{"id":121,"date":"2022-10-14T09:27:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2022-10-27T11:53:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T16:53:32","slug":"jon-fessenden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/faculty\/jon-fessenden\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jon Fessenden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/images\/academicaffairs\/faculty\/as\/music\/Jon_Fessenden_Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\nDr. Jon Fessenden\n\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Assistant Professor of Music Therapy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EMAIL:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:jwfessenden@muw.edu\">jwfessenden@muw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PHONE: <\/strong>(662) 241-6146<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Dr. Fessenden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>B.A. in Music, George Washington University<br>M.M. in Composition, Brooklyn College<br>M.S. in Music Therapy, Molloy College<br>Ph.D. in Music History and Theory, Stony Brook University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Music therapist, researcher, and educator, Dr. Jon Fessenden (MT-BC) is delighted to join The W faculty this Fall, 2021. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Fessenden has been practicing music therapy since 2014, in both New York and Texas. While his initial focus was in the field of adult\/geriatric mental health, he later transitioned to working with children and young adults with developmental disabilities, particularly Autism Spectrum Disorder. Following his master\u2019s degree in Music Therapy at Molloy College, Dr. Fessenden has completed advanced training in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and Neurologic Music Therapy. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Fessenden has been an active researcher alongside his clinical work. His doctoral dissertation, \u201cAutistic Musicality: History, Theory, and Two Case Studies,\u201d explores how sensory, cognitive, and emotional differences among autistic subjects affect musical experience and performance. His published articles and conference presentations draw upon fields such as disability studies, auditory processing, music theory, and music therapy. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Fessenden\u2019s instrumental focus is guitar, and he pursued jazz performance as an undergraduate. Additionally, he studied composition, and enjoys improvising and arranging music in his spare time. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor of Music Therapy EMAIL: jwfessenden@muw.edu PHONE: (662) 241-6146 About Dr. Fessenden B.A. in Music, George Washington UniversityM.M. in Composition, Brooklyn CollegeM.S. in Music Therapy, Molloy CollegePh.D. in Music [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":61,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/332"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}