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Frank D. Wagner, MA, NRMT, LCAT (License Number: 000572-1)

EDUCATION

2000 - 2002

NORDOFF-ROBBINS CENTER FOR MUSIC THERAPY-New York 

University-Advanced Certification. (NRMT). 


1994 - 1997

New York University-Masters of Arts.


1989 - 1994

The City College of New York-Bachelor of Arts. 

Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude.


1986 - 1987

Hofstra University-Independent courses in music education.


1980 - 1986

Berklee College of Music-Bachelor of Music.

PROFESSIONAL MUSIC THERAPY EXPERIENCE

July 1997 - Present

WOODHULL HOSPITAL, BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Creative Arts Therapist Supervisor) music therapist for inpatient psychiatry, Medically Managed Detox unit and Chemical Dependency outpatient units. Work with ages 17-80 facilitating multiple Creative Arts Therapy groups. Supervise field work internship students and the Woodhull Creative Arts Therapy staff.


April 1997 - July 1997

New York City, Board of Education

Developed and coordinated music therapy program at the Children First Program in Special Education Department at P.S. 309 and P.S. 72 in Brooklyn, N.Y.


March 1997 - June 1997

THE OTHER PLACE AT GODDARD RIVERSIDE 

Ran music therapy groups for mentally-ill homeless adults and provided individual therapy sessions. 

MUSIC THERAPY INTERNSHIP AND FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

January 1996 - June 1997

BALTIC STREET PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

Worked in adult outpatient psychiatric treatment setting. Developed and led therapy groups; including drawing images to music. 


September 1995 - January 1996

NORDOFF-ROBBINS MUSIC THERAPY CLINIC

Worked with autistic and disabled children. As primary therapist and co-therapist, coordinated and conducted small group therapy sessions. 

ASSOCIATIONS

2020

The University of the State of New York Education Department Office of the Professions


2005 - Present

NYSUT New York State United Teachers (AFL-CIO) “Artist Access” Committee Woodhull Hospital 


2019

National Music Therapy Registry


1997 - 2005

Health and Hospitals Corporation DC 37 AFSCME


1996 - 2005

American Music Therapy Association


1996 - 2000

Brooklyn Mental Health Council


1996 - 2005

New York University Alumni Association


1994 - 2005

Phi Beta Kappa Association 


1990 - 2005

City College of New York Alumni Association


1982 - 2004

Berklee College of Music Alumni Association


1970 - 2005

American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 


PRESENTATIONS

April 2019

First Annual Health & Hospitals System Wide Creative Arts Therapy Conference. “Inventions & New Dimensions: Intermodal Approaches Using Movement and Music Therapies”. 


November 2016

Expressive Arts Therapy Summit NYC. Inventions & New Dimensions: Intermodal Approaches Using Movement & Music Therapies. 


December 2007

“Emotional Well Being through Music Therapy”. Guest lecturer for the Woodhull Outpatient Psychiatry Dept. 


November 2005

7th. Annual AMTA Conference. Experience the Power Of Music Therapy. Orlando, Florida. 

How Music Therapy is Used in an Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Using Live Music for an Underwater Childbirth, Why a Music Therapist Should Be Interested in the Nature of the Modes. 


May 2004

Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong First Creative Arts Therapy Conference in Hong, Kong. Delivered Key-Note Speech and ran a series of 4 day music therapy 

workshops in Hong Kong, China. 


May 2004

Honolulu Calvary By the Sea, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Inc. Presentation in Hawaii on music therapy in special education. 


September 2003

“HEALING WITH GUIDED IMAGERY”. A case study: Surviving with stage four-lung cancer. Woodhull Hospital Creative Arts Therapy Dept. presentation. 


February 2003 

“Feeling and Using the Blues to Heal”. Workshop/Guest lecturer. St. Luke’s Hospital, N.Y., N.Y.


February 2003 

An Introduction To Music Therapy Techniques in Inpatient and Outpatient settings. 

Woodhull Hospital Grand Rounds/Psychiatry.


October 2002

4Th Annual AMTA Conference. “Music Therapy on My Mind”. Atlanta Georgia. “Auditory Stimulation 

and Alternative Sounds In Music Therapy”.


March 2002

American Music Therapy Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. Meredith, New Hampshire. “Auditory Stimulation and Alternative Sounds In Music Therapy”.


April 2002

American Music Therapy Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. Saratoga, New York. “Auditory Stimulation and Alternative Sounds in Music Therapy”.


October 2001

A Music Therapy Odyssey. 3rd. annual AMTA conference. Pasadena, California. “Auditory Stimulation and Alternative Sounds in Music Therapy”. “Didactic Workshop in how to Improvise Using the Major Diatonic Modes”. CMTE course.


September 2001

NYCCAT- The New York Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies. “A Return from Burnout: Nurturing the Self Through Art and Music Therapy”.


February 2001

Valentine Café Talent Show. Coordinated performances for inpatients and outpatients. Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.


November 2000

50 Years of Music Therapy- Second Annual American Music Therapy Association Conference St. Louis, Missouri. “What Every Music Therapist Should Know-How To Improvise in the Modes”.


October 2000

National Artists for Mental Health-“Recovery Through the Arts”. South Beach Psychiatric Center Baltic Street Service Presentation “Drawing Images Through Music”. Brooklyn, N.Y.


September 2000

NYCCAT-“The New York Coalition of Creative Art Therapies”. A Return from Burnout: “Nurturing the Self Through Art and Music Therapy”.


April 2000

Nordoff-Robbins Center For Music Therapy. New York University, School of Education, Dept. of Music and Performing Arts Professions. “The Modes”.


April 2000

Music Therapy: Sound Health for the New Millennium. Rochester, N.Y. 

“Drawing Images Through Music”.


March 2000

The Enduring Creative Arts Therapies: Surviving The Passage of Time. Albany, N.Y. “Drawing Images Through Music”.


November 1999

The Ninth World Congress of Music Therapy Association. Washington, D.C. “Primary Colours Master Class, integrated with a presentation of The Major Diatonic Modes”.


September 1999

“Relaxation Through Guided Imagery”. Woodhull Hospital Creative Arts 

Therapy Dept. presentation. Brooklyn, N.Y.


March 1998

“Drawing Images Through Music”. Woodhull Hospital Creative Arts 

Therapy Dept. presentation. Brooklyn, N.Y. 


September 1997

An Overview of Music Therapy. Grand Rounds/Dept. of Psychiatry educational lectures. Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. 

MUSIC THERAPY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

September 2014 - January 2018

Pratt Institute. Visiting professor teaching music therapy principals to graduate art therapy students.


September 2013 - September 2015

Molloy College Music Therapy Graduate Program. Taught individual musical therapy principals for independent grad studies 


September 2007 - January 2017

Queensborough Community College City College of New York. Adjunct Lecturer. Teach introduction to music therapy, jazz theory and care for caregivers. 


September 2010 - January 2014

College Now. Taught senior high school students music theory principals coordinating with Queensborough Community College.

PUBLICATIONS

April 2018

Frank Wagner’s “Floating Holiday”. ME11Enterprises


December 2015

“Affordable Health Insurance for Artists”. “Artist Access” program. Musicians 

Local 802, Allegro Publications article. 


September 2003

“More Themes for Therapy”. From the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University. 2003 by Carl Fisher, LLC. 


June 2003

“Rising Low”-a film by Mike Gordon. A documentary on healing through vibrations. 

Cactus Unlimited Productions.


November 1999

“What Every Music Therapist Needs To Know: How to Improvise in the Modes and Pentatonics” 

Copyright @1999 by Frank Wagner


May 1999

Primary Colours-“Moods of the Modes” Jazzheads Records.


March 1999

Primary Colours- “Past-Present-Future” 1998 Blue Chip CD award. Jazzheads Records. 


TRAINING/ WORKSHOP CERTIFICATES

January 2020

General Compliance/HIPPA Training. NYC Health & Hospitals 


January 2020

Workplace Violence Prevention Training. NYC Health & Hospitals 


January 2020

Sexual Harassment Training Cycle 2. NYC Health & Hospitals 


May 2019

The Culture of Use, Misuse, and Dependence. Integrative Approaches to Biopsychosocial Treatment. The Louis Armstrong Center For Music and Medicine Mount Sanai Beth Israel 


May 2019

Introduction To Your LGBTQ Co-Workers-NYC Health & Hospitals 


May 2019

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification. NYC Health & Hospitals


April 2019

Human Trafficking: Identification and Management of Suspected Victims. NYC Health & Hospitals


April 2019

Collaborative Arts Therapy Approaches In Community Mental health- NYU Steinhardt 

Education building


March 2019

Keeping In Time With Groove: An Experiential Exploration Of Groove In Music Therapy. 

Molloy College


March 2019

Transforming Care and Wellness Across Our Health System. NYC Health & Hospitals


November 2019

Transforming Trauma Health Centered Creative Arts Therapies. NYU Langone


October 2018

Protection of People with Special Needs Act. Health & Hospitals


August 2017

Emotional Intelligence: A Smart Approach To Overcoming Anxiety. VYNE Education


August 2017

Introduction to Debriefing. NYC Health & Hospitals


August 2015

Preventing and Managing Crisis Situations. Psychiatry dept. Woodhull Hospital, Bklyn NY


August 2015

Borderline Personality Disorder- Cross County Education


August 2015

Supervisor Development Program. NYC Health & Hospitals


August 2015

HIV Screening For Adolescents. NYC Health & Hospitals


August 2015

OCC General Compliance/Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training for Health Care Professionals. 

NYC Health & Hospitals


July 2015

Social media Best Practices For HHC Employees


April 2015

HIV Screening- NYS HIV Confidentiality Law. NYC Health & Hospitals


July 2014

HIPPA Privacy and Security- General Workforce module. NYC Health & Hospitals


June 2013

Team Stepps. NYC Health & Hospitals


November 2012

Non-Violent crisis Intervention Training. NYC Health & Hospitals


October 2012

HIV Screening. NYC Health & Hospitals


August 2011

Strategies and tools To Address Disruptive Behavior that Undermine A Culture of safety. 

NYC Health & Hospitals


August 2011

Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training. NYC Health & Hospitals


February 2011

Labor Relations Training. NYC Health & Hospitals


July 2010

Cultural Competence: Providing Cultural Competent Care. NYC Health & Hospitals


June 2010

Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse. NYC Health & Hospitals


May 2010

Non-Violent Crisis Intervention. NYC Health & Hospitals


June 2009

Managerial and Just Culture. NYC Health and Hospitals


April 2009

Disruptive Behaviour. NYC Health & Hospitals


June 2008

Safety Concerns in Inpatient Psychiatry .NYC Health & Hospitals


March 2008

P.S.107 Q 12th Annual Read Aloud. How Music can be used to help 

Children Read. Flushing, New York


February 2008

Basic Life Support Training. Certified in CPR. NYC Health & Hospitals


June 2007

Modern Group Psychoanalysis, Level II. NYC Health & Hospitals


March 2007

P.S. 107 Q 11th Annual Read Aloud. How Music can be used to Help Children Read.

 Flushing, New York 


May 2006

State Of New York Education Dept. Creative Arts Therapist Licensure


March 2006

P.S. 107 Q 10th Annual Read Aloud. How Music can be used to Help Children Read. 

Flushing, New York


January 2006

Fundamentals of Supervision- NYC Dept. of Citywide Administration 

Services Citywide Training Center


January 2006

NBHN Performance Appraisal Training (6 hours).NYC Health & Hospitals


December 2005

Performance Appraisal Workshop-Woodhull Hospital


September 2005

Decrease in Violence Committee. Woodhull Hospital


March 2005

P.S. 107 Q 9th Annual Read Aloud. How Music can be used to help Children Read. 

Flushing, New York


January 2005

NYCCAT Licensure Symposium. New York Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies


April 2004

Crisis Intervention Training-Woodhull and Cumberland Hospitals


March 2004

Training in Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. 

The University of the State of New York. The State Education Department


March 2004

P.S. 107 Q 8th Annual Read Aloud. How Music can be used to help Children Read. 

Flushing, New York


February 2004

What’s New for 2004: New, Changed and Challenging Standards. Primedia Health


May 2003

Cultural Competency Training. Kingsborough Community College


September 2002

Customer Relations and Cultural Sensitivity Training, Woodhull Hospital


June 2002

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Advanced two year training course in 

Clinical Techniques and Procedures


February 2002

Nonverbal Communication Training/Center for Strategic Movement


January 2002

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Symposium. Clinical Presentations In Music Therapy


February 2001

Customer Relations Training. HHC Corporation


May 2001

Customer Relations Training. The Center to Promote Healthcare Studies HHC Corporation


November 2001

HIPPA-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HHC Corporation


December 2001

NBHN Training. HHC Corporation


December 2001

Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital Pain Management Conference


July 2001

Managing Crisis Situations. 14 Contact Hours, Dept. of Psychiatry Woodhull Hospital


September 1997 - Present

JACHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care. H&H Hospitals



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