The AMTA Board of Directors’ 2016 Mid-Year meeting will be held June 24, 2016 through June 26, 2016 at the Maritime Institute & Conference Center next to the Baltimore Washington International (BWI) airport. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Dianne Wawrzusin, Wawrzusin@musictherapy.org on or before Thursday, June 16th so that meeting room arrangements can be made.

Celebrate the beginning of summer this Memorial Day with our Member Appreciation Pop-Up Sale. 50% off publications now through June 5th.

TODAY, April 18, 2016, is the last day to submit your proposals for the AMTA Conference, ‪(#‎AMTA16‬ on social media). Submit your proposals online by midnight tonight to be considered!

Theodore Michael Meyer was a music lover and a student of guitar. Due to a biking accident, Theo suffered from chronic pain throughout most of his 20s. Theo benefited from Music Therapy as part of his treatment and considered going back to school to study Music Therapy to help others. Theo's family hopes that this scholarship will go to a student interested in helping individuals with mental health and/or addiction issues find a path to wellness and inspiration through the joy of music.

On March 7th and 8th of 2016, AMTA once again participated in Arts Advocacy Day as a national co-sponsor. This annual event in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Americans for the Arts, is the only national event that brings together a broad cross section of America’s cultural and civic organizations, along with hundreds of grassroots advocates from across the country.

AMTA Briefs Air Force Officials at the Pentagon and Advocates for Expanded Music Therapy Programs and Qualified Music Therapists at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Let AMTA show our LOVE and MEMBER APPRECIATION this Valentines' Day with a whopping, never-before-offered, 60% discount (that's 60% off the already-reduced member price) on all publications and products purchased online in the AMTA Bookstore! For a limited time, so act now!

Proposals are now being accepted for the 2016 AMTA Conference “Under the Canopy: The Profession of Music Therapy” at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio, November 9 to 13. Click on Attend a Conference and submit your proposal today! Please note separate forms are required for concurrent sessions and CMTE courses. Deadline for all proposal submissions is April 18, 2016.

Since 2005, AMTA and CBMT have collaborated on a State Recognition Operational Plan. The primary purpose of this plan is to get music therapy and the MT-BC credential recognized by individual states so that citizens can more easily access our services.The AMTA Government Relations staff and the CBMT Regulatory Affairs staff provide guidance and technical support to state task forces throughout the country as they work towards state recognition.

Help us celebrate the 65th anniversary of music therapy and continue to grow its future! Please remember AMTA in your year-end charitable giving plans and you'll receive a special 65th anniversary gift as a thank you for supporting music therapy.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015. ESSA marks the first overhaul of the nation's main elementary and secondary education law since the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002. This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the nation’s national education law, the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

The AMTA office will close at 1:00 pm on December 18, 2015 for the winter holidays. The office will reopen on January 4, 2016. Happy holidays!

As a show of support for AMTA membership, our friends at West Music would like to offer AMTA members exclusive discounts on merchandise purchased through the West Music website. The earlier you join, the more chances to save! See your 2016 member welcome email (which you'll receive after you renew your membership) for ordering details.

Help us celebrate the 65th anniversary of music therapy and continue to grow its future! Please remember AMTA in your year-end charitable giving plans and you'll receive a special 65th anniversary gift as a thank you for supporting music therapy.

Our partners at Oxford University Press are pleased to make a special offer to current AMTA members only: a 25% discount across their wide range of book titles on the OUP website. You can browse a list of great titles hand-picked for music therapists or find your own. Simply use the link in the AMTA Member Toolkit first when ordering.