Clive Robbins, Developer of a Method of Music Therapy, Dies at 84
Mr. Robbins, with Paul Nordoff, designed a brand of music therapy for hard-to-reach children that is now used to help people with autism, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease.
The Nordoff-Robbins method takes as its philosophical starting point the belief that responsiveness to music lives in everyone, that music has deep power as a communicative tool and that the experience of two people making music together is an inherently empathetic one.
Nordoff-Robbins perspectives on music therapy truly are the most inspiring and influential to me. Music Therapy suffered a great loss this week.
