Modified Requirements Track

Musicians with extensive background, experience, or training in therapeutic music may qualify for a Modified Requirements Track for completion of the Clinical Musician Certification Program (CMCP) and certification as a Certified Therapeutic Musician (CTM) with the add-on of Certified Clinical Musician (CCM). A musician must satisfy all the requirements and parameters established in the CMCP materials in order to be certified. 

Advanced musical training does not typically prepare a musician to play at the bedside. CMCP teaches a specific type of therapeutic music (slow beat, low pitch, relaxation/supportive atmosphere, improvisation, flexibility) that may or may not be the same as a musician who has developed his/her own style of therapeutic music. Highly trained musicians and musicians with prior experience playing in care centers and hospitals will all benefit from the depth of the CMCP training materials, but the musician must be willing to work within the CMCP guidelines in order to be awarded CTM-CCM status, including recommendations for tempos, tonal quality, musical styles, repertoire, appropriate instruments, and similar standards.   

Application for the Modified Requirements Track does not guarantee acceptance. All prerequisites must be satisfied and music skills must be adequately demonstrated in recordings submitted with the application for the Modified Requirements Track and must meet the parameters established by CMCP for therapeutic music. Once admitted into the Modified Requirements Track, students are required to satisfy all the written and reading material requirements for both Levels 1 and 2. The application fee is not refundable. Potential students who apply for MRT, but then do not qualify may request admission to the standard CMCP track without having to pay an additional application fee. 

List of Prerequisites for Modified Requirements Track

Description of Prerequisites for Modified Requirements Track