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The theme of EMTC 2028 celebrates the diversity of voices within the music therapy community and the power of coming together through dialogue, creativity and…

Giulia Cremaschi Trovesi was a visionary musician, educator, and music therapist whose lifelong journey of study and practice reshaped the landscape of art…

Reflections on the opportunities and challenges of collaboration and alliances within the arts therapies in Switzerland.

The Music Therapy Association in Türkiye & Müzik Terapi Akademisi invite you to a two-day symposium "Reflections from the World", in Istanbul on 15th-16th May,…

Free online training exploring neurodiversity, mental health, and inclusive music therapy practice.

EMTC Vice-President, Dr Rachel Swanick, led a training session in supporting parental mental health through music therapy, with strong global participation and…

Call for volunteers to join the EMTC Ethics Committee, supporting ethical standards, reviewing concerns, and contributing to professional integrity and…

The 1st Congress of the Spanish Scientific Society of Music Therapy (SOCIEMT), together with the 3rd International Symposium on Research and Best Practice in…

Volunteers in Türkiye foster clarity, dialogue and ethical understanding around music therapy.

A French conference on music therapy in hospitals brought professionals together to share practice, encourage collaboration, and strengthen the profession.

DrumPower blends rhythm, improvisation and creative play to boost confidence, empathy and conflict-solving skills in children and young people.

How Irish music therapist Louise Kelly brought a message of resilience and adaptability to the TEDx stage

A national music therapy conference in Gyenesdiás, Hungary marks European Music Therapy Day with shared learning, workshops, and professional exchange.

A celebration of 30 years of Bulgarian music therapy, uniting colleagues from abroad and strengthening collaboration across South-Eastern Europe.

Music Therapy Without Borders is the tenth Arts & Health conference hosted by ESMUC, taking place 14–15 November 2025 in Barcelona and online, bringing…

Insight into the work of Ukrainian and international practitioners who gathered in Lviv to share research, practice and lived experience, highlighting music…

Music therapy in Vilnius brings older adults together in shared creative practice — strengthening psychological resilience, reducing tension, and building…

The recommended standards for music therapy training in Europe are designed to provide a resource, a point of exchange, a benchmark and a support to further…

As Elide, Rita, and Nele step down from the Core Board, they share their reflections on the past three years.

Research, dialogue, and shared moments defined the Hamburg EMTC, revealing how music therapy builds bridges across disciplines and countries.

The EU Health Policy Platform team held a live webinar on European Music Therapy Day - 15th November 2024, presenting professional music therapy as practised…

October 2024 saw the publication in Hungary of a brand new anthology of case studies in music therapy.

The EMTD 2024 theme is THE RHYTHM OF WELLBEING. This post shares everything you need to know to get involved, in four easy steps.

Filippo Giordano, Country Representative for Italy, has some exciting news to share about four new PhD programs beginning in the 2024-2025 academic year.

We share how Dr Lisa Margetts, a member of the British Association for Music Therapy,  collaborated with staff in a special school in Minsk, Belarus to enhance…

EMTC was invited to an event on "Advancing mental health research through networking and collaboration in Europe” organized by the COST organisation on 24th…

The organising team of the EU Health and Food Safety Commission invited the European Music Therapy Confederation to share some music in the packed program of…

The question is simple: how do you build a teaching structure that will survive a pandemic and a war?

On 21st April 2023 the EMTC Core Board created a poster to present European Commission online event - "A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health".

UK trained music therapist, Sarah Erskine, shares her experience of moving to Sweden.

Karin Schumacher and Gulsanam Sadikova share their expertise with Latvian music therapists. Riga, Latvia - 25th-26th November 2022

Cathy Schmartz, former EMTC Country Representative for Luxembourg, recently gave an interview about her work at the SOS Children's Village in Luxembourg.

The EMTC 30th Anniversary exhibition was specially created for the EMTC conference in Edinburgh in 2022, consisting of objects that represent music therapy in…

In early July, Mariagrazia Baroni, president of the Italian Association of Music Therapists, led a workshop for students on the topic of music therapy in…

Elizabeth Coombes recently returned from a trip to Jordan where she was part of a team sharing ways music can be used therapeutically with musicians, music…

At the General Assembly in Edinburgh this year we were pleased to welcome Yulia Martyn from the Association of Music Therapists of Ukraine as an observing…

Bettina Eichmanns shares photographs and impressions from the Edinburgh 2022 conference.

"Me...Voice!" - a workshop at the Department of Music Education of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 5th May 2022

The first in-person meeting of a joint research team in Vienna, February 2022

Helsinki, Finland, 26th-30th April 2022

Helsinki, Finland, 28th-30th April 2022

The first EMTD organised by the Croatian team.

Remembering Wita, former Country Representative for Poland.

Creativity in spite of (or maybe because of??) Covid!

Remembering Maria, former Country Representative for Sweden.

Aalborg, Denmark - 26th–30th June 2019

Results of a survey of country representatives in 2019.

Vienna, Austria - 5th-9th July 2016

Oslo, Norway - 7th-10th August 2013

5th-9th May 2010

15th-19th August 2007

Jyväskylä, Finland - June 16th-20th 2004

Naples, Italy - 20th-24th April 2001

Leuven, Belgium - April 1998

17th-20th June 1995

Cambridge, UK - 1st-4th April 1992