Concetta M. Tomaino - Awards and Affiliations

Awards and Affiliations

A past president of the American Association for Music Therapy, Dr. Tomaino is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, most notably the Award of Accomplishment from Music Therapists for Peace at the United Nations; the Touchstone Award from the organization Women In Music, and the Zella Bronfman Butler Award (from the UJA-Federation of New York and the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation) for “outstanding work on behalf of individuals with physical, developmental or learning disabilities. " She was honored with the Music Has Power Award in 2004 for her outstanding contributions to the field of music therapy and for her vision, leadership, research, and service to the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. In February 2008 America.gov, the website of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs, listed Dr. Tomaino as one of the innovators that help reshape reality.

In addition to her responsibilities as executive director of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function and senior vice president for music therapy at Beth Abraham Family of Health Services, Dr. Tomaino is a member of the faculty of the Brookdale Center on Aging and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and serves on the visiting faculty of Berklee College of Music and Shenandoah University.

Previously, she sat on the Certification Board of Music Therapists, the Journal of Music Therapy, and was a member of the advisory boards for the Center for Alternative Research at the Kessler Institute, and the International Journal of the Arts. She was also a Super Panelist participant in the GRAMMY in the Schools program and worked as an adjunct clinical supervisor for several music therapy programs in the New York area.