Meet our Music Therapy Team

Board Certified Music Therapists and Music Wellness Experts

Dr. Reuer is an internationally recognized and widely published expert in music/wellness and music therapy. As founder and CEO of MusicWorx Inc., her San Diego-based contractual and consulting agency, Dr. Reuer manages direct music therapy services to children with special needs, medical patients, and hospice patients. Dr. Reuer also facilitates groups dealing with substance abuse, eating disorders, cancer, lifestyle change, and bereavement. Through her international music therapy internship program, Dr. Reuer focuses her professional attention on music therapy program and job development in San Diego County. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Reuer provides wellness, community building, stress management, and pain management workshops and seminars for health care professionals, educators, and corporate clients all over the world. Dr. Reuer is a past president of the National Association for Music Therapy (Now the American Music Therapy Association). She was the year 2000 recipient of the American Music Therapy Association's national Professional Practice Award, and in 2008 received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. As actively engaged outside her profession, Dr. Reuer has held numerous leadership positions within her church. She supports children in the Philippines through World Vision-Network of Caring, and founded a women's investment club.

Noelle is a board-certified music therapist and received her baccalaureate degree from the University of North Dakota. She joined the Resounding Joy staff in spring 2008 as the Director of Education & Training of the "Joy Givers" volunteer program. Noelle is also the primary "Sound Minds" program facilitator, a music therapy clinician for a variety of populations, program development coordinator, and oversees many Resounding Joy community music-making events throughout San Diego County. In October 2008, Noelle represented Resounding Joy in its first International Outreach Project: Helping Hearts with Music in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Noelle is a skilled lecturer and presents Resounding Joy's mission, programs, and training experiences to groups throughout the country. After recently completing her certification to provide music therapy services in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) through Resounding Joy's "Healing Notes" program, Noelle is "eager to show the NICU medical community how effective music therapy is as an evidence-based practice with infants and their families".

Rebecca is a Massachusetts native who earned her Bachelors of Music in music therapy at Berklee College of Music in Boston. A board certified music therapist, she also has her fellowship in Neurologic Music Therapy and is a neo-natal music therapy specialist. She is the Junior Joy Giver Program Director for Resounding Joy and has developed the curriculum and program for Resounding Joy's military outreach. Rebecca travels nationally on a regular bases to lecture at universities, academies, and regional and national conferences. Rebecca has a passion for international music therapy and has traveled to Japan, Africa, Jamaica and soon India, to engage in and provide music therapy services in schools, orphanages, and infirmaries.

Laura Anderson is a board-certified music therapist and received her baccalaureate degree from University of Iowa in Iowa City and completed her internship at MusicWorx, Inc. in San Diego. She recently joined Resounding Joy as a Staff Music Therapist and Director of Operations. She offers support with fund raising, social media and program development.

Lindsay Hirata is a board-certified music therapist and received her baccalaureate degree from Loyola University in New Orleans. She recently joined Resounding Joy as a Staff Music Therapist and also serves as the Social Marketing Coordinator. Lindsay works with the "Sound Minds" Program, facilitates therapy with a variety of populations, and continues to expand the base of volunteers and supporters in the San Diego Community.

Tyler Shook is a local musician, student, and Resounding Joy volunteer (Joy Giver) whose passion is introducing others in the community to the joy of making music.