PRESENTATIONS BY DR. JODY CONRADI STARK
“The Role of Music in the Lives of People with Disabilities”
Presented at AFA Michigan – Arts for All (formerly VSA Michigan) 2019 Affiliate Planning Meeting/Workshop, Ralph A. MacMullen DNR Conference Center, August 24, 2019, Higgins Lake, Roscommon, Michigan.
“Your Brain and the Powerful Impact of Music.”
Presented at Alzheimer’s Association Community Connect, October 10, 2018, West Bloomfield, Michigan (with DSO Cellist Jeremy Crosmer).
“Feel the Music! Music Therapy in the Medical Setting.”
Presented at 2018 DMC Nurses Week Conference, May 11, 2018, Motor City Casino Sound Board, Detroit, Michigan.
“This is the Human Brain…On Music!”
Presented at Michigan State University Science Festival, Detroit Expo Day at Belle Isle Park, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, April 15, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
“MSU Community Music Schools: Providing a Diversity of Music Therapy Outreach and Engagement”
Presented at the 65th Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, April 14, 2018, Ypsilanti, Michigan (with Cindy Lu Edgerton).
“Experience the Diversity of Creative Arts Therapies: Music, Dance/Movement and Art Therapy”
Presented at the 65th Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, April 13, 2018, Ypsilanti, Michigan (with Cindy Babcock, Karen Barsy, Lourie Davis, Laurie Herman, Katie Hutchens, and Wendy Sprague).
“Creatively Cultivating Great Businesses in the Great Lakes”
Presented at the 65th Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, April 11, 2018, Ypsilanti, Michigan (with Sara Devine, Jennifer Hicks, Betsey Zenk Nuseibeh, Nancy Swanson, and Jennifer Whitlow).
“Music and Art Therapy”
Presented at DMC 15th Annual Just For You, Edgewood Country Club, October 6, 2017, Commerce Township, Michigan (with Erin Keith).
“Community Health – Dissolving Disparities”
Presented at Detroit Institute of Arts, Arts and Health Symposium, September 26, 2017, Detroit, Michigan (invited Panel Presenter).
“Your Brain and the Powerful Impact of Music”
Presented at Alzheimer’s Association Community Connect, September 13, 2017, West Bloomfield, Michigan (with DSO Violinist Laurie Landers Goldman).
“Looking Back and Moving Forward: 25 Years of a Music Therapy Business”
Presented at the 15th World Congress of Music Therapy, July 8, 2017, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
“Where Words Fail…How Music Speaks”
Presented at Michigan State University Science Festival, Detroit Expo Day at Belle Isle Park, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, April 9, 2017, Detroit, Michigan.
“Music Therapy in Memory Care: DSO & American House Music Therapy Pilot”
Presented at Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Musicians in Health and Wellness Professional Development, March 22, 2017, Detroit, Michigan (Invited Panel Presenter).
“Creative Arts Therapies for Children and Adolescents with Severe Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders: Music, Dance/Movement, and Art Therapy.”
Presented at the Michigan Department for Health & Human Services – Hawthorn Center, November 1, 2016, Northville, Michigan (with Karen M.L. Barsy, Laurie Herman, and Margaret McGuinness).
“Creative Interventions for Individuals with Visual Impairments: Let’s Move and Groove!”
Presented at the Michigan Chapter Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Annual Conference, April 29, 2016, Livonia, Michigan (with Karen M.L. Barsy and Ashley DeLaFranier).
“Where Words Fail…How Music Speaks”
Presented at Michigan State University Science Festival, Detroit Expo Day at Belle Isle Park, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, April 24, 2016, Detroit, Michigan.