IHTP focuses on harp, so you will work with accomplished harpists who are your mentors and recommended teachers to develop your skills on the instrument. This includes learning how to improvise, work with modes, elemental music and useful repertoire for many situations (i.e. ethnic and religious backgrounds). You will learn how to work intuitively with patients and clients, weaving familiar songs together with familiar and unfamiliar music and improvisations. Music theory is also taught, as is information about the physics of sound.

Training also covers many areas that are not directly related to music, but necessary for working in the healthcare field. These include clinical protocols, healthcare basics, professional behavior, and deepening perceptual awareness of self and others. Training also features self-care segments and business basics to help you get started professionally.

You will learn how to find and use a patient’s resonant tone, how to create an interactive music program for senior center residents, youth center attendees, children with special needs, and so much more!