Mel Bay Guitar Songbook for Music Therapy
Kathryn Scheldt is an authentic voice from the Alabama Gulf coast and an expert songwriter. Her fifth and latest CD , "One Good Reason, " will be released this fall by Lamon Records of Nashville. Produced by Mike Severs, One Good Reason features some powerfully expressive original songs and was recorded at Nashville s finest studios and with a star-studded band. An active performer, Kathryn has appeared in such legendary southern venues as the Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN. Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA and Thacker Mountain Radio in Oxford MS to name a few. Before beginning her recording career, she studied guitar under Grammy winner, David Russell, and earned her Master of Music . She is the author of two songbooks from Mel Bay Publications and has served on the music faculties of and taught at Queens University and the University of South Alabama.   Frances Jones McClain, Ph. D., MT-BC, is the Director of Music Therapy at Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a Board Certified Music Therapist, Frances has worked with individuals of varying ages and functioning levels, ranging from young children with special needs to the elderly. She has written articles, served as a consultant and has presented workshops on music therapy throughout the Southeast and in Taiwan. Throughout the course of her Music Therapy career, she has won Outstanding Teaching Awards from Queens College and an award for Outstanding Achievements in Professional Practice from the Southeastern Chapter of the National Association for Music Therapy, which is now the American Music Therapy Association. Her education includes B.M. degrees in Music Education and Music Therapy from Michigan State University, a M.M. in Music Therapy from Michigan State University, a M. Ed. in special Education from Winthrop University and a Ph.D in Psychoeducational Processes and Music Therapy from Temple University. Many of the adaptations and suggested activities for songs have resulted from her years of experience in clinical practice.