Prof Mercédès Pavlicevic, PhD
Director of Research
Professor Pavlicevic completed the Nordoff Robbins London training in 1981, and her doctoral studies at the Department of Psychology with Colwyn Trevarthen in 1991. As a music therapy practitioner she has worked with children, adults and older people in a range of institutional and community settings, both in Scotland and in South Africa. Mercédès co-instituted South Africa’s first accredited music therapy training programme and was Director of the Master’s Music Therapy programme at the University of Pretoria until 2006. She was African editor of VOICES until 2006, and chairs the Nordoff Robbins Research Governance Committees. She is the author, co-author (with Gary Ansdell) and editor of several music therapy books.
