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
Annie Tyhurst trained as a music therapist with Professor Leslie Bunt at the University of Bristol and she is also a qualified psychiatric nurse. Since qualifying as a music therapist, she has worked both in private practice and for the national music therapy charity, MusicSpace. Annie has worked with children and adults with a diverse range of conditions and ages; she has also been actively involved with the Orff Society both working as an animateur and running teacher training courses.

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).