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 Dear LCMTR Researchers and Friends,

It was E.T. Gaston (1968) who first stated that the good music educator follows many of the
principles and processes of music therapy and the good music therapist follows many of the
practices of music education. Therapy and education lie on a continuum that would suggest each
discipline could be affected by each other’s theoretical and philosophical histories. Furthermore,
aspects of education can occur in the music therapy process and music educators should be
aware of the interpersonal and therapeutic processes that occur in edu- cation. Enclosed please
find a copy of our newest Soundeffects Newsletter, in which the links and the rela- tionship
between music therapy and music education research will be explored from joint collaborative
research perspectives.

This volume is mainly based on papers presented at our 2nd International Music Therapy
Research Conference, “Making Connections: Exploring the relationship between music therapy
and music education June (12) 13-15, 2008). Through keynote presentations, concurrent papers
and open discussions, similarities and differences between music therapy and music education
practice and research were explored. Further research ideas and networks were created in order
to provide a forum for more formal initiatives that will result in future projects for both
disciplines. We had a wonderful conference!

On behalf of the entire LCMTR board, I would like to sincerely thank all the authors for making
a valu- able contribution to this Newsletter. I also want to thank Elizabeth Mitchell for her
editorial input around some of the articles and Debra Martz Melanson for her editorial work.

As you will see this Volume includes several new, interesting and informative articles around
music thera- py/music education research. I hope that as a reader, you will enjoy these articles
thoroughly.

Heidi Ahonen-Eerikainen
Ph.D., MTA, Director
Laurier Centre for Music Therapy Research Waterloo, ON, Canada
January 18, 2009

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