Molloy University Music Department

10/09/2026

Missed the last info session for Graduate Music Therapy? We hope to see you at the next on October 29th! Register here: https://admissions.molloy.edu/register/?id=95e0736d-a4ef-45d7-a9bd-f3f00f353cb3

09/25/2026

Please join us on Monday for an info session on the Graduate Music Therapy program!

Prospective graduate students: please join us for two upcoming online Graduate Music Therapy information sessions on September 28 and October 29. Register here: https://admissions.molloy.edu/portal/grMusicTherapy

Molloy’s Graduate Music Therapy program prepares students for advanced clinical practice in music therapy and music psychotherapy. We offer a tight-knit community, small class sizes, mentorship from board-certified music therapists, and extensive hands-on experience through supervised fieldwork at various healthcare facilities and Molloy’s on-campus clinic, the Rebecca Center for Music Therapy.

Questions? Feel free to contact Dr. Seung-A Jung, Graduate Program Director, at [email protected].

09/18/2026

Prospective graduate students: please join us for two upcoming online Graduate Music Therapy information sessions on September 28 and October 29. Register here: https://admissions.molloy.edu/portal/grMusicTherapy

Molloy’s Graduate Music Therapy program prepares students for advanced clinical practice in music therapy and music psychotherapy. We offer a tight-knit community, small class sizes, mentorship from board-certified music therapists, and extensive hands-on experience through supervised fieldwork at various healthcare facilities and Molloy’s on-campus clinic, the Rebecca Center for Music Therapy.

Questions? Feel free to contact Dr. Seung-A Jung, Graduate Program Director, at [email protected].

09/09/2026

Faculty scholarship highlight ☀️ Over the summer, faculty members Dr. Seung-A Jung, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC (Program Director of Molloy Graduate Music Therapy) and Professor Carly Caprioli, MS, LCAT, MT-BC presented at the World Congress of Music Therapy in Bologna, Italy. They offered insights in a roundtable on the therapeutic relationship in psychodynamic music therapy. We had nice representation of 🦁 at the World Congress too, which brought together alums and current grad students!

09/04/2026

Calling all Molloy students who sing or play an instrument! 🎶 🎺 🥁 🎻 Many of our ensembles still have room for a few more musicians. Email [email protected] or individual ensemble directors to ask about auditioning and joining by next Tuesday, September 8th. Open to Molloy students (including non-music majors) by audition or permission of instructor.

Mondays 5:30-8:30pm: Percussion Ensemble & Opera Ensemble
Tuesdays 5:30-8:30pm: Jazz Ensemble & Concert Choir
Wednesdays 3:25-6:15 pm: Guitar Ensemble
Wednesdays 5:30-8:30pm: Orchestra/String Ensemble
Thursdays 5:30-8:30pm: Chamber Ensemble

08/27/2026

Congrats to Dr. Suzanne Sorel on her publication of a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Improvisation in Music Therapy titled "Reflecting on Pivotal Parallel Experiences During Improvisational Music Therapy Sessions with Gene, an Autistic Adolescent." https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198942849.003.0026

Dr. Sorel was also interviewed and featured in this Psychology Today article:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/music-between-your-ears/202608/striking-the-balance-between-the-music-and-the-therapy

06/08/2026

Molloy faculty members Dr. Seung-A Jung, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC (Program Director of Molloy Graduate Music Therapy) and Professor Carly Caprioli, MS, LCAT, MT-BC will be presenting at the World Congress of Music Therapy in Bologna, Italy on July 11, 2026. They'll be featured in a roundtable on the therapeutic relationship in psychodynamic music therapy, alongside Dr. Sami Alanne (Finland) & Dr. Dorothee von Moreau (Germany). We love seeing Molloy faculty research in the world!
https://wcmt2026.org

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Professors Jung and Caprioli are both faculty members in Music Therapy at Molloy with research specializing in Analytical Music Therapy. For more info about Molloy's Graduate Music Therapy program, please visit https://www.molloy.edu/academics/schools/arts-sciences/graduate/music-therapy or contact Dr. Jung at [email protected].

05/21/2026

Dr. Tom Rizzuto’s TEDx Talk, "Why Streaming Can't Replace Physical Media," is featured as an Editor's Pick on the homepage of TED.com! It was recorded as part of the first TEDx Molloy University event in February. Listen to the talk here:

https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_rizzuto_the_problem_with_streaming_and_the_case_for_physical_media

Streaming media gives us access to everything instantly, but at what cost? Music professor Tom Rizzuto traces the history of physical media — from CDs and vinyl to bone music (Soviet-era records pressed onto discarded X-rays) and the near-loss of "Nosferatu" — making the case that art shouldn't ...

05/08/2026

Huge congrats to Molloy music therapy undergraduate and graduate students who are already making an impact on the field in their internships. In the last two weeks, we celebrated internship presentations by Lana, Ashley, Antonia, Tiffany, Lauren, Helen, Lily, Kirsten, Taina, and Kasey 🥳🎶 Thanks to all interns, partner sites, and internship supervisors for your dedicated and inspiring work!

04/27/2026

Coming up this week!

🗓️ 4/27: Joint Studio Recital
🗓️ 4/28: Concert Choir
🗓️ 4/29: Guitar & Chamber Ensembles
🗓️ 4/30: Opera Ensemble

Plus, please support our Music Therapy majors as they present on their internship work on Tuesday and Thursday.