Upcoming Events
2024 OAMT Conference
Harmonizing Communities
Chemeketa Eola
215 Doaks Ferry Rd NW Salem, Oregon 97304
February 4, 2024, 12:30pm-6pm
Purchase tickets using the link below!
Schedule
12p- Doors open, Check-in and socializing
12:30p- Lunch
1p- Board Meeting and Elections (nominate yourself or someone else for a board position here)
2:15p- Keynote “Neurocosmopolitan Music Therapy: Theory, Practice, and Advocacy” by Jessica Leza, MT-BC
4p- Presentation “Tune Up your Taxes: Finding Financial Harmony” by Mikel Farley, Tax Consultant, Enrolled Agent
5p- Presentation “The Wheels on the Struggle Bus: Maximizing Creativity in Clinical Songwriting” by Shelly R. Z. Broder, MA, MT-BC
Our Keynote
Jessica Leza is a board-certified music therapist, author, and multimedia artist. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Music Composition from the University of North Texas and a Master of Arts in Music Therapy from Texas Woman’s University. Leza’s music therapy scholarship and advocacy centers around neurodiversity, disability justice, culture, and LGBTQ+ liberation and includes publications in The Neurodiversity Reader, Sociocultural Identities in Music Therapy, and The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy, as well as the solo-authored An Introduction to Neurodiversity and Autistic Culture for (Music) Therapists. Leza’s multimedia works have been showcased in film and arts festivals across the US and Europe, China, and South America
our presenters
Shelly R. Z. Broder, MA, MT-BC (she/her) is an assistant professor and the clinical coordinator at Pacific University. Her diverse clinical experiences include psychiatric and medical settings, schools, and community programs, with veterans, children with emotional-behavioral disorders, and disabled adults.
Mikel Farley is a Licensed Tax Consultant that specializes in self-employment and small business returns in the greater Portland area.