International Relations Committee of the AMTA Jodi Levine, MA, MT-BC
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The International Relations Committee is an exciting committee that works on encouraging attendance/participation in the world federation music therapy conference, to share international experiences in AMTA publications and presentation, to help facilitate national conference events like networking international relations lunches and sharing the diversity of international music at conferences, as well as providing support to international students as needed. Committee members roles also include informing members about national organizations and conferences throughout the world that would be of interest to us. The goals of this committee are to facilitate awareness of international opportunities and events, and assist international students as needed and collaborate with the AMTA vice president to identify local group or performers who would make a musical presentation representing a diverse ethnic music tradition and provide a workshop experience in the basic techniques of that musical genre, as well as to faciltiate awareness of music therapy among disciplines, organizations and professionals in other countries.
Meet JodiGreetings Everyone! I have served as a Past President of NER, and past treasurer, I've been part of an exciting international exchange with the International Music Therapy Center in Kyoto Japan for many years, providing presentation on a variety of topics, as well as have presented in Nursing Homes throughout the country in Japan and a few Universities there. I have taught at the University of connteticut and substituted classes at Quinnipiac University on Special Music for Special Populations...I have worked with the geriatric population for close to 30 years now and recently left my job of 27 years to join a Continuing Care Retirement Community in Hartford Connectitcut (Avery Heights). I have a master's in Music Therapy and a BA in Music and Psychology and have gone through level 2 training in GIM, as well as level 1 in NMT.