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Sylka Uhlig, MA, RMTh, LCAT

EDUCATION
     
Music Teacher & Classical Singing Education, Robert Schumann Conservatory Zwickau; Hans Eisler Conservatory Berlin, East-Germany, 1984-1988

Bachelors in Music Therapy, University for Professional Education in Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1989-1993

Private Study in Oriental Music Therapy, Oruc Güvenc, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, 6 months 1998

Education in Voice & Body Work, Institute STEMWERK, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1995-1996

Master of Arts in Music Therapy, advanced program, New York University, USA, 1999-2000

 

EXPERIENCE

Music Teacher in private practice; Classical Singer in Gewandhauschor Leipzig, East-Germany, 1984-1988

Music Therapist, Psychiatric Hospital H. C. Rumke Groep, Netherlands.
Individual and group work with in & out-patients at the unit for long-term trauma treatment, sexual abuse & forensic rehabilitation and unit for short-term treatment, Netherlands, 1991-1999

Music Therapy Intern, Institute for Music & Neurological Function, Beth Abraham Health Services, Bronx, NY, USA
Individual and group work in rehabilitation with patients with strokes, Parkinson- and Alzheimer disease, 1999-2000

Music Therapist, Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Indiviual and group work for special education program with autistic and emotional disturbed children with developmentally and physically handicaps, 2001-2005

Music Therapist, Heartsong Incorporated, Scarsdale, NY,USA
Music and art therapy program for children with disabilities, 2002-2005

Music Therapy Professor, University for Professional Education, Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen, Netherlands www.han-cto.nl
Teaching methodic, case studies and music for music therapy students, since 2005

 

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCES

Social & Cultural worker, OPL Institute for children with developmental handicaps,
Summer-camps, Netherlands 1990-1993

Music Therapy Certification, Register of Creative Therapy, Registered Music Therapist, RMTh, Netherlands, 1995-1997

Music Therapy & Voicework in Private Practice since 1997    

Specialization in the human voice:  Research and study of educational and healing forms of traditional singing as a multicultural approach for music therapy; workshops and presentations at conferences in USA and Germany. since 1997

 

PUBLICATIONS

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

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

"Music of Silence", in American Music Therapy Association „Words of Healing, Notes of Hope“ 2001 article about my personal impressions after attack of 11. September 2001 in Downtown Manhattan New York, USA.