Eric Ziolek, Advisor
Lisa Gallagher
Lalene Kay

Music therapy is an established health profession in which music is the therapeutic tool for restoring, maintaining or enhancing the functioning of individuals with learning, behavioral, emotional or physical challenges. With the curriculum approved by the American Music Therapy Association, the track in music therapy is a comprehensive four-and-a-half year program that prepares candidates for meaningful careers as music therapists. Students are in residence in the Department of Music at Cleveland State, but also take music therapy courses at Baldwin-Wallace College, home of the Cleveland Music Therapy Consortium. Board certification requires a six-month internship at an AMTA-approved facility and successful completion of a national exam sponsored by the Certification Board for Music Therapists. Board Certified Music Therapists (MT-BC) work in clinical or independent settings including hospitals, psychiatric centers, rehabilitation centers, hospices, nursing homes, MR/DD group homes and public schools.

For more information (such as degree requirements and course descriptions) visit the online Undergraduate Catalog, or view a pdf version of the Department of Music's Undergraduate Handbook.

The Consortium

The Cleveland Music Therapy Consortium is comprised of Cleveland State University, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music ( Berea, OH) and The College of Wooster ( Wooster, OH). The Consortium was established with a generous grant from The Cleveland Foundation in 1976, and was the first cooperative arrangement among educational institutions to offer a music therapy degree in the nation.