Community Health Musician Certificate: New England
Transform your love for music into a powerful tool for change
About
The Community Health Musician Certificate empowers individuals to use music to enhance the well-being of others. This program emphasizes expertise, scope, and boundaries of practice, ensuring that community musicians can create experiences that are safe, meaningful, and impactful for themselves and their participants.
Through curated training, hands-on fieldwork, and program development support, participants learn to design inclusive, music-based experiences tailored to their communities' needs. This includes using group music experiences to address challenges like isolation, stigma, and lack of agency, especially among children and adults with exceptionalities, older adults, veterans, youth, and those in peer recovery.
The curriculum covers music, health, and well-being; arts in health research and practice; ethical and cultural considerations; musicianship tools; and community program development. The program blends remote coursework with in-person weekend intensives. After completing the certificate, graduates have access to ongoing supervision, networking, and resources, fostering a supportive community as they continue to grow and expand their programs.
Note: This cohort is focused on individuals residing in CT, RI, NY, and MA.
Duration
Nine months. The program includes an opening and closing weekend intensive at MARC Community Resources with the rest of the coursework conducted online.
Cost
This certificate program is free of charge, thanks to the generous support of Team Andre.
Deadline to Apply
March 15th, 2025
Application results will be announced by March 20th.
For more information, please contact: musicandhealthinstitute@berklee.edu
This program is sponsored by Team Andre in collaboration with MARC Community Resources. Team Andre is a collaborative initiative led by Andre Drummond, in partnership with MARC Community Resources, and Berklee College of Music to advance inclusive music experiences for health, and well-being. As a Middletown, CT native and Global Ambassador for the International Special Olympics, Drummond leverages his platform to raise awareness, strengthen partnerships, and inspire community involvement. Supported by MARC’s 70+ years of expertise in advocacy, community engagement, and person-centered services, Team Andre recruits and trains Community Health Musicians (CHMs) to create accessible, empowering music experiences that foster health, belonging, and inclusion.