AMY CLEMENTS-CORTES

Amy Clements-Cortes is a graduate of the Honours Bachelor of Music Therapy Program at the University of Windsor where she graduated first in her faculty receiving the Board of Governor's Medal as a voice major. In June 2005, Amy graduated from the University of Toronto with her Masters in Music.

Amy is the owner and operator of the Notes By Amy Vocal Studio which is in it's 12th year. She has worked as an instructor at Performing Arts Programs, and teaches music theatre workshops. Each year students from her music studio go to compete at the Kiwanis Music Festivals in the surrounding cities.

Amy has been a member of the Windsor Symphony Choir, Assumption Gallery Choir, University of Windsor Singers, J.M. Drama Alumni, and has also performed solo recitals. Currently Amy is a Cantor for the Roman Catholic Church, and performs in Toronto and surrounding areas. She is a member of the Baycrest Music Ensemble, Pierre Perron singers, Jonathan Grifith singers, Opera York Chorus and works at Baycrest Centre as a music therapist.

Amy has had many community placements working with a variety of populations to further promote music therapy. She has volunteered and worked in 5 nursing homes, a school for Autistic children, Southwestern Regional Centre, Children's Rehabilitation Centre, and Canadian Mental Health Association. Amy is an accredited member of the Canadian Association for Music Therapy (CAMT) and also belongs to the Music Therapy Association of Ontario (MTAO), Toronto Association of Music Therapy, and the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). At present Amy serves on the CAMT board of directors as the internship chair. 

Recently Amy collaborated with Juno award winning composer David Bradstreet to produce Therasleep, a CD to help enduce sleep, and Theracalm.  Visit www.theramusic.com for more details. 

Presentations:

 

June  2007, Heart Songs: Music Therapy Experiences in CCC and Palliative Care, Baycrest Hospital Grand Rounds, Toronto, Ontario.

June 2007, Music Therapy in Palliative Care, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

May 2007, Music to facilitate life review, grieving and relationship closure, 33rd CAMT Conference, Victoria, British Columbia.

March 2007 Internship Supervision Workshop, Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Feb. 2007 Using Music To Enrich End of Life Care, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

Nov. 2006 Music and Memory, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

Nov. 2006 Panel Presentation:  Careers in Music, 2006 Hamilton Music Awards Career Day & Industry Conference, Hamilton, Ontario

Nov. 2006 Music...The Drug Without Side Effects.  Aging Well Conference, Wagman Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Oct. 2006 Getting A Good Night's Sleep, Health and Wellness Lecture Series, Baycrest Centre.

Sept. 2006 Occupational Stress Among Four Palliative Care Music Therapists, 16th International Congress on the Care of the Terminally Ill, Montreal, Quebec.

July, 2006, Paper presentation, Music therapy services for clients in long-term care, St. Peter's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario.

May 2006, Paper presentation, The transformational power of the clinical internship, 32nd CAMT Conference, Windsor, Ontario.

May 2006, Manual written and distributed at the 32nd Annual CAMT Conference, Supervision basics: A guide to music therapy internship supervision in Canada, Windsor, Ontario.

April 2006, Paper presentation and published abstract, Music therapy in dementia care, 25th Annual Ontario Gerontology Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

April 2006, Paper presentation, Closing songs:  Using music to facilitate life review, Hospital Grand Rounds, Baycrest Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

April 2005 Music in the Right Key: The role of music therapy in addressing client concerns at Baycrest

March 2005 Music Therapy and Baycrest, Volunteer Youth Council, Baycrest Centre

Nov. 2004 Complementary Medicine: We Can Help. 11th Annual Pain and Symptom Management Conference, University of Toronto

Oct. 2004 Music Therapy Internship Opportunities at Baycrest Centre, University of Windsor

 April 2004 So Much More Than A Serenade:  Music Therapy at Baycrest, Grand Rounds, Baycrest Centre

April 2004 Favourite Jewish Sing-Along CD and Video:  Recognizing the value and importance of cultural music in client programming.  Ontario Long Term Care Association Annual Conference, Toronto

March 2003 The Use of Music in Facilitating Emotional

Expression in the Terminally Ill, 13th Annual Palliative Care, Toronto

March 2003 Music Therapy at Baycrest, University of Windsor

April 2002 Music therapy in Adult Day Care Programs, OCSA Members

March 2002 Music relaxation workshop for staff, Baycrest Centre

January 2002 What Is Music Therapy?,University of Toronto High schools

June 2000 Therapeutic programming in the adult day care program

Grand Rounds, Baycrest Centre

May 1997 Expanding the roles of a music therapist, Canadian

Association for Music Therapy Annual Conference

April 1997 Music recreation at Baycrest, Grand Rounds, Baycrest Centre

 

Publications:

 

Clements-Cortes, A. (2006). Occupational stressors among music therapists working in palliative care.  Canadian Association for Music Therapy Journal, 12(1), 30-60.

 

Clements-Cortes, A. (2005). Supervision basics:  Music therapy internship supervision.

 

Clements-Cortes, A. (2004).The use of music in facilitating emotional expression in the

terminally ill. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 21(4), 255-260.