Music Therapy
Since 1993, the KEYS Program has been delivering smiles to the bedside of pediatric patients through its music therapy outreach programs!
All music therapy sessions are provided by our board certified music therapist and include music activities such as; songwriting, recording, instrument playing, music appreciation, movement, singing and lots of smile making!
Music Therapy for KEYS Kids
Thanks to our foundation partners, sponsors and donors, we are able to provide FREE music therapy for kiddos battling cancer, serious illnesses and their siblings!
Music Therapy for the Community
We also provide music therapy services for children, adults, schools, special needs sites, nursing homes and many other groups for an affordable fee for service. (See our services and rates below)
“Amelia is singing along to her music therapy session in the car as we travel down the road to Boston for her next surgery. It really made the trip go by so much faster and helped her focus on something other than her fears and anxiety leading up to surgery. We are so thankful to have the KEYS Program along with us on our journey, literally!”
Music Therapy Services for the Community
Along with our KEYS kids (kids impacted by cancer and their siblings),
we serve “all of those in need of healing”,including;
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children & adults with autism, physical and/or developmental disabilities,
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schools, special needs sites, agencies
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nursing homes, hospitals, Alzheimer/dementia patients, stroke patients, elderly patients, traumatic brain injury patients
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hospice and palliative care patients
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and more!
In-person sessions are available at the KEYS Music Studio, 181 Kenwood Ave, Oneida!
Our Valerie’s Smile Music Therapy program continues to serve nursing home sites, with a focus on the Alzheimer/dementia patients, in order to improve the quality of life of their patients and to bring weekly joy to their hearts!
Thanks to the support of our foundation partners, we were able to provide music therapy for Rome Memorial Hospital.
This program has been re-named Valerie’s Smile memory of KEYS Founder David Bennett’s mother and former KEYS Board Member Valerie Cresswell, who passed away from dementia on March 24, 2022. ♡
Valerie’s Smile Music Therapy
for Alzheimer/Dementia Patients
Individual Music Therapy Sessions
One-on-one music therapy sessions are available for children and adults of all ages and abilities.
RATES:
$55 for 30 min session
Group Music Therapy Sessions
Group music therapy sessions are available for schools, special needs sites, nursing homes and other facilities!
RATES:
$55 for 30 min. session
Each site is unique, so we customize our services to meet your needs.
***Discounts and matching grants are sometimes available for qualifying groups.
Contact us to see if your site or group qualifies for a discount.
Schools and Facilities
KEYS contracts with schools and facilities to provide both individual and group music therapy sessions for schools, special needs sites, nursing homes, hospitals, cancer treatment centers and other facilities!
RATES:
$55 for 30 min session
Some of the school site we work with are reimbursed for music therapy as a related service through an Individual Education Plan (IEP) in schools. Music therapy is a related service which is federally funded through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B & Part C.
***Discounts or matching grants are sometimes available for services ! Contact us to see if you qualify to participate in our matching grant program!
Music is Universal
Because music is considered a “universal language”, it can create a bridge between individuals and their environment, and help to facilitate relationships, learning, self-expression, and communication in a non-threatening and fun way.
What is Music Therapy?
Music Therapy is defined by the American Music Therapy Association as the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.
Clinical Music Interventions
Music Therapy is an established clinical health service similar to occupational therapy and physical therapy and consists of using music therapeutically to address physical, psychological, cognitive and/or social functioning for patients of all ages.
Board Certified Music Therapists & Licensed Creative Arts Therapists
KEYS music therapy staff includes both Board Certified Music Therapists (MT-BC) and Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCAT) who have Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Music Therapy.
Member of AMTA
KEYS is a proud member of the American Music Therapy Association. For more information about music therapy visit their website at www.amta.org!
BIG thanks!
We want to send extra BIG thanks to the following foundations, who have helped us to expand our music therapy outreach and have made these SMILES possible...
The Triad Foundation
The Academy of Country Music Lifting Lives Foundation
The Jim & Juli Boeheim Foundation
The Shirley M. Aubrey Fund at the Central NY Community Foundation
The M & T Bank/ Partners Trust Charitable Fund at the The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
The Margaret Wendt Foundation
The Howard & Bess Chapman Foundation
The Children's Guild
The Guido & Ellen Palma Foundation
The Saint Agatha Foundation
The Carvel Foundation
DOT Foods
The Reisman Foundation
The Karam Fund
The Carbone Foundation
The Band SIRSY
The Klee Foundation
The Mee Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
The Hoyt Foundation
The Mather Fund
Cayuga Community Fund
The Community Foundation of Southern Central New York
The Central NY Community Foundation
The Sears Family Foundation