[Courtney Fanello]

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[Courtney Fanello]

Hello everybody,

My name is Courtney Fanello, and I am a brand new music therapist. For my undergraduate honor’s thesis at Arizona State University, I created and implemented a ten week program for children of Migrant workers in China directed to improve their self esteem. I finished my internship at Banner Desert Hospital and Cardon Children’s Hospital in December 2011.

While there,my supervisors were Donalyn Richardson and Becky Ickes  an we worked in Oncology, PICU, ICU, and all over the children’s hospital. Our children’s group music sessions were the only consistent sessions on the hospital, and I loved them.

After I finished, I got my MT-BC and had my first baby two months later. Ever since, I have been at home with her and teach piano lessons out of my home. As much as I love it, I have been really wanting to still follow my passion for music therapy. I decided that giving early childhood music classes would be the best of both worlds, as I can choose when and where to do the class, and even have her participate.

I have always been intimidated to start my own business, I have had my own piano studio for 6 years, and have done a few music summer sessions for children, but my advertising and recruiting efforts have not been very successful. I have always loved working with children, and my initial interest in music therapy was working with children with disabilities.

I worked as a habilitator and respite worker in college and also taught adaptive piano lessons. I would love to teach early childhood music classes for typical and developmentally delayed children, and eventually start an all inclusive children’s choir with older children. I am hoping that by doing this training, I will have the tools to start teaching classes, but still be able to focus on and cherish my time with my family. I am moving to Utah in a few months, and hope to start teaching  classes this Fall.

(Sorry if that was a little long, I tend to elaborate, and I hope others will too, as it will help us get to know one another:)

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