Voices Welcomes Interviews

By Krzysztof Stachyra

We would like to invite and encourage music therapists and music therapy students to join the process of creating our common, international journal. Every of us can support the development of Voices by letting us know and interviewing people whose work inspires you and shows you the power of music and music therapy. We will be happy to hear about well-known music therapists and lesser-known but interesting music therapists or music healers. We would also welcome historical information about the development or transformation of music therapy in your region.

At present, Barbara Wheeler is continuing her work on the history of the World Music Therapy Congresses. We have already gathered memories and thoughts from the congress in Washington, USA, in 1999. These will be presented in the next issue. In the July issue 2012, the focus will be on the conference held in Oxford, Uk, in 2002. Anyone who took part in this event is invited to share memories and thoughts.

We are also preparing a new interview series called "Famous People," about a number of historically important music therapists whom many of us knew and worked, but there is a risk that the next generation will not know. You can help us in the development of the world music therapy community's knowledge about well-known and not so well-known music therapists, music healers, musicians and other colleagues supportive of music therapy by interviewing them. We also welcome historical information about the development or transformation of music therapy in your region.

Please let us know of anyone who you might be interested in interviewing or of other ideas for an interview by contacting one of the Interview Co-Editors, Leslie Bunt, UK (Leslie.Bunt@uwe.ac.uk), Barbara Wheeler, USA (barbara.wheeler@louisville.edu) and Krzysztof Stachyra, Poland (muzykoterapia@interia.pl).