Andrew Knight, MA, MT-BC, NMT Fellow, is assistant professor of music therapy at the University of North Dakota. He instructs courses in music therapy and jazz improvisation, while overseeing clinical placements of students in the Grand Forks community.
Mr. Knight holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in percussion performance with a jazz emphasis, and a Master of Arts degree in Music Education, emphasis in music therapy from the University of Minnesota. His post-graduate training includes a Fellowship in the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy from Colorado State University and has studied with noted music therapists Charles Furman and Michael Thaut.
Prior to his appointment in the UND Music Department, Mr. Knight was an active clinician in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, with various music therapy clinical roles in nursing/geriatric facilties, school districts, and at agencies serving adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He has also established a branch of the “Tremble Clefs,” a nationwide group of individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and their caregivers to support them physically and emotionally through singing and movement. His research has been published in the journals Activity Director’s Quarterly for Alzheimer’s and Other Dementia and the Journal of Music Therapy. His current research pursuits include clinical applications of music therapy for individuals with neurologic impairments.
As an active member of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), Mr. Knight has served as president of the American Music Therapy Association for Students, Great Lakes and Midwestern Region web coordinator and representative to the AMTA committee on Communication and Technology. He currently represents the Midwestern Region on the national Student Affairs Advisory Board of AMTA and the Academic Program Approval Committee.
Mr. Knight has presented at several national and regional conferences, including the AMTA, the National Parkinson Foundation, and the Autism Society of America. Andrew lives in Grand Forks with his wife and two children. He frequently bikes around the city, and has run four marathons. So far.
Courses Taught
MUSC 180 – Introduction to Music Therapy
MUSC 282/382/383/399/481 – Music Therapy Practicum Seminar I, II, III, IV, Adv
MUSC 280 and 380 – Music Therapy Methods I and II
MUSC 281 and 381 – Music Therapy Techniques I and II
MUSC 399 – Jazz Improvisation
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Knight, A.J. & Seaburg, S. (2009). Functional Percussion Skills and the Revised AMTA Competencies: A New Pedagogy. Paper accepted for the meeting of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) conference, San Diego, CA, November 15, 2009.
Knight, A.J. (2009). Functional Percussion Skills and the Revised AMTA Competencies: A New Pedagogy. Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) conference, Lincoln, NE, April 6, 2009.
Meyer, P., Williams, Y., Knight, A.J. & Richardson, T. (2009). Blues and Improvisation in Music Therapy Clinical Work. Paper presented for Continuing Music Therapy Education workshop at Great Lakes Regional music therapy conference, Bloomington, MN, March 8, 2009.
Knight, A.J. & Farnan, L.A. (2008). The Continuum of Care: Going from Here to There with Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) conference, St. Louis, MO, November 22, 2008.
Knight, A.J. (2008). Music therapy internship supervisors and pre-internship students: A comparative analysis of questionnaires. Journal of Music Therapy, 45(1), 75-92.
Knight, A.J. (2007). Neurologic music therapy and autism spectrum disorder. Paper presented at the meeting of the Autism Society of America, Scottsdale, AZ.
Knight, A.J. (2006). Therapeutic uses of music for older adults with dementia. Activity Directors’ Quarterly for Alzheimer’s & Other Dementia Patients, 7(4), 1-8.
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