Music Therapy's Blog

Bad news—Dr. Kwoun left her laptop cord in a hotel in Seoul so getting uploads of new pictures as they travel will be more difficult until that is rectified.  Good news—one of our students downloaded a lot of photos for me to use on the blog (thanks, Nijmeh!)   Therefore, new posts are going to be a bit more sporadic, but the older posts (like those of Jogmyo Royal Shrine and Changdeokgong Palace will have new photos added!)

On another note, the new pictures Dr. Kwoun sent yesterday were marked “Day 5″.  Somehow I lost an entire day of their travels and humbly apologize to all that are following the adventures of our students and faculty.

In any event, there are smiles all around.  I chatted online with one of our students late last night as they were waiting for the plane to go to Tokyo.  I was told the food in Korea was amazing, and everyone was so kind and helpful to our group.  Their  tour guide, Irene, was deemed “terrific” and Jarrod (one of our students) had made friends with a Korean man at the airport who had a guitar—they were trading the guitar back and forth showing each other new licks as our group waited to board the plane.

Following are some random pictures of their travels in South Korea.

Happy birthday, Buddha!

Is it me, or does it look like someone is trying to feed them toothpaste?

Check out their hotel in Seoul!  Students were warned this was NOT representative of accommodations elsewhere on their journey.  They enjoyed suites with kitchens and laundry facilities.  Not a bad way to travel!

Wow!

NEW PICTURES HAVE ARRIVED!!!

Our travelers visited Myongji University and met with Dr. Soo-Ji Kim, the program director of the Myongji music therapy program.

Graduate dean of Myongji University and Dr. Soo-Ji Kim, program director of the Myongji music therapy program

Students and faculty of music therapy programs at both Maryville University and Myongji University!

 And somehow, they managed to squeeze in a visit to a folk village.

And the fun continues . . . not to waste a moment of their time abroad, our travelers stopped to visit the famous Changdeokgong Palace Gardens

Changdeokgong Palace Gardens

Taylor Bell, Amy Roberts and another music therapy student enjoy the sights!

Could they be having more fun? L-R: Dr. Briggs, Nijmeh Rapp and Taylor Bell

Surprise!!

Dr. Briggs!

Dr. Kwoun!

Music therapy students masquerading as tourists!

Through the wonders of technology, more pictures are filtering in from the far sides of the globe as they explore the Jogmyo Royal Shrine

Check out the awesome tour bus that took them around South Korea!!!

Nathan Avilez rides in style!

I'm not sure what this says, but it's pretty neat!

Dr. Briggs and Dr. Kwoun are leaving today with a group of Maryville students to visit South Korea and Japan and learn about Music Therapy abroad.  Keep checking back as we post pictures and anecdotes about their overseas adventures!!!