AMANDA is an excellent musician with a heart to use her musical gifts to help others. After completing her BA in Music with a piano concentration at UC Santa Cruz, she competed her Masters degree in Music Education for Music Therapy (MME) and her MT-BC in 2017 shortly after joining The Music Place.

CAROLINE, BM, MT-BC is a dedicated and driven music therapist who strives to positively impact those she has the opportunity to work with. Rooted in a core belief that every individual is immensely valuable, she aims to show her genuine care for each person through the interactions she shares with them. Caroline graduated magna cum laude with from Belmont University in Nashville with a degree in music theory with a vocal emphasis. She continued on to complete her post-graduate music therapy training at St. Mary of-the-Woods College.

CASSIE: As long as she can remember, Cassie has always loved singing, playing piano and connecting with people. At Biola University she received her B.S. in Music where she studied both classical and contemporary voice. Years later, as she pursued other areas of service such as working as a behavioral interventionist with children on the Autism Spectrum, music therapy began to make its way into her life. " I thought how wonderful it would be to marry both my musical gifts, and my personality gifts as a career." She went on to pursue her MT Board certification from CSU Northridge.

CHRIS, BM, MT-BC, found his passion for music as a child and his love for teaching soon after that. He began learning music playing trumpet and continued on to study guitar, piano, ukulele and voice over the next several years. He began teaching music in high school, taking advantage of community opportunities to work with children of varying abilities and disabilities. He earned his Bachelor's of Music in Music Therapy from Loyola University in New Orleans, and subsequently his national Board Certification in Music Therapy.

LYNNELLE received her BM in Music History at SFSU, her MA in Orchestral Conducting from the Lamont School of Music at University of Denver and has performed all over the world. In addition, she has directed her church choir for over 25 years. With a deep passion for serving others, Lynnelle began studying Music Therapy at UOP in pursuit of her MT-BC license. She completed her Music Therapy Internship through at The Music Place and its non-profit partner, Arts Educators Group.

"MR. JOE" is a multi-talented, super-educated musician who loves to learn. Starting on the steel lap guitar at the age of 7, Joe found his passion for music and instruments and just never stopped learning. With a dual major in voice and trumpet, he earned his BS and later an MA in music. After serving as a church music director for over 30 years, he was still hungry to learn and decided to broaden his experience yet again, studying Music Therapy. He received his MT-BC in 2017.

We consider music therapy the "fun" therapy because it starts from inside someone who already loves music. The American Music Therapy Association defines it as "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."