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Developing Positions: Now Hiring
Developing Melodies started as my tiny little music therapy practice, serving only a few individuals a week in the beginning. We have now grown to a point that we serve 600 individuals on a weekly basis and hiring Ms. Brittany and Ms. K-Rae to help facilitate our...
Developing Babies: Our Top 7 Must-Haves for your Pregnancy
Hey All! It's been so long since we last connected and for that I apologize! I seem to be apologizing a lot for things lately, and typically I would say I have no excuse, but this time I DO! If you don't already know, I, Meryl, is expecting my second child in early...
We Are…
It's January and that means it's MUSIC THERAPY SOCIAL MEDIA ADVOCACY MONTH! You can tell by my CAPS lock that I am super excited for this! While I spend most of my days throughout the year advocating for music therapy around my community, I like taking January to...
Assessments: Why do we need them?
One of the most important things that we do in our profession, as similar with many medical and therapy-based professions, is assess our clients. We do this in a group session, individual sessions and even in community events! We do this before service delivery,...
A Cold Song (an old camp tune)
We have seen some of the coldest winters EVER here in Central Illinois. We've spent a lot of time indoors and shared many stories between our families of cold winters in the past. Today, I share with you a cold song that was passed down to me from my mother. Enjoy...
Music Therapy in the Media
I wanted to take this post to share some amazing things happening in the field of music therapy and share some worthy videos and articles that I feel have given our profession a nice media boost! There are some amazing things that are happening in Music Therapy....
Books for Music Therapy!
We are hosting a great fundraiser at Barnes and Noble tomorrow, October 26! A percentage of the sales will be going back to The American Music Therapy Association. This is the culminating event in a two month push for my #mtfrundraising project! We've had some great...
St. Jude Runs: Bloomington to Peoria
Last month I had the privilege of participating in the St. Jude Runs: Bloomington to Peoria event. Okay, let's start from the beginning: The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic...
Summer is a time for…
Travel. Sickness. Server Breakdowns. New Contracts. New Clients. Enjoying Family. Fundraising. *MY APOLOGIES! You are all NOT forgotten, and are still so very important to myself and the rest of the Developing Melodies team. There has been more going on behind the...
Classic Sounds, Classic Artist
Welcome to our “Music at Home” series! On the 15th day of each month, from now until June 2013, we will introduce you to a favorite children’s artist, compilation or album that we think would be a great addition to your family musical collection. The tunes are...
Autism Camp 2013
It may be mid-April, but the weather is already starting to turn, and we are in active planning mode for Summer 2013 activities! This summer we have been given the unique opportunity to provide a music experience at a summer camp for children with Autism. Camp...
NOT Istanbul and Constantinople
Welcome to our “Music at Home” series! On the 15th day of each month, from now until June 2013, we will introduce you to a favorite children’s artist, compilation or album that we think would be a great addition to your family musical collection. The tunes are...
Entering Minonk…..
This summer marks Developing Melodies' THIRD summer offering Tiny Melodies here in Bloomington. We have seen so many children and their parents toe tapping, finger snapping and stick clacking to the rhythms and fun of our early childhood music curriculum. First off,...
That Baby CD!
Welcome to our “Music at Home” series! On the 15th day of each month, from now until June 2013, we will introduce you to a favorite children’s artist, compilation or album that we think would be a great addition to your family musical collection. The tunes are...
Awesome Instrument DIY (From Down Under)
One of my favorite, yet most challenging, music therapy groups is in connection with SOAR (Special Opportunities Available in Recreation), a wonderful program in our city for individuals with special needs. We are currently finishing up our 2nd year with this group!...
Flipping Flapjacks and Super Scats
Welcome to our “Music at Home” series! On the 15th day of each month, from now until June 2013, we will introduce you to a favorite children’s artist, compilation or album that we think would be a great addition to your family musical collection. The tunes are...
Our friendship creates quite the BUZZ! (Tutorial and Free Printable)
If you've been hanging around our blog, facebook, or twitter for a while, you've probably noticed that we have a love for kazoo. It is something that I bring about in Music Therapy sessions pretty often when working with vocalization and most often, when I'm working...
Riding on a City Bus
Confession time: Sometimes I wish I was in a job where riding my bike, running or taking public transit to work was a bit more accepted. With the amount of instruments and supplies that I carry with me on any given day, its virtually impossible to do this. However,...