This programme trains graduates to become professional music therapists. The full-time two-year programme, developed in association with Music Therapy New Zealand prepares lively and dedicated musicians for clinical and professional work as Registered Music Therapists in a variety of health care settings in New Zealand. Applicants with a mature and compassionate attitude, curiosity and critical thinking, and those with a passion for practical creative music-making are particularly suitable for this programme. Successful graduates are eligible to apply for accreditation as Registered Music Therapists. Graduates have found work to date as registered music therapists in special schools, main stream schools and autistic or special needs units; early intervention centres; national and regional visual resource services; hospice service; a specialist clinic for eating disorders; community psychiatric service; adolescent and elderly psychiatric services, a specialist music therapy centre; and as freelance therapists working with private clients in the community.