From the moment our voices meet, the potential for exploration and expression seems unlimited. Our voicework is dedicated to creating a space for relationships to develop through the voice.

Kate Richards Geller, MA, MT-BC, LCAT

Born in Connecticut, USA, singer/songwriter, received an MA in Music Therapy from New York University, 1997. Fieldwork training included The Institute for Music and Neurological Function at Beth Abraham Health Services (NY); Internship in Pediatrics at Beth Israel Medical Center (NY). She worked as a music therapist in Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Neuroscience at Hackensack University Medical Center (NJ). She has national board certification 1997 and a NYS license 2006. She worked on the NYC 9-11 Music Therapy Relief Project and a "Caring for the Caregiver" training. On-going voicework training includes Rhiannon (CA), Renee Manning (NY), Silvia Nakkach (Vox Mundi, CA), Lisa Sokolov (Embodied Voicework, NY), Diane Austin (Music Psychotherapy, NY), and Joanne Loewy (NY). Since 2001, she works as a music therapist with children and adults, and is developing a voice-centered wellness practice and offering workshops locally and nationally.
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Sylka Uhlig, MA, RMTh, LCAT

Born in former East Germany, studied classical singing; moved in 1988 to the Netherlands and completed her BA in Music Therapy in 1993. Since 1991she worked as a Music Therapist in the psychiatric hospital with traumatized women, forensic rehabilitation clients and patients in short term therapy. She received her RMTh (Registered Music Therapist) in 1997 in the Netherlands. In 1998 she trained for six months in oriental music therapy with Oruc Güvenc, Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey. She received voicetraining from various teachers in Europe and USA and practices private voice work and music therapy since many years. In 2000 she completed the Advanced MA program in Music Therapy at New York University and worked in the neurological setting of Beth Abraham Health Services with patients with strokes, Parkinson disease and Alzheimer. From 2001-2005 she worked for the Department of Education, Special Education program for autistic and emotional disturbed children with developmental handicaps as well as for Heartsong, music and art therapy program for children with disabilities in Scarsdale, NY. Currently Sylka is currently teaching music therapy and voice at the HAN University for Professional Education in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
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Both Kate and Sylka have specialized in the role of the voice in music therapy. Sylka has researched traditional forms of singing and integrated them into a multicultural approach to music therapy. Kate has focused on the use of the voice as an intervention for pain management and wellness.

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PUBLICATIONS

Geller, K.R. & Uhlig, S. (2006). Singing: A Personal and Professional Need. In Sylka Uhlig, Authentic Voices - Authentic Singing, A Multicultural Approach to Vocal Music Therapy. Barcelona Publishers, Gilsum, NH.

Uhlig, S. (2006). Authentic Voices - Authentic Singing, A Multicultural Approach to Vocal Music Therapy. Barcelona Publishers, Gilsum, NH, USA.

Richards Geller, K. (2002). Nurturing Ourselves and Others Through Singing. In Joanne V. Loewy & Andrea Frisch Hara (Ed.s), Caring for the Caregiver: The Use of Music and Music Therapy in Grief and Trauma. Silver Spring, MD: American Music Therapy Association, Inc., pp. 156-164.

Uhlig, S. (2001). “Music of Silence”, in American Music Therapy Association’s Words of Healing, Notes of Hope, about personal experience living and volunteering in Downtown Manhattan after September 11, 2001.

Loewy, J.V., MacGregor, B., Richards, K., & Rodriguez, J. (1997). Music Therapy Pediatric Pain Management: Assessing and Attending to the Sounds of Hurt, Fear, and Anxiety. In Joanne V. Loewy (Ed.), Music Therapy and Pediatric Pain. Cherry Hill, NJ: Jeffrey Books. Also presented at the First National Music Therapy and Pediatric Pain Symposium, September 23, 1997, at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY.

Uhlig, S. (1996). “Èen symposium, dat bruggen slug”, in Tijdschrift voor Kreative Therapie, NL (about old-oriental music therapy of Dr. R. Oruc Güvenc, Turkey).

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PRESENTATIONS

Geller, K.R. & Uhlig, S. (2001-2007). Singing: A Personal and Professional Need. Presented at European MT Conference: 2007 Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Mid-Atlantic Regional Conferences of AMTA: 2005 Garden City, NY; 2002 Saratoga Springs, NY; 2001 Williamsburg, VA. Also presented at The New School June 2005; New Directions in Music Therapy lecture series at Sound Health Studio, NYC, November 2001.

Uhlig, S. (2006). Music therapy and voice presented at Erasmus program University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; (2007). Ninth European Arts Therapies Conference (ECARTE) Tallinn University, Estonia; (2008). at Music&Handicap Brussels Belgium.

Geller, K.R. (2007). Sing for Yourself: Chanting & Lullabies. Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of American Music Therapy Association: 2007 Ocean City, MD.

Geller, K.R. (2006). Sing Every Day: Building Bridges from Self to Other with Chanting & Lullabies. Presented at the New England Regional Conference of American AMTA: 2006 Meriden, CT.

Geller, K.R. (2005). Chanting: Singing Ourselves a Lullabye. Presented at the MAR Conference of AMTA: 2005 Garden City, NY.

Geller, K. (2002). Soothing Body and Soul: Singing Chants and Lullabies. Presented at Caring for the Caregiver: A 9-week Training in Music, Healing, Grief, and Trauma, May 8, 2002 at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY.