Music Therapy Intern

About the role

The Music Therapy Intern provides music therapy sessions for patients in accordance with American Music Therapy Association National Roster Internship guidelines. The music therapy intern, under supervision and consultation of the supervising music therapists and the music therapy internship director, determines and utilizes music therapy approaches, which effectively aid in the restoration, maintenance, and/or improvement in psychosocial, physical, or spiritual health.

Responsibilities

• Delivers patient/family focused care for assigned patients under the direction of the staff music therapists.
• Facilitates group and individual music therapy sessions in a variety of clinical settings across Park Nicollet and Health Partners Health Care Network, including inpatient hospital settings, cancer centers, home care, hospice, and rehabilitation centers.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings and administrative duties to fully prepare for functioning as a music therapist.
• Documents in the EPIC electronic medical record.
• Provides feedback and supervision from at least three music therapy internship supervisors, selected from a team of eight board-certified music therapy internship supervisors with extensive experience and advanced training in various music therapy approaches.

Requirements

• Completed a four-year or Master’s equivalency degree in Music Therapy at an AMTA-approved academic program.
• Ability to provide own transportation between work locations multiple times each day, including one hospital, cancer center, and hospice location.
• Ability to carry and transport music therapy equipment, such as electric piano keyboards, guitars, and other musical instruments.
• Ability to set up or rearrange physical environments of home hospice patients, which may include moving light-weight furniture.
• Completion of a criminal background check and health assessment with Employee Health Services prior to starting the internship.

Qualifications

• Excellent proficiency on piano or guitar and good proficiency on one other chordal accompaniment instrument.
• Pleasant tone and ability to sing accurately on pitch.
• Good vocal skills.
• Independent assessment and treatment of patients who may be non-verbal, unresponsive, imminently dying, or have communication or cognitive impairments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, listening, emotional maturity, and ability to show empathy.
• Willingness to learn a large and varied repertoire of music to meet the needs of people of different ages, cultures, and religious beliefs.
• Willingness to collaborate with peer music therapy interns, Music Therapy internship supervisors, and interdisciplinary team members.
• Openness to receiving and integrating feedback to promote growth and development during the internship.
• Willingness to work with critically or terminally-ill patients and families who may be dealing with emotional crises or high-stress situations.
• Good time management, detail-oriented, highly organized, ability to follow through with tasks and meet deadlines.

SkillsExcellent proficiency on piano or guitar and good proficiency on one other chordal accompaniment instrument.

Pleasant tone and ability to sing accurately on pitch.

Good vocal skills.

Independent assessment and treatment of patients who may be non-verbal, unresponsive, imminently dying, or have communication or cognitive impairments.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, listening, emotional maturity, and ability to show empathy.

Willingness to learn a large and varied repertoire of music to meet the needs of people of different ages, cultures, and religious beliefs.

Willingness to collaborate with peer music therapy interns, Music Therapy internship supervisors, and interdisciplinary team members.

Openness to receiving and integrating feedback to promote growth and development during the internship.

Willingness to work with critically or terminally-ill patients and families who may be dealing with emotional crises or high-stress situations.

Good time management, detail-oriented, highly organized, ability to follow through with tasks and meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Mileage reimbursement for commuting miles between homes or facilities of hospice patients.
• Free meals in the hospital cafeteria during each eight-hour workday.
• Living arrangements are the responsibility of the intern.
• Transportation is the responsibility of the intern.
• Personal time off of up to 48 hours is given to interns during the 6-month internship.
• Interns are provided with laptops, iPads, work cell phones, access to EPIC electronic medical records system, voice mail, and on-site computers, including access to the Internet and individual e-mail accounts.
• Music instruments are provided, including portable electric piano keyboards, guitars, numerous rhythm and Orff instruments, and songbook resources for use with clients.
• Access to the hospital’s medical library for resources and literature searches for no charge.
• Up to 24 hours of internship credit is given for attendance at conferences and workshops related to the internship.
• Up to 24 hours of internship credit is given for attendance at conferences and workshops related to the internship.
• Discounts on eyewear at the Optical Store, employee fitness center, Methodist Hospital Gift Shop.
• Employee discounts, including eyewear at the Optical Store, employee fitness center, Methodist Hospital Gift Shop.

Pay

A stipend of $1,500 is available and will be paid upon successful completion of the internship.

Schedule

The six-month, 1000-hour full-time internship will be scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with occasional adjustments so interns can participate in evening and weekend support groups and educational opportunities.

Application

This posting is intended for those applicants who are seeking internship start dates of January and April 2027. The application deadline is July 1st, 2026, at 11:59 pm, CST. If seeking later internship start dates, please wait for future postings to apply.

To apply, send an email to Dawn Miller (Dawn.M.Miller@HealthPartners.Com) to let her know that you are planning to apply for the Park Nicollet Music Therapy internship and request additional information. Please include your Music Therapy academic program and preferred start dates. Complete an online application and submit a private link in the on-line application questionnaire to a video recording that demonstrates your current vocal skills, plus piano and guitar accompaniment skills (4 – 6 songs.) Please use a web-based version (YouTube/SoundCloud). Do not upload music links via your Google account or use downloadable versions (such as DropBox), as these are not compatible with the Park Nicollet computer security systems. The recording does not need to be studio quality, and it can be of you alone in a practice room. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. You may want to consider including one additional selection from your junior or senior year music recital. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. If you are unable to provide a private link and need to submit your music sample through other means, please contact the Music Therapy Internship Director at Dawn.M.Miller@HealthPartners.Com. Please test the link with someone to ensure that the videos can be accessed. Submit a private link in the on-line application questionnaire to a video recording that demonstrates your current vocal skills, plus piano and guitar accompaniment skills (4 – 6 songs.) Please use a web-based version (YouTube/SoundCloud). Do not upload music links via your Google account or use downloadable versions (such as DropBox), as these are not compatible with the Park Nicollet computer security systems. The recording does not need to be studio quality, and it can be of you alone in a practice room. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. You may want to consider including one additional selection from your junior or senior year music recital. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. If you are unable to provide a private link and need to submit your music sample through other means, please contact the Music Therapy Internship Director at Dawn.M.Miller@HealthPartners.Com. Please test the link with someone to ensure that the videos can be accessed. Submit a private link in the on-line application questionnaire to a video recording that demonstrates your current vocal skills, plus piano and guitar accompaniment skills (4 – 6 songs.) Please use a web-based version (YouTube/SoundCloud). Do not upload music links via your Google account or use downloadable versions (such as DropBox), as these are not compatible with the Park Nicollet computer security systems. The recording does not need to be studio quality, and it can be of you alone in a practice room. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. You may want to consider including one additional selection from your junior or senior year music recital. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. If you are unable to provide a private link and need to submit your music sample through other means, please contact the Music Therapy Internship Director at Dawn.M.Miller@HealthPartners.Com. Please test the link with someone to ensure that the videos can be accessed. Submit a private link in the on-line application questionnaire to a video recording that demonstrates your current vocal skills, plus piano and guitar accompaniment skills (4 – 6 songs.) Please use a web-based version (YouTube/SoundCloud). Do not upload music links via your Google account or use downloadable versions (such as DropBox), as these are not compatible with the Park Nicollet computer security systems. The recording does not need to be studio quality, and it can be of you alone in a practice room. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. You may want to consider including one additional selection from your junior or senior year music recital. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. If you are unable to provide a private link and need to submit your music sample through other means, please contact the Music Therapy Internship Director at Dawn.M.Miller@HealthPartners.Com. Please test the link with someone to ensure that the videos can be accessed. Submit a private link in the on-line application questionnaire to a video recording that demonstrates your current vocal skills, plus piano and guitar accompaniment skills (4 – 6 songs.) Please use a web-based version (YouTube/SoundCloud). Do not upload music links via your Google account or use downloadable versions (such as DropBox), as these are not compatible with the Park Nicollet computer security systems. The recording does not need to be studio quality, and it can be of you alone in a practice room. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. You may want to consider including one additional selection from your junior or senior year music recital. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. If you are unable to provide a private link and need to submit your music sample through other means, please contact the Music Therapy Internship Director at Dawn.M.Miller@HealthPartners.Com. Please test the link with someone to ensure that the videos can be accessed. Submit a private link in the on-line application questionnaire to a video recording that demonstrates your current vocal skills, plus piano and guitar accompaniment skills (4 – 6 songs.) Please use a web-based version (YouTube/SoundCloud). Do not upload music links via your Google account or use downloadable versions (such as DropBox), as these are not compatible with the Park Nicollet computer security systems. The recording does not need to be studio quality, and it can be of you alone in a practice room. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. You may want to consider including one additional selection from your junior or senior year music recital. For confidentiality reasons, please do not include any samples with real clients. If you are unable to provide a private link and need