Erin Hade Lunde, MT-BC, music therapist in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area
I wonder if you could do me a favor. I am trying to build my musical repertoire, and I’d love for you to leave me a list of song titles or artists or bands, or any combination of the three, that comprise the music that you like a lot or heard a lot in your [...]
Sat, February 26 2011 » Reflections » 4 Comments
I am fortunate that I have a job, but even more fortunate that I absolutely love it. I love the residents with whom I work, and oddly (and somewhat unhappily), half of my therapist team members are brand new, just like me. I do a number of things at work, and each day has been [...]
Sat, February 26 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
Last night I was brought to tears by a musical performance. I don’t think that had ever happened to me before. I suppose singing in the big choir concerts in college was emotional, but actually feeling something I couldn’t describe or express other than through tears is new to me. We went to the Minnesota [...]
Fri, February 25 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
Wednesdays I work half days, at least for the time being. So I decided to come home and teach myself some songs I’ve been needing, as I’m already becoming bored with my repertoire at work. I am trying to be patient with myself and to let myself have time to become comfortable with details like [...]
Wed, February 23 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
Most of the time, I wonder why I am a musician. By this I mean, I am curious as to how I’ve come to be one. I’d rather listen to the news on NPR in the morning than music, I’d rather write or even draw than sing for pleasure, and I don’t go out to [...]
Wed, February 23 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
This week will mark the completion of my first full week as a solo music therapist; the music therapist who trained me left on Tuesday of last week. I’m excited about my job. I love the people. And I love that I am the person to bring them music (though I have a lot to [...]
Mon, February 21 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
I have spent the entire morning online, looking up blogs I feel I should read! What? Who does that? Nearly all of them are music therapy-related, and actually that makes me feel pretty decent; January, though it is passed, was advocacy month for music therapy, so the more blog posts I read, the more I [...]
Fri, February 11 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
I am usually surprised by how nice people are, for the most part. Or rather, how nice they are to me. I have had exactly two encounters with my landlord, one when I met him for the first time in the parking lot, and the other in the laundry room. Both of those times were [...]
Fri, February 11 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
As much as I’d like it to be true, I cannot have everything aligned and balanced at this very moment. Just because I have a job, which is absolutely great, I am having trouble letting the rest of everything come in time. I have the next couple of days to use to organize. We’ll see [...]
Wed, February 9 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
Since the last post, I was offered and have accepted a music therapy position! I am thrilled and I feel fortunate to have found work in my field so quickly. I was banking on having until the 14th to start, but it turns out I start tomorrow… I am excited to get even more excited [...]
Wed, February 2 2011 » Reflections » 1 Comment
