Grandparents/ Training Roster

1998   Glenn Schifano  NY


1999   Andrew Stewart, Michigan

           Brian Abrams, New Jersey


2001   Micheline Charpie (Deceased)


2003   Khadijah Bjour, Boston


2004   Michelle Duncan, NY


2005   Courtney Parker, Pennsylvania


2006   Brian Harris, NYC


2007   Kathy Jo Gutgsell, Ohio

           Viktoria Korneva, New Jersey


2008   Clarissa Lacson-Karlson, Washington


2009   Meghan Hartley, San Francisco, CA

           Yan Ren, NYC

           Melanie May Po Acosta, California


2010   Brenda Buchanan, Illinois

           Sarah Horacek-Robertson Austin, TX

           Zhang Haitao , China

           Dawn Padmore, New York

           Diana Gianluigi, New York


2011  Johanna Bosse, Germany

          Rowan Reiss, England

          Helene Haugen Dahl, Norway

          Julie Lowry   Vancouver, CN

          Esther Garcia-Valverde, Barcelona, Spain

          Sunniva Ulstein-Kayser, Norway

          Britta Frederiksen, Denmark

          Ana Garcia-Roboto, Madrid, Spain

          Tyese Brown, NJ

          Alex Weiss, NYC


2012  Clara Arbos, Barcelona, Spain

          Sarah VanPeteghan, Alberta, CN

          Claire Bolton, England

          Pernilla Hugoson, Sweden

          Nana Wendt, Germany

          Jill Hedigan, Toronto, CN

          Colleen Didur, Toronto, CN

          Krystal Grant, New York, NY

          Loting Chen, Beijing, China

          Julia Summers, California

          Jacki Macri, Pennsylvania

          Yoshitaka Wada, Japan


2013  Suzanne Tribe, NYC

          Jamee Ard, NYC

          Kara Ryan, Florida

          Yasmine Iliya, NYC

          Jen Wenzel , California


2014   Kristy Vargo, NYC

          Elizabeth Barone, New Jersey

          Tammy Takaishi, Texas

          Jacqueline Christen, NYC

          Tara Davis, New Jersey




 

             





Marcela Lichtensztejn, Argentina

Helen Shoemark, Australia

Christelle Jacquet, Canada

Loting Chen, China

Claire Flower, England

Naoko Mizutani, Japan

Friederike Haslbeck, Switzerland

Jane Edwards, Australia

Dana Yakobson, Israel

Cho Long Hahm, Korea

Jisun Kim, Korea

Melanie Kwan, Singapore

Julie Mangersnes, Norway

Maria DeJesus, Spain

Nuria Escude, Spain

Alexandra Ullsten, Sweden

Maya Charlton, USA, CA

Susan Cotter-Schaufele, USA Chicago, IL

Andrew Rossetti, USA, NYC

Deanna Hanson-Abromeit, USA, MO

Amy Kessleth, USA, Phila, PA

Angela Ferraiuolo, USA, NYC

Joanne Loewy, USA, NYC

John Mondanaro, USA, NYC

Charlotte Pharr, USA, NYC

Kristen Stewart, USA, NYC

Deborah Benkovitz, USA, PA

Paul Nolan, USA, PA

Brian Schreck, USA, OH

Danny Marain USA, NY

Theresa McManus, USA, NY

Christine Vaskas USA, NYC

Wen Chang-Lit USA, NYC

Bernardo Canga, USA, VA

Laurie Park, USA, NY

Mark Ettenberger, Colombia

Cindy Lai, Taiwan

Yi-Ying Lin, Taiwan

Alison Rigby, Rome, Italy

NICU Rhythm, Breath & Lullaby Grandparents 20 Countries

NICU Rhythm, Breath & Lullaby Training-Complete

Masters & Doctorate Level Music Therapists

The following Music Therapists and/or Doctors & Nurses either created the original First Sounds: Rhythm Breath & Lullaby principles, or were instrumental in developing it within their countries


These leaders have the Compendium to directly train those seeking expertise (Tier I, II, III) in the method. (Milieu members - non MTs may host/contribute to the development upon completion of Tier I)

2015   Vanessa Felton, Germany

           Michelle Fisher, Australia/UK

           Naoko Mizutani, USA/Japan

           Holly Zhuang, Toronto, Canada

           Eva Munoz, Madrid, Spain

           Antonia de la Torre, Madrid, Spain

           Cindy Steen, Minnesota, USA


2016   Kathleen Summers, Philadelphia, PA

           Julia D’Amico, Brooklyn, NY

           Tora Söderström Gaden, Norway

           Jasmine Edwards, NY,NY

           Mariana Aslan, Argentina & NY

           Gabrielle Boissou, NY, NY

           Karina Danza, Miani, FL

           Matilda Fenton, Alpharetta, GA

           Katherine Glathar, NY, NY

           Shu Wang, Beijing, China

           JeeHye Yoon, Portland, OR


2017   Paula Macchi, Buenos Aires, Argentina

            Chanelle Henderson, Sydney, AUS

            Wen-Chi Chiu, Beijing, China

            Brianna Piatt, New York, NY

          

            Sarah Mackenzie, Barre, Ontario, CN

            Doris Tang, Hong Kong

            Kati DePetrillo, Philadelphia, PA

            Laurel Terreni, Long Beach, CA

            Jia Ping Ni “Berry New York, NY

            Jenny Plume, Edmonton, Alberta, CN

            Hisham Alhadrab, Jordan

            Emily Autrey, New York, NY

            Estefany Barrios, Palmdale, CA

            Madeline Chilton, New York, NY

            Whitney McCann, Portland, OR

            Thomas Schneider, Mercerville, NJ

            Yi Xia, Weehawken, NJ

            Masaki Shimizu,PhD, Saitama, Japan

            Yurina Nakano, Saitama, Japan

            Akemi Nihei, Saitama, Japan

            Masami Kanno, Saitama, Japan

            Mamiko Kotani, Saitama, Japan


2018   Verena Clemencie-Jones, Sydney,

            Victoria Vitale, Chicago, IL

            Melissa Santiago, Bronx, NY

            Amy Howden, Melbourne, Australia

            Chanelle Henderson, Sydney,

            Margriet Prins, Amsterdan

            Marie-Fatima Rudolf. Montreal, CN

            Alicia Drexel, New York, NY

            Annika Ey, Bruce Twp, MI

            Lauren Fagan, Li, NY

            Tyler Heavner, San Francisco, CA

            Mandy Lam, Hong Kong

            Christopher Pizzute, NJ

            Sofia Quinones, Puerto Rico

            Dan Stafford, New York, NY

            Kristen Steinke, Astoria, NY

            Kae Suda, Japan

            Erika Wan, San Francisco, CA

            Terence Xu, Philadelphia, PA

            Cara Wojciechowski, Reading, PA

            Jennifer C. Walker, Cleveland, OH

Music therapists and interns wishing to receive the First Sounds: RBL Training

should connect with a Grandparent, or contact Marie Grippo at

212 420-2704

to schedule on-site training in NYC or at an affiliate hospital in one of the

RBL 20 countries-listed on the syllabus

 

The Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy. Mount Sinai Beth Israel

281 1st Avenue at 16th Street  New York, NY 10003

Phone: 212-420-2704   Fax: 212-420-2726