Suzanne B. Hanser

Suzanne B. Hanser is chair emerita and professor of music therapy at Berklee College of Music. She is past president of the World Federation of Music Therapy and National Association for Music Therapy. Dr. Hanser is the recipient of a National Research Service Award from NIA, the Sage Publications Prize, and the American Music Therapy Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Her research focuses on clinical outcomes of music therapy protocols in integrative medicine, specifically chronic illness, oncology, dementia, pain and palliative care, and cardiology. Dr. Hanser is composer of Michio’s Musings, an interactive musixploration on piano. A Contemplation Garden of Music is a compilation of her performances and music-facilitated meditations on Native American flute, piano, hand chimes, and therapeutic harp.