Dr.
Arthur Harvey |
"If
music's impact, as I observe it in an individual situation,
provides the type of response that would be beneficial for health
care, and if I find support from other researchers verifying
the beneficial effects of music, ought we then to encourage,
with confidence, the establishment of such a musical intervention
as a standard component of health care, in the broadest sence
of that term?"
Throughout his forty-two years as a musician and educator, Dr.
Harvey has directed his energy interests in three areas of music:
1) school music education, with an emphasis on special needs
students, 2) church music education, and 3) medical/health care/therapeutic
music education. He received a BS from Gordon College in 1959,
a MM from Boston University in 1965, and a DMA from Temple University
in 1974, and has done postdoctoral studies in several fields.
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Respected
Music Educator:
Dr.
Arthur Harvey is Immediate Post President of the Hawaii Music
Educators Association, and has been active in MENC at both the
state and national levels since 1959, serving on the first MENC
National Committee for Special Needs Individuals. Dr. Harvey
is internationally known as an authority in music for special
needs individuals, therapeutic applications of music, music
and the brain, and music and health, and has provided training
and spoken at conferences in 23 countries, as well as throughout
the United States. He served as a Very Special Arts International
Music Trainer for many years, traveling to prepare teachers
to use music therapeutically in China, Singapore, Thailand,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tunisia, Maraca, Australia, New Zealand,
England, Denmark, Germany, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Canada and
the United States, emphasizing utilization of music for both
educational and therapeutic purposes.
Spokesperson
for Music in Health:
As
Founder and Executive Director of Music for Health Services,
Dr. Harvey has a diverse and rich background in teaching, research
and clinical applications of music as therapy. He is a member
of the International Society for Music in Medicine, and the
International Arts Medicine Association. For one year he served
as director of a Center for the Advancement of Arts in Medicine
in Sarasota, Florida. He is a frequent keynote speaker at related
conferences, and has taught workshops and courses on topics
such as "Music as a Healing Art", "The Therapeutic
Roles of Music in Health Care, and "Music for Health and
Wellness."
He is featured on a seven-show series, Music and Brain, produced
by Eastern Kentucky University. He recently released a 2-CD
set recording of Music for Wellness by the LIND Institute, of
which he is a Consultant and researcher, and co-authored a book
and CD Learn With the Classics that was released
in 1999, also by LIND Institute. Currently he is working on
two books, one dealing with Music and Stress Management and
the other on the Music-Brain Connection. He has published many
articles, authored chapters in several books, and co-authored
several training manuals in music for special needs individuals.
Holistic
Health Advocate:
Dr.
Harvey is a Music Education Professor in the Department of Music
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He also serves as Director
of Music and Worship at Calvary By The Sea Lutheran Church.
Dr. Harvey served for several years as Coordinator of Therapeutic
Music Services for Hospice Hawaii, Inc., and continues to provide
weekly therapeutic music sessions for Leahi Hospital, as well
as continuing as a an active consultant for health care programs
and organizations.
Before moving to Hawaii in 1991, Dr. Harvey was on the faculty
of Eastern Kentucky University for 17 years as Professor of
Music Education, and in addition to his music education responsibilities,
in conjunction with College of Allied Health and Nursing developed
a Music and Health training program, and coordinated three National
Conferences on Music and Health. Dr. Harvey also was on the
faculty of the University of Louisville School of Medicine for
five years, and assisted in the development of the Program for
Arts in Medicine. Dr. Harvey's broad background in music education
has included experience as a concert and marching band director,
orchestra conductor, general and special addiction music education
teacher, as well as a performing artists. He continues to be
active as a public speaker, author, researcher, and consultant
in the fields of Music and Education, as well as Music for Health
Services, as well as performing and conducting.
For
more information about Dr. Harvey's work, visit the University
of Hawaii at Manoa Music Department website at www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic/fmused.htm#Harvey
Follow this link to an article written by Dr. Harvey for the
Hawaii Music Educators publication, entitled "An
Intelligence View of Music Education" www.menc.org/publication/articles/academic/hawaii.htm
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