Nordoff & Robbins and the Art of Time

A Review of Music, Time, and Self: A Time Model for Nordoff-Robbins Clinical Improvisation by Tamar Hadar

Authors

  • Erinn Epp Calvin University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v26i1.4789

Keywords:

Nordoff-Robbins music therapy, improvisation, temporality

Abstract

“Nordoff & Robbins and the Art of Time” is a review of the book Music, Time, and Self: A Time Model for Nordoff-Robbins Clinical Improvisation, by Tamar Hadar with co-author Dr. Kenneth Aigen. This book is the seventh volume in the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Monograph Series, published by Barcelona in 2025.

Author Biography

Erinn Epp, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Erinn Epp PhD, MT-BC, MTA, directs choirs for incarcerated college students, adults with disabilities, and people living with aphasia; she also teaches music courses in a prison college program. Erinn completed her PhD at Nordoff Robbins/Goldsmiths College, where her research focused on the social dimensions of performance in Community Music Therapy.

References

Aigen, K. (1998). Paths of development in Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy. Barcelona Publishers.

Bergson, H. (1966). Duration and Simultaneit. (trans. Leon Jacobson). Bobbs-Merrill.

Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors we live by. University of Chicago Press.

Nordoff, P., & Robbins, C. (2007). Creative Music Therapy: A guide to fostering clinical musicianship (2nd ed.). Barcelona Publishers.

Schutz, A. (1951). Making music together: A study in social relationship. Social Research, 18(1), 76–97.

Stern, D. N. (2000). The interpersonal world of the infant: A view from psychoanalysis and developmental psychology. Basic Books.

Trevarthen, C., & Malloch, S. (2000). The dance of wellbeing: Defining the musical therapeutic effect. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 9(2), 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08098130009477996

4789 Epp. Photo: Calvin University

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Published

2026-03-03

How to Cite

Epp, E. (2026). Nordoff & Robbins and the Art of Time: A Review of Music, Time, and Self: A Time Model for Nordoff-Robbins Clinical Improvisation by Tamar Hadar. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v26i1.4789

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2026)

Section

Book Reviews and Book Essays

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