Music Therapy Association of North Carolina

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Welcome Music Therapist!

       Welcome to the official website of the Music Therapy Association of North Carolina (MTANC). Here you can learn more about our organization, connect with resources for students and professional music therapists, explore upcoming events and continuing education opportunities, and discover how music therapy is making an impact across North Carolina.​

Music Therapy

According to the American Music Therapy Association (2018), music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.

Music therapy helps address individuals' social, communicative, emotional, physical, cognitive, sensory, or spiritual needs. Music therapists are certified by the Certification Board for Music Therapists, and hold the credential Music Therapist - Board Certified (MT-BC).
Music therapists and students from across North Carolina gather at the Southeastern Region of the American Music Therapy Association conference in Charlotte NC (March 2026)