FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Current Services & Fees: Regular Music Lesson: $30/half hr Adapted Lesson: $50/half hr Music Class: $25/hr Music Therapy: Individual session: $60 Music Therapy: Group session: $30 per person Discounts: Covid Discounted Rates at half price currently available if receiving NYS Benefits (Unemployment, SNAP, WIC). Please have a copy of your benefits card to help qualify. I am willing to work with clients on OPWDD's Self Direction Program!
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
First we make contact and set up an initial visit. I learn what kind of service you are looking for, and make sure we have access to all needed materials before our first session or lesson. For music therapy, the first session is an Assessment Session to help define the client's strengths, weaknesses, and personal goals (advance academic musical education, improve endurance, induce muscle tone relaxation, regulate breathing, distract from pain, palliative care, etc.). For a music lesson, we see where your current skill level falls, find your vocal range for voice, and define goals to where you would like to be with your musical skills. We spend the following sessions working on these goals.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I am a Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) and hold the New York State License for Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT). For education I earned my Masters Degree of Science in Music Therapy from SUNY New Paltz with a minor in Psychology, as well as a dual Bachelors degree in Music Performance and Contemporary Music Studies.