MUSIC-THANATOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM

Lane Community College

Students receive over 600 contact hours through this two year, non-degree training program, which includes 20 didactic weekend intensives in Portland, Oregon, and clinical internships.

The Clinical Internship provides students with over 300 hours of one-on-one experience working alongside an MTAI certified music-thanatologist in hospitals and hospices throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The program is designed to prepare students to meet the Standards and Competencies of Music-Thanatology Association International (MTAI), the independent certification body for music-thanatology worldwide.

Areas of study include, but are not limited to:

Anatomy of Religion and Ritual
Anatomy, Physiology and Medical Terminology
Anthroposophy
Ethics in Healthcare
Biology of Dying
Clinical Discussion
Contemplative Infusion
Contemplative Musicianship
Contemplative Word Study
Disease Processes
Establishing a Music-Thanatology Practice
Healing and Reorganizing Properties of Sound
History of Death and Dying in Western Culture
History of Music in Medicine
Introduction to Clinical Internship
Introduction to Contemplative Practices

Introduction to the Clinical Narrative
Introduction to the Vigil Setting
Medical Anthropology
Modes and Neumes
Music Embodiment
Music-Thanatology in Diverse Cultures and Religions
Music-Thanatology Vigil as Ritual
The Nature of Suffering
Palliative Medicine
Pharmacotherapy
Phenomenology
Preparing Professional Presentations
Prescriptive Music Analysis
Professional/Academic Paper
Professional Relationship
Re-imagination of the Body
Schola Cantorum
Spiritual Pain Assessment
Synchronizing Harp and Voice with Patient Respirations
Thanatology
Vital Signs

Students will also have opportunities to participate in annual concerts throughout the Pacific Northwest.

To apply, or for more information, visit http://lanecc.edu/ce/careertraining/musicthanatology.html.