Saving Lives With Songs
Music Therapy of the Rockies helps people with trauma, especially veterans, find healing through music therapy.
What We Do
Music Therapy Retreats
Research
Continuing Education
Music Publishing
Music Therapy Retreats
Our retreats are run by Board-Certified Music Therapists and incorporate mindfulness, self-expression, and therapeutic songwriting with professional songwriters — plus, the gift of a guitar to learn new coping skills.
Research
We are committed to evidence-based research informing our work, and contributing our own data to the knowledge base.
Continuing Education
We’re proud to be an approved provider of continuing education for music therapists through the Certification Board of Music Therapists.
Music Publishing
We compile the powerful stories and songs crafted by our workshop attendees and their songwriter. Through our music publishing initiative, we provide publishing, protection, and music marketing.
Mental Wellness Through the Power of Music
Finding Healing
Our retreats help people with trauma reframe their experiences and reclaim their stories. We see lives changed dramatically in a short period of time — with positive, lasting results.
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The Album Project
“Stories and Songs from the Farm” is a collection of 12 songs written during our retreats. Explore the powerful music and the stories behind these songs, through a one-time $100 donation. By listening to these songs, you bring these veterans’ stories to life.
The Latest Stories & News
May 19, 2022
When the longtime Aspen-based folk singer and music therapist Mack Bailey works with military veterans, one of the first exercises he has them do it to hold their index finger on a guitar’s high E string and pull it up toward the D string, hold the tension between them and then lower it back down.
April 5, 2022
Music Therapy of the Rockies is proud to announce Stories and Songs from the Farm, a collection of 12 songs written during our Music Therapy Retreats.
May 4, 2021
We would also like to honor and remember Randy Frantze, one of our veterans who recently passed away. Randy was an amazing individual that captured our hearts with his sense of humor and his philosophical outlooks. His quote, “I’m going to harden my fingers (for guitar) and soften my soul” will stay with me for a very long time.
