From a cultural point of view, I was delighted to initiate an exchange programme and conference between the University of Montpellier, Sam Houston State University and TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital.
This included organising a week of music therapy seminars, conferences and workshops with the Music Therapists from TIRR; Amy and Maegan and the professors of SHSU in March 2013 in Montpellier, France.
I applied for funding for the exchange programme and received financial support from the French Consulate in Houston which paid for the professors’ travel expenses from Houston to Montpellier. Other small grants were awarded which contributed to a successful and comfortable week of lectures and presentations, an enriching culture exchange programme.
These conferences based on music therapy for brain injury and neurological disorders served to inform, educate and enlighten not only the French music therapists, but also the French medical professionals and hospitals.