Caroline Tremblay

PhD student - Independent Study (INDI) specializing in Music Therapy

Thesis Title

Bringing together the fields of music therapy and classical music: making music accessible to elderly living with dementia.

Supervisor

Dr. Guylaine Vaillancourt, Associate Professor in Music Therapy and Chair of the Department of Creative Arts Therapies.

Supervisory Committee: Dr. Laurel Young, Dr. Louis Bherer, Jean-François Rivest.

Research Interests

• Resource-Oriented Music Therapy
• Community Music Therapy
• Music in public health
• Western Classical Music
• Neursoscience of music
• Aging
• Dementia

Constantly exploring the diverse forms of the power of music, Caroline is a certified Music Therapist (MTA). She completed a Graduate Diploma in Music Therapy at Concordia University and is currently enrolled in a Doctorate in Independent Study specializing in Music Therapy. Her main research interests look at exploring accessibility to music and music therapy for various populations who have limited access to those creative outlets. She also hopes through her research to build bridges between the worlds of professional classical musicians and music therapists.

Caroline also graduated with a Masters in Music Performance from the University of Montreal. Very active in concert with Flûte Alors!, Caroline has also performed solo and chamber music with orchestras such as Les Violons du Roy, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, l’Ensemble Caprice, I Musici, La Bande Montréal Baroque et La Chamaille. She has also appeared on several recordings with the label ATMA. She is one of the music directors at the Montreal Recorder Society, the Quebec Recorder Society (SOFABEC), the Toronto Early Music Players Organization (TEMPO) and teaches at the CAMMAC Music Centre.