Gayle Burdick, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist. She received her undergraduate degree from Ohio University. She holds a Masters of Education in Instruction and Curriculum as well as being licensed in Early Intervention and Special Education. Gayle took lessons at The Music Settlement as a child and came to work in the Department of Music Therapy from 1977-1982 as a staff music therapist and intern supervisor. She then worked for the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities as a music therapist and developmental specialist for 32 years, working with children and toddlers with a variety of disabilities. She has presented at regional and national conferences. Gayle has returned to The Music Settlement to work part time.

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Ohio University, Cleveland State University Close

Patty Console, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist. She graduated from Western Michigan University in 1980 and has been a practicing Music Therapist for over 20 years. She began working at The Music Settlement in 2006. On site at The Music Settlement, she currently serves clients with diagnosis such as autism, MR/DD, or mood disorders. She is also contracted by the Salvation Army to serve several populations such as women and men living in sheltered or transitional housing; individuals reintegrating to the community from forensic or drug and alcohol rehabilitation. She is a member of AMTA and AOMT.

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Pat Eden, MT-BC, is a Board-Certified music therapist. She first joined the staff of The Music Settlement following completion of her internship here in 1981 and remained through 1989. Upon returning in 1995, Pat has served a variety of individuals and groups in the Center for Music Therapy along with many partner agencies. She currently sees individuals on site at The Music Settlement and provides music therapy services to MetroHealth Medical Center Burn Unit, Eliza Bryant Village, and Solon Center for the Arts. A member of the American Music Therapy Association and graduate of the University of Dayton, Pat has been a practicing music therapist for 29 years.

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Kimberly Haffey, MT-BC, is a Board Certified Music Therapist. She graduated from Baldwin Wallace University in 2013 and interned with Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Indiana. Kim began her professional career in Indianapolis and returned to Cleveland in August of 2015 to begin working for The Music Settlement. Kim serves clients in the Euclid School District and individuals with Autism, genetic disorders, and other developmental disabilities on-site at The Music Settlement. She is a member of The American Music Therapy Association.

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Baldwin Wallace University Close

<p>Hannah Gadzinski, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist. She graduated from Baldwin Wallace University in 2015 and is currently pursuing her Master of Music Therapy at Augsburg College. Hannah completed her music therapy internship at Seasons Hospice in Massachusetts, where she worked with individuals in hospice and pediatric palliative care. While in Boston, she received training in Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT). Hannah moved back to the Cleveland area after her internship and began her career working for Beyond Words Music and Dance Center. She currently provides music therapy services at three United Cerebral Palsy locations through the Music Settlement and works onsite with individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities.</p>

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Elizabeth Harris is a Board-Certified Music Therapist who graduated from Duquesne University in her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. She completed her internship at The Music Settlement. In her internship, she worked at Cleveland Clinic-Lutheran in behavioral health populations, at Salvation Army Harbor Light with individuals in corrections, and with individual clients at The Music Settlement. She is now assigned to work in the Euclid school system with kindergartners through high schoolers with varying developmental disabilities, in public libraries providing music and literacy programs, and at The Music Settlement’s University Circle campus with individuals and groups.

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Lindsay Kirkham-Olsen, MT-BC, is a Board Certified Music Therapist. She graduated from Slippery Rock University with a Bachelors of Music in Music Therapy and a Minor in Psychology. Lindsay completed her Music Therapy Internship in El Paso, TX with Richards Music Therapy Services working with individual clients with a wide range of ages and diagnoses. She is currently getting her Master of Social Work and Master of Non-Profit Management at Case Western Reserve University. She began her career at The Music Settlement in October of 2018, and presently provides music therapy to pre-school and school aged children, as well as adults of a variety of ages, both on-campus and within community outreach settings.

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Intern for the pre-professional internship at Trinity High School

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Megan McCausland, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist. She graduated from the University of Dayton in 2012 and began her professional career in Oswego, Illinois. Being a native of Cleveland, she returned and began working at The Music Settlement in November 2014. Megan currently serves off site populations including geriatric, drug addiction rehabilitation, memory support, and mental health at Lutheran Hospital. She also serves a senior wellness group at May Dugan Center in Ohio City. On site at The Music Settlement she provides individual music therapy for adults, teens, and children with diagnoses such as autism, developmental disabilities, spina bifida, and mood disorders.

Megan now also serves as the Internship and Student Coordinator in the Center for Music Therapy at The Music Settlement. In this role, she coordinates all volunteers and observers on site and at outreach agencies. She will also serve as the music therapy internship coordinator to facilitate the national roster internship program. She is a member of the American Music Therapy Association.

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Kathy Odenkirk, MA, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist. She hold a Bachelor of Music Education Degree (1982, Mount Union College), an Equivalency (Bachelor) Degree in Music Therapy (1989, Baldwin Wallace), and a Master of Arts Degree in Music Therapy (2008, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College). Kathy has also taken additional classes in psychology and learning disabilities. Kathy spent 24 years working as a music therapist for the Community Action Wayne/Medina Head Start program in Wooster, Ohio. Kathy began working at the Music Settlement in September 2016. She currently provides music therapy services for the Orange Inclusive Preschool, the Salvation Army Ohio City preschool, and the St. Martin de Porres Senior Center through the Music Settlement and works onsite with individuals with varying needs.

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Allison Payonk, MT-BC, completed her undergraduate music therapy degree at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in her hometown of Terre Haute, IN. Alli began working at The Music Settlement in June 2019, immediately following the completion of her clinical internship with TMS. Throughout internship and her employment at The Music Settlement, she has served individuals and groups with varying levels of abilities at the University Circle campus, as well as in preschool through middle school classes in local schools. Alli is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in Music Therapy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

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Anne Reed, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist and is currently the Interim Chair for the Center. She graduated from Baldwin Wallace College in 1988. Anne joined the music therapy department at The Music Settlement in 1989, where she served as a staff music therapist, staff supervisor, and internship supervisor. In 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. 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, 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 Neurologic Music Therapy training in 2000 and received her second Fellowship in October of 2017 from The Robert F. Unkefer Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy.

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Katie is thrilled to be working in the Cleveland area after living out of state for 5 years. She received her bachelors in Music Therapy from Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music and her Masters in Music Therapy from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She has been working as a music therapist since graduating from BW in 2012. She has worked around the country in Washington state, Texas, and Illinois. Her primary experience is working as a music therapist in psychiatric settings. She most recently gained experience working as a music therapist in hospice. With a background in musical theatre, Katie utilizes her strengths as a vocalist in her clinical work often, in addition to piano, guitar, and percussion.

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A native of North Carolina, Wiley attended the University of North Carolina, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in music composition and music education as well as a Master of Arts in Teaching. Wiley attended Cleveland State University for his music therapy equivalency and completed his music therapy internship at University Hospitals. In addition to individual sessions at The Music Settlement, Wiley provides music therapy services to Beech Brook.

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MA, Teaching, University of North Carolina;
BM, Music Composition and Music Education, University of North Carolina Close

Kevin Teplitzky, MT-BC, graduated from Ohio University and completed his music therapy internship at the Institute for Therapy through the Arts in Evanston, Illinois. He currently provides music therapy services in elementary schools and early learning centers in Beachwood and Euclid as well as The Music Settlement. Additionally, he has served a number of camps for children who are typically developing as well as those with disabilities, and he has led music and literacy programs with our public library partners.

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Rebecca Tweedle, M.Ed, MT-BC is a board certified music therapist. Beckie has a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education from Kent State University and a Bachelor in Music Education from Baldwin-Wallace University. She received her music therapy training through the equivalency program at the Cleveland Music Therapy Consortium. Beckie has presented at regional and national music therapy and music education conferences. She worked for 24 years for the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities as a music therapist, a preschool special education teacher and a Developmental Specialist.

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George Unfried, Recreational Music Leader, is pursuing his Bachelor's degree in music therapy at Cleveland State University. He has accepted an internship position at Marwood Nursing and Rehab in Port Huron, Michigan. He currently provides services to children with disabilities at The Friendship Circle and has assisted with music and literacy programs with our public library partners.

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Maria Williams, MT-BC, studied at Ohio University and completed her music therapy internship with the mental health population at Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division in Wisconsin. During her employment with The Music Settlement she initially served youth in a correctional facility and is now conducting music therapy groups in day care centers, libraries, schools, and recreational settings. She provides individual music therapy sessions at the Music Settlement and the Center for LifeSkills.

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