The January Monthly Buzz from the World Federation of Music Therapy marks a meaningful moment for the international music therapy community, as it offers the first public announcement of the Global Music Therapy Survey—led and co-developed by Dr. Petra Kern—have now reached completion and are actively entering a phase of dissemination and use.
This milestone signals a shift from development to shared impact: evidence, frameworks, and insights generated through global partnership are now being made accessible to practitioners, educators, organizations, and decision-makers worldwide. The Buzz underscores not only the scope and rigor of these initiatives, but also their readiness to inform real-world practice, advocacy, and professional growth across regions. Rather than marking an endpoint, this announcement opens a new chapter—one in which international knowledge is purposefully circulated, applied, and expanded by the very communities it was designed to serve.
The full study by Kern and Tague—Global music therapy survey 2025: Developments and trends a decade later (in press, Journal of Music Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thag001)