Grandparents/ Training Roster
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