Alanna Durham, MT-BC is a Board-Certified Music Therapist that graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor’s in Music. Alanna completed her internship with Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland, OH, in 2021. Alanna has worked with older adults at the end of life, in mental health facilities, adults with substance abuse disorders, older adults in memory care, and adults & children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Alanna believes in following a person-centered approach to music therapy, and that music is one of the most healing experiences. Alanna enjoys giving back to the community she has grown up in.

Rachel Plentovich, MT-BC is a Board-Certified Music Therapist who joined The Music Settlement in the spring of 2023. She earned her bachelor’s in music therapy from Cleveland State University and completed her internship at The Fine Arts Association of Willoughby. Rachel enjoys working in community-based music therapy, so she was excited to join the team and is passionate about the work we do here at TMS. She has previous experience working with children of all ages and needs, from early childhood through high school. She also has worked with adults in a wide range of settings, serving both groups and individuals through music therapy. Rachel’s background encompasses working with individuals with ID/DD, individuals with other disabilities, autistic individuals, older adults in memory care, and individuals with mental health needs.

Rachel’s role with The Music Settlement consists of both clinic-based work at the University Circle campus as well as community contracts around the Cleveland area, including mental health facilities and adult care programs. Rachel is passionate about treating each client as their own unique person, so she utilizes a humanistic, person-centered, and evidence-based approach to help her clients find healing and achieve their goals.

When she is not at work, Rachel loves to spend time with her husband and friends, discover new places to visit nearby and afar, go to concerts and listen to live music, and relax with nature and plants. She loves the music and arts culture here in Cleveland and is proud to be a part of The Music Settlement’s legacy of music therapy.

Anne Reed, MT-BC is a Board-Certified Music Therapist with a specialty in Neurologic Music Therapy. Anne graduated from Baldwin Wallace College in 1988. She joined the music therapy department at The Music Settlement in November of 1989, where she served as a staff music therapist, staff supervisor, and internship supervisor. In September of 2005, Anne left TMS and accepted a position with Beech Brook, where she served as the Music Therapy Program Manager for nine years, overseeing the research conducted at the agency with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma and demonstrated severe emotional disturbances and attachment issues.

In October of 2014, Anne returned to The Music Settlement. She became the Clinical Director at the agency in August of 2016 and served as the Interim Chair from July 2019- October 2021. She is now the Clinical Supervisor for the Center. Aside from her administrative responsibilities, she conducts individual music therapy sessions with children and adults having multiple disabilities such as attention deficit disorder, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, spina bifida, epilepsy, apraxia of speech, and autism.

Anne has co-authored articles in the Journal of Music Therapy and other journals. Anne has presented at regional and national music therapy conferences, an international conference on conflict resolution at Cuyahoga Community College, and for the Adoption Network of Greater Cleveland. She has co-presented on the topics of music therapy and abuse recovery and attachment issues for undergraduate music therapy students and graduate social work students at local and state universities. Anne completed her third Neurologic Music Therapy Fellowship training in December of 2022 from The Robert F. Unkefer Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy.