Tony Wigram — Interviewed by Helen Loth

Abstract

Tony Wigram has been instrumental in many of the key political developments which have made music therapy the respected and well-organised profession that it is today in the UK. He is currently the Professor and Head of PhD studies in Music Therapy at Aalborg University in Denmark. He is also Head III Music Therapist at Harper House Children's Service, and Research Advisor to Horizon NHS Trust. Past President of both the World Federation of Music Therapy and the European Music Therapy Confederation, and a former Chair of BSMT and APMT, he travels extensively, teaching at universities in Belgium, Italy and Spain. He is a Research Associate of the Faculty of Music, Melbourne University.

Helen Loth trained in 1985 and worked on the APMT committee in the late 1980s. She is currently Head Music Therapist at Haringey Healthcare NHS Trust. She is also Chairperson of the Management Board of the British Journal of Music Therapy.