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About Joan Shaw

“Music is the answer” according to Joan, a pioneer music therapist. A graduate of Michigan State University, she was named Senior of the Year by the faculty.  Her career has included clinical work in St. Louis, teaching faculty at Maryville University, and authorship of three music therapy books. She is also proud Mom to three top notch adults and enthusiastic Grandma to six fine young people. Her music therapy books available to the public are handled by Music is Elementary at MusicisElementary.com. Enter "Joy of Music" or "Musical Bridges" into their search option.

 She and her husband, Roger, a physicist by vocation, participated in numerous musical events in St. Louis, Missouri, where she played viola in an orchestra and string quartet, piano in a Dixieland band and sang with a vocal quartet. Now they enjoy an active retirement in the Rocky Mountains hiking, skiing, backpacking, rehearsing, singing, traveling or marveling at Grand County, and especially  providing music for outdoor weddings. You can book her with her comrades for your Grand County, Colorado, wedding. Click here to view Joan's Alpine Classic Music webpage.

For a recent newspaper article about Joan, the Messiah sing which she organizes and her famous Molasses Moose Cookies, go to  <http://www.skyhidailynews/article/20081219/NEWS/812199979&parentprofile=search>