Lisa Shawley
* Instrumentalist- accordion, flute, piano
* Music Therapy Private Practice 1993-Present (Primary populations served are seniors and those with Alzheimer’s. Secondary populations have been those with developmental disabilities, mental disorders and caregivers.)
*Co-Facilitator of Story Circle Network Affiliated Music/Writing Workshops 2008 (see www.storycircle.org)
* Co-Founder of The Charmed Ones: A recreational and therapeutic music facilitation group since 2007 (see www.charmedones.org)
* Certified Zero Balancer since 2006
* Member, “ The International Tubadores”; boogie bistro music with accordion, euphonium and mandolin; 2003-2006
*Macrobiotic chef since 2002
* Registered Massage Therapist since 2000
* B.S. Music Therapy, SUNY New Paltz, 1992

Publisher, Editor of:
    1) - “Come On, Let’s Sing: 125 Easy to Play and Sing Standards” c2000. A collection of songs written between 1890 - 1930’s and popularized into the 1950’s and beyond.
   2) - “ Hymns & Holidays: Songs with a Past. Book One.” CCC Music Therapy Center, 1998.

Presentations at Regional and National Music Therapy Conferences:
   1) - “The Familiarity Factor: The Importance of Using Familiar Music in Music Therapy Sessions”, co-presented with Nancy Mehaffey, MT-BC. Southwest Regional Music Therapy Conference in Waco, TX (March 1998) and the American Music Therapy Association National Conference in Cleveland, OH (November 1998)
   2) - “Songs of Our Heritage: Incorporating the History of Hymns Into Therapy”, co-presented with Allison Curl, MMT, MT-BC. Southwest Regional Music Therapy Conference in Oklahoma City, OK (March 1999).
    - 3)“Building Your Music Repertoire for Older Adult Groups”. Southwest Regional Music Therapy Conference in El Paso, Tx (March 2001)