Links to external websites
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The details of Nordoff-Robbins organisations outside the UK can be found on the contact page.
UK music therapy organisations
British Society for Music Therapy
The British Society for Music Therapy (BSMT) was founded in 1958 and promotes music therapy in the UK. Membership is open to all.
Association of Professional Music Therapists
The Association of Professional Music Therapists (APMT) was founded in 1976 and is the representative professional organisation for qualified music therapists. It aims to maintain high standards of practice throughout the profession and can advise organisations on the employment of music therapists. Membership is open to qualified music therapists only.
Health Professions Council
The Health Profession Council (HPC) is the statutory regulatory organisation through which music therapists in the UK are registered. Music therapy in the UK has been a state registered profession
since 1999. Use the online register on this site to check the registration status of any music therapist.
Music Therapy Charity
The Music Therapy Charity was founded in 1969 to support Music Therapists in the UK. Its principal function is to raise money to fund research into music therapy.
MusicSpace
The MusicSpace Trust
was founded in 1989 and provides music therapy through four regional branches:
Bristol, Nottingham, Hampshire and London.
Music as Therapy
Music as Therapy was founded in 1995 and provides music therapy to children and adults at risk in Romania and supports those who care for them.
Jessie's Fund
Jessie's Fund
provides music therapy in children's hospices and supports the establishment of posts in UK children's hospices nationwide.
International music therapy organisations
World Federation of Music Therapy
The World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) was founded in 1985 and promotes music therapy worldwide.
European Music Therapy Confederation
The
European Music Therapy Confederation (EMTC) was founded in 1990. It
is a confederation of professional music therapy associations
and acts as a forum for exchange between music therapists in Europe. It contains weblinks to the principal music therapy organisations in all countries in the European Union.
www.musictherapyworld.de
Music Therapy World is an international online resource containing articles, conference reports, and other information about the music therapy profession, edited by Prof David Aldridge of the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Due to the closure of the music therapy department there in 2007, this site is not currently being updated but remains online as a resource.
American Music Therapy Association
The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) advances
public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access
to quality music therapy services.
Music therapy professional journals
British Journal of Music Therapy
The British Journal of Music Therapy (BJMT) is published biannually in the UK by the British Society of Music Therapy and the Association of Professional Music Therapists. Its current editor is Simon Procter, Programme Director of the Master in Music Therapy degree programme at the Nordoff-Robbins National Centre.
The Journal of Music Therapy
The Journal of Music Therapy is published quarterly by the American Music Therapy Association.
Music Therapy Perspectives
Music Therapy Perspectives
is published biannually by the American Music Therapy Association.
Nordic Journal of Music Therapy
The Nordic Journal of Music Therapy is published biannually by the
Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (University of Bergen). It
covers music therapy in the nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and the Baltic Countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
VOICES: A World Forum for Music Therapy
Voices is an online music therapy journal published three times a year in afilliation with the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy.