A graduate of SPU's music therapy program plays the harp as she works with a patient.

SPU’s music therapy program — the only such program in Washington state — was recently named one of the 20 best music therapy bachelor programs in the U.S. by TheBestSchools.org.

In addition to steering the program toward national prominence, program director Carlene Brown will serve as the lead consultant for bringing music therapy to Taiwan. The associate professor of music presented at the 2017 International Symposium of Rural Health and Innovative Long-Term Care Services in Puli, Taiwan.

She also lectured on music therapy and pain management to faculty and students at the National Taiwan University’s College of Medicine in Taipei, and gave a presentation about music therapy at the National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

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