Stephanie H. Morris, MM, MT-BC and Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow started working for COMT in November of 2012 while working to complete her Masters of Music in Music Therapy at Ohio University, finishing in August 2014. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. in 1982. She is married to Matthew B. Morris, Instructor of Bassoon and Theory at Ohio University and is the mother of two boys, Blane and Thomas (Kate, spouse).
She is the founder and director of the Athens County Community Singers, “A Choir for All Voices”, which is a community performing group for individuals with and without disabilities from the Athens County area as well as Beacon Singers, a transitional group for students with special needs. Stephanie is currently a member of the American Music Therapy Association, Association of Ohio Music Therapists, and serves as the Great Lakes Region Representative on Reimbursement. In the past, she has served as the treasurer for the Association of Ohio Music Therapists from 2014-2018 and acts as the Internship Director for Central Ohio Music Therapy, LLC.
Stephanie has helped supervise Ohio University music therapy students conducting practicum field work with diverse populations in and around the Athens area and also facilitated for Ohio University’s RN to BSN Online Program. She is a Sprouting Melodies Provider and enjoys working with a variety of ages ranging from preschool Head Start students to older adults suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.