Motion and Feeling in Music: Applications of Musical Groove in Music Therapy”
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
8:30 AM- 5:30 PM
Although the predominance of clients seen by music therapists have a primary affinity for some form of rhythmically based popular music–such as rock, blues, jazz, funk, hip-hop, electronica or any number of Latin styles–many music therapists do not possess the skills needed to recreate these types of music in a stylistically appropriate way. The key to all of these styles is learning how to make them groove: helping music therapists to enhance their abilities in this area will be the focus of this institute. The morning plenary presentations will be didactic. In the afternoon, four skill-based, workshops will be offered with institute attendees having the opportunity to participate in two of them.
CMTE Credits: 9
Faculty
Kenneth Aigen, Dan Gormley, Joseph Piccinnini, David Ramsey, Mike Viega
Morning Plenary Sessions
Theory of Groove and Music Therapy Presenter: Kenneth Aigen
Creating musical groove in group situations makes motoric, cognitive, expressive, and social demands on clients. The intrinsic gratification produced by the experience of groove allows goals in all of these areas to be achieved indirectly. This presentation will focus on the theory of groove and discuss how it relates to common goals addressed by music therapists in a wide variety of clinical settings.
Varieties of Groove in Popular Music Styles Presenter: Entire Institute Faculty
Musical groove originates in the body and stimulates it to motion, yet there is a wide variety of types of groove in different musical styles. This talk will highlight five related musical styles—jazz, funk/R & B, rock, Latin, and hip-hop/dance/trance—and through audio examples, illustrate how groove is constituted in each of them.
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Groove- Oriented Keyboard for Music Therapists Presenter: David Ramsey
Approaching the piano as a percussion instrument requires an orientation quite different from traditional piano. This session will provide practical exercises designed to identify essential stylistic elements foundational to Latin, R & B, Rock, & Funk so that these rhythms can be used to support piano grooves. Features common to most general midi keyboards will be utilized to help participants practice the feel of certain styles and as a way to create grooves during music therapy sessions.
Clinical Use of Guitar to Facilitate Groove-Based Music Therapy Presenter: Dan Gormley
This session is designed to illustrate the use of guitar to facilitate groove-based music therapy experiences for a wide range of clients. Participants will be introduced to approaches to using the guitar as the main accompaniment instrument to help clients experience the benefits of groove-based music therapy. Specific techniques will be demonstrated. IMPORTANT NOTE: Attendees for this session must supply their own guitar.
Sound-Shaping and Soundscape: Clinical Use of Electronic Instruments in Music Therapy Presenter: Mike Viega
This session will focus on the potentials of electronic instruments in helping clients shape and design their musical lives within therapy. The presenter will demonstrate the use of samplers, drum machines, various synthesizers, mixers, and software recording equipment through clinical examples. Hip-hop, electronica, electronic dance music, and mixed-genres of modern day popular music will be discussed. Audience members will have a chance to have hands-on experience using this equipment, creating their own sound-shaping experience.
Creating Groove in Popular, Rock-Based, Music Ensembles Presenter: Joseph Piccinnini (assisted by Ken Aigen)
Rock and related musical styles are no longer the province of a particular age-group. Given that rock came on the scene around 1955, anyone 70 years of age or younger is likely to have a musical sensibility and taste influenced by this music. Although keyboards and electric guitar are the most prominent rock instruments, the key to creating rock grooves lies in the rhythm section of bass and drums and in the subtleties of how they relate to each other. This participatory session is designed for those music therapists who have little or no familiarity with these instruments and styles and who would like to get first-hand experience creating rock grooves.
Institute Faculty Information
Kenneth Aigen, DA, MT-BC, LCAT, NRMT, is an Associate Professor at Temple University. He has published widely and lectured internationally on music-centered approaches to music therapy and on the clinical functions of groove in music therapy.
Dan Gormley, MA, CMT, NRMT has nearly 30 years of clinical experience in pediatric, adolescent, and adult music therapy. He has lectured and taught internationally and has been an adjunct faculty member at New York University teaching guitar methods since 1994. He was the first person to become certified as a Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapist on the guitar.
Joseph Piccinnini , MA, CMT, LCAT, has 30 years of experience as a music therapist and is the founder and president of Richmond Music Center. He is a consultant to many prominent music therapy organizations including the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at NYU, the music therapy program at NYU, and Baltic Street. He is a member of the board of directors and steering committee at the Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. He has been working on “The Groove Project” since 2005 and has discussed clinical uses of groove at national conferences in the context of his notion of “Time-Centered Music Therapy.”
David Ramsey, DA, MT-BC, LCAT, is a pioneer in the use of midi technology in adaptive music therapy and is a Special Projects Advisor at the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function at Beth Abraham Health Services. He has lectured internationally on this work and on his novel methods for teaching keyboard skills to music therapists.
Mike Viega, MMT, MT-BC, LPC, is a doctoral student at Temple University and has presented at regional and national conferences on groove, music therapy, and applications with adolescents.
SCHEDULE
| Morning Session | |
| 8:30-8:45 | Welcome Kenneth Aigen |
| 8:45-9:45 | First Plenary Session Theory of Groove and Music Therapy Goals Kenneth Aigen |
| 9:45-10:00 | 15-minute break |
| 10:00-Noon | Second Plenary Session Varieties of Groove in Popular Music Styles Entire Institute Faculty |
| Noon-1:15 | Lunch |
| Afternoon Session | |
| 1:15-2:45 | First Breakout Session Groove- Oriented Keyboard for Music Therapists David Ramsey Clinical Use of Guitar to Facilitate Groove-Based Music Therapy Dan Gormley Sound-Shaping and Soundscape: The Clinical Use of Electronic Instruments in Music Therapy Mike Viega Creating Groove in Popular Music Ensembles: Bass and Drums Joseph Piccinnini & Ken Aigen |
| 2:45-3:00 | 15-minute break |
| 3:00-4:30 | Second Breakout Session repeat sessions |
| 4:30-4:45 | 15-minute break |
| 4:45-5:15 | Closing Comments/ Q & A |
| 5:15-5:30 | Post-test |