Music therapists from Birmingham and New York will be giving sessions on medical applications of music therapy. Sessions will include topics on acute care, children and music therapy, assessment in a medical setting and songwriting in the hospital setting.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to spread the word about music therapy at The W, as well as give people from different fields an idea of how music therapy works in a medical setting," said Kristen Cole, MUW music therapy director.

The conference is open to all interested students and professionals. The cost of the conference is $15 for students and $25 for professionals. Seating is limited and registration will be accepted until the day of the conference.

A benefit concert will be held that evening at Poindexter Hall from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., featuring Sarah Perry, singer/songwriter and music therapist. She will perform songs from her CD titled "Life's Imprint: Expressions of Youth." Music therapy patients with cancer, leukemia and other health-related illnesses wrote all of the songs. The concert also will feature student musicians and faculty from MUW and Mississippi State University.

The concert is free and open to the public. Proceeds from the CD sale and concert will go to the Children's Miracle Network.

All of the Medical Music Therapy Day events are sponsored by the MUW Division of Fine and Performing Arts, Mu Theta Chi: MT Club and Sprint of Columbus.