The profession of music therapy was established in the United States in 1950, as a result of work being done with patient in veterans’ hospitals following the Second World War. Music was being used with returning soldiers to boost the morale, and help with the rehabilitation of physical, social and emotional health. However, evidence of the powerful value of music has been documented for thousands of years in all cultures. David played the harp to sooth Saul; in Egypt, certain songs were legally ordained in the education of youth to promote virtue and morality; Pythagoras directed certain mental disorders to be treated by music; Xenocrates cured maniacs by melodious sounds, and Asclepiades conquered deafness with a trumpet (Davis et al. 1999). Music therapy has grown substantially in the research and clinical knowledge since 1950, and today is recognized in the medical community as a solid, thriving profession.