Dr. Edward P. Kahler, II, MT-BC

Associate Dean
Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Director of Music Therapy

Office Location: 181 Mary Northen Hall
Office Phone: (806)-651-2776
Departmental Phone: (806)-651-2840
Departmental Fax: (806)-651-2958
email: ekahler@wtamu.edu
Mailing Address:

Dr. Edward P. Kahler, MT-BC

Associate Dean
Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities
West Texas A&M University
P. O. Box 60879
Canyon, TX 79016

Education

Ph.D.	The University of Kansas. Major: Music Education with an emphasis in Music Therapy.
	Dissertation: "A Comparison of Selected Factors with Music Therapy Students' Performance on Clinical Skills"
M.A.	Texas Woman's University. Major: Music Therapy
	Thesis: "Background Noise and Music Aspects of Training Mentally Retarded Clients in Social Eating Skills"
B.MUS.	The University of Georgia. Major: Music Therapy and Music Education

Biography

Dr. Kahler has been a music therapy clinician for more than 20 years working with a wide range of client populations. He has worked with the severe and profound mentally retarded, children with various disabilities, psychiatric patients, and geriatric patients. Dr. Kahler has also worked with patients suffering from a stroke, head injury, chronic pain, spinal cord injury, and other orthopedic conditions. Dr. Kahler's research interests include music therapy with the visually impaired, music therapy with geriatric patients, and the training and skill development of music therapy students.

Course Information

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Music Therapy Club Activities

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Music Therapy Curriculum at West Texas A&M University

Music and Dance Homepage

Created April 1999