Dr. Carolyn Arnason
Associate Professor, Music Therapy
Contact Information
Email: carnason@wlu.caPhone: 519-884-0710 ext.2154
Office Location: A208
Languages Spoken
English
Academic Background
AMM, BMus (Manitoba), BMusTh (Laurier), MTA, MSW (Laurier), DA in Music Therapy (New York)
Biography
Carolyn Arnason, MTA, holds a Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance degree and Associate in Music, Piano Performer diploma from the University of Manitoba, a Bachelor of Music Therapy and Master of Social Work degrees from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Doctor of Arts in Music Therapy from New York University. She specializes in teaching clinical improvisation, supervising graduate music therapy students in arts-based qualitative research, and performing improvised music. She is on the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Board, Chair of the KWS Education and Community Outreach Committee, the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association Secretary, and a Member of Laurier's Research Ethics Board. FULL BIO HERE
Academic/Performance Interests
Current interests are spiritual being in music, improvisation and musicianship, musical transparency, the arts in improvisational music therapy research, and ongoing education in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music.
Recent Scholarly Activity: Conference Papers
- In Touch: From Listening to Transparency in Improvisational Music Therapy, 3rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Improvised Music, Denver, Colorado, December 5-7, 2008
- Improvisation and Musicianship: Staying in Touch with the Experience of Music, 2nd International Music Therapy Research Conference, Laurier Centre for Music Therapy Research, Wilfrid Laurier University, June 13-15, 2008
- Arts-Based Research in Improvisational Music Therapy, 4th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 14-17, 2008
- An Exploration of Arts-Based Research in Improvisational Music Therapy, 34th Annual Canadian Association for Music Therapy Conference, Quebec City, May 1-3, 2008
Areas of Expertise
- Improvisational music therapy;
- Qualitative clinical research;
- Verbal and musical supervision;
- Piano performance/improvisation;
- Improvisation and spirituality
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