Emily Finnigan.

Music therapist Emily Finnigan will discuss her research into the effects of using music to increase the social responsiveness of a child with autism in a free public lecture today – Wednesday, January 18 – at 4 p.m. in the Music Building’s Recital Hall.

Finnigan, a UWindsor grad (BMT 2005, M.Ed 2009), is currently a sessional instructor in the School of Music and owner of Whole Note Music Therapy Services, a private practice providing services to individuals with a wide range of special needs. She is also the director of Therapy Express, a therapeutic summer day camp program for children, adolescents and adults.

In the study she will discuss Wednesday, she compared music and non-music interventions. Her lecture will consider the design of her treatment, its results and the implications for further research. This event is part of the School of Music’s Take 4 series.

School of Music cancels Sunday concert

The Faculty College Concert scheduled for Assumption University Chapel this Sunday, January 22, has been cancelled. Advance ticket holders, notified individually, will receive a full refund.