The Fascinating History of the CAMT

Canadian Music Therapy

Today we speak with Daniel Kruger about his research for his master's thesis on the history of the Canadian Association of Music Therapists (CAMT). He shares more about the details of the study and how this research has informed his music therapy practice.

Daniel Kruger: MA, MTA

Daniel Kruger is a Montréal-based music therapist, guitarist, producer, and composer. Daniel has spent time studying jazz, highlife, and improvised music at the University of Guelph and University of Ghana. He completed his masters degree in music therapy at Concordia University in 2019. Daniel is an active musician in the creative improvised music scene in Montréal. His masters research project focused on the early history of the Canadian Association of Music Therapists. He now works full-time as a music therapist in the child and adolescent psychiatry department at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute where he also supervises masters students from Concordia. Daniel's clinical work prioritizes the use of pre-structured and free improvisation, and places an emphasis on collaborative composition and recording projects.

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