The training will be given by Dr. Corene P. Hurt-Thaut and one of the ArtEZ NMT™ fellow teachers, who can also assist with translation from English to Dutch.
Corene P. Hurt-Thaut earned her master's degree in music therapy and her PhD at Colorado State University, with an interdisciplinary focus on music, neuroscience and statistical design. Since 1997, she has been co-founder and programme director of The Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy. She is also an assistant professor and research associate at the University of Toronto and an associate professor at the ArtEZ Conservatory (ArtEZ Academy of Music).
She is recognised both nationally and internationally for her clinical expertise in evidence-based neurological music therapy. Her practical experience includes 3.5 years as a music therapist at Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital and the Centre for Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University Medical School in Atlanta, 4 years as a neurological music therapist at Poudre Valley Hospital and the Centre for Neurologic Rehabilitation in Fort Collins (Colorado), and 10 years in private practice and community outreach sessions for neurological music therapy.
She has worked with a wide range of patient groups, including people with stroke, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, autism, and psychiatric disorders. From 2001 to 2006, she was a member and later chair of the examination committee of the National Certification Board for Music Therapy (CBMT).
From 2009 to 2013, she was an elected member of the CBMT national board, and more recently she contributed to the Practice Analysis Committee (2015) and co-authored the Self-Assessment Exam (2016). She also served as chair and vice-chair of the Midwest region of the American Music Therapy Association.
Dr. Hurt-Thaut has published numerous research articles on music and motor control and has written ten book chapters highlighting specific applications of neurological music therapy.