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Amanda Maestro-Scherer has been advancing the field of music therapy through quality clinical services and increased media awareness through successful advocacy.

Podcast: The Gift of Being Still

In this podcast, music therapist Amanda Maestro-Scherer shares her experiences working with children and their families at end-of-life.

“As a music therapist, Amanda translates her gift into music, and you’ll get to hear one of the songs she co-wrote with parents of a child who passed away soon after.”

Music Therapy during Eleventh Hour Vigils

Amanda Maestro-Scherer shares her experience as a music therapist working in hospice care providing music when a patient is actively dying during Eleventh Hour vigils.

Advocacy Video: Utah Association of Music Therapists

Amanda Maestro-Scherer speaks about the diverse populations that music therapists can serve throughout the life span, from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to End-of-Life care. Amanda talks about the applications that music therapy can have throughout the life span, and the music therapist’s training to adapt the treatment to meet the needs to each unique individual.

Documentary: One Note At A Time

"One Note at a Time" is a 2012 PitchNic documentary film, created as part of Spy Hop’s advanced filmmaking class by Alisha Archibald and Morgan Pratt.

"One Note at a Time" takes a close look at Utah music therapists who work with youth living with spectrum disorders express themselves through the power of music.

This documentary features music therapist Amanda Maestro-Scherer at the Kauri Sue Hamilton School, a school for children with special needs in Riverton, Utah.

The Two Joes Podcast

Amanda Maestro-Scherer appears as a special guest on the Two Joes Podcast, speaking about the works she does as a music therapist working in hospice care.

Walang Hanggang Paalam

This music video, created for a virtual concert fundraiser with Malaya Canada, Amanda Maestro-Scherer performs the Filipino song Walang Hanggang Paalam (The Never-Ending Goodbye) with her sister Larissa, a Nashville based musician, and her cousin Lara, an activist based in Vancouver.

KUTV News Special

In this news segment from KUTV, the role of music therapy to help children who have lost a sibling, is seen through Hailey. During music therapy sessions with Amanda Maestro-Scherer, Hailey channeled her grief and turned it into music.

In That Moment, There Was Light: Music Therapy Brings Hope to Naomi

In this blog post, a parent whose child received music therapy services with Amanda Maestro-Scherer immediately after a serious head injury recounts her experience.

“As I watched Amanda play and sing tenderly to Naomi, I noticed and felt something that we hadn’t experienced since the accident - Naomi smiled. She felt happy. Our lives had been turned upside down. As her mother, I felt weak, sick and had lost any optimism. But in that very moment there was light. We felt hope.”

KSL Channel 5 Utah News Story

In this news segment from KSL in Utah, music therapist Amanda Maestro-Scherer works with a young girl named Abby who suffered a brain injury. Music therapy was integral to her rehabilitation, treating both her physical and emotional needs.