PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
![Maryville University music therapy student working with a patient](/hp/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/music-therapy-2-scaled.jpg)
The Kids Rock Cancer program, which helps children cope with unique emotional challenges that accompany a diagnosis of cancer and other blood disorders, providess hands-on learning for students in Maryville’s music therapy program.
PROFESSIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS
![creative music participants interacting with a hand drum; a woman holding the drum while an male elder uses it](http://0gs.kshgxm.com/hp/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/04/Creative-Music-Making.jpg)
Creative Music Making, an annual event in partnership with the St. Louis ARC and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, provides music therapy students the opportunity to connect with individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities for
a three-day workshop and performance.
FEATURED
FACULTY
![Crystal Weaver](http://0gs.kshgxm.com/images/facultystaff/cweaver.jpg)
Crystal Weaver, Director of Music Therapy, is a board-certified music therapist, a certified rehabilitation counselor, and a licensed professional counselor with an additional master’s in health administration. Ms. Weaver has co-authored over 35 research study abstracts that have been presented at regional, national, and international conferences (including the American Music Therapy Association National Conference, the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Congress, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Annual Conference, and the International Federation of Head and Neck Cancer Oncologic Societies World Congress).