The Use of Information Technology in Music Therapy:

Abstract

This paper describes the use of the IT medium in my work as a music therapist. It focuses on the benefits of this technology as a means of organising and structuring the education of individuals suffering from social and emotional problems. I illuminate the music therapy process by using concepts that are not “therapeutical”, like hyperinstrument, and argue that music therapy needs technological concepts to describe some of the processes in music therapy including IT. The casestory about Robert is a synopsis of my work with a boy in a contemporary school. The process he went through using IT in music therapy is illuminating to some of the aspects, which I think is basic to the idea of IT in music therapy. I also try to point out benefits and draw backs that I have experienced when using IT in music therapy.