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Christine Korb

Director of Music Therapy Program
Guitar

B.S., Mount Mary College; M.M., Colorado State University

News and Projects

Creator of The DrumTrail Project, a non-violence rhythm based research project for youth

Creator of The Soul Song Project, a 10-year longitudinal study investigating the effects of choral singing on physical and emotional wellness

Publications 

Music therapy research on dementia of the Alzheimer’s type
Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, 1997

Published composer
Shawnee Press

Book reviewer
The Arts In Psychotherapy Journal

Unpublished masters thesis under the direction of William Davis and Michaeil Thaut on work with emotionally/behaviorally challenged children (The Use of Music to Reduce Verbal Interruptions and Inappropriate Behavior in EBD Children)

Professional Activities

38 years private studio musician of guitar

20 years private studio musician of piano

Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC)

21 years clinical experience, inclusive of work with inpatient psychiatric patients at Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, CO and the VA Hospital, Milwaukee, WI

Formerly on the faculty of Willamette University (1998-2003)

Presentations

World Congress of Music Therapy (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008)

World Congress of Music Therapy (Oxford, England, 2002)

Healing Symposium of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (2004)

American Music Therapy Association National and Regional Conferences

Associations

American Music Therapy Association

Music Therapists for Peace

Amnesty International

Mu Phi Epsilon

Golden Key National Honor Society

United for Peace and Justice

Society for the Arts in Health Care




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17600 Pacific Highway (Hwy 43) / PO Box 261 / Marylhurst, OR 97036-0261
Phone: 503.636.8141 / Toll-free: 800.634.9982 / Fax: 503.636.9526

Chris Korb was named director of Marylhurst's music therapy program in 2000.