In April 2004, Margaret Lobo (Founder and Director of the Otakar Kraus Music Trust) presented its work to the Autistic Society of Mumbai & Delhi; this led to the formation of the first Music Therapy Postgraduate Training programme in India under the aegis of a locally registered Charity.

The Music Therapy Trust, based in Mumbai, will provide a friendly welcome to students from all regions of India who are accepted into the programme. It is estimated that we can train and financially support six music therapists for the duration of the one-year training in India for the same cost of bringing to the UK one person and training them in the UK.

The students who successfully complete the programme will then put their training into practice as qualified Music Therapists throughout India.

Aims of The Music Therapy Trust
• Provide or assist in the provision of a Music Therapy School in Mumbai, Delhi and elsewhere in India
• Grant Scholarships and Prizes to deserving Students in India
• Promote the study and teaching of Music Therapy in India
• Assist students in India to participate or engage in furtherance of educational activities in Music Therapy

How you can Help us
• Support a Student in India to study Music Therapy
• Make a Donation
• Covenant an Annual Donation
• Sponsor music therapy sessions for a client in India who is unable to find funding

Our main Trainer in India

Patricia Herdianto — Course Tutor

Patricia Herdianto is a UK Registered Music Therapist, who completed her Master’s Degree from Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge UK. She has been practising as a music therapist over the past eight years, working with a wide range of clients from children through to the elderly, all with a varying range of disabilities.

Patricia joined MusicSpace West Midlands in 2001-2003. After which she took over the role as the Head of Music Therapy Department with Warwickshire County Music Service, from 2003 - 2009. During her employment with Warwickshire County Music Service, Patricia initiated links to broaden her network of communication by visiting various music therapy establishments in the USA, Canada, Australia and Singapore. She also actively attended national, European and World conferences in music therapy. At the World Congress of Music Therapy in Brisbane Australia in 2005, Patricia made a presentation on her clinical work with an adult with learning disabilities.

Patricia recently completed a training programme qualifying her as a music therapy supervisor at the Guildhall Music School and Drama London and also gained a Certificate in Counselling Skills from the Newman University College Birmingham. In addition she has pioneered the establishment of a partnership with Atmajaya Catholic University Jakarta Indonesia, organising a Music Therapy Awareness Day in 2007, as part of her passion to educate the public about music therapy and disability.

In January 2009 Patricia joined The Music Therapy Trust as its UK Course Tutor for The Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy in India, working in partnership with Action For Autism, New Delhi.

Learning Outcomes for successful Students
• To gain a thorough grounding, from an analytically-informed viewpoint, for the practice of music therapy while relating this to treatment models in music
• To understand clients' disabling conditions by means of clinical studies in related disciplines
• To extend their music skills and gain an understanding of how these can be used to meet the therapeutic needs of clients
• To experience clinical settings and be supervised on work there within the programme
• To work in an environment which encourages self-development appropriate to work as a therapist
• To make an original contribution to music therapy theory and/or practice

Applications for training by The Music Therapy Trust in India require the submission of a signed Application Form; this is available from
•UK: Otakar Kraus Music Trust +44(0)20 8894 2007/info@okmtrust.co.uk
•India: The Music Therapy Trust +91(0)22 2869 6552/themusictherapytrust@gmail.com
You may also download and print the Application Form by clicking either here .pdf (68KB) or here .doc (49KB).