martha summa educator, musician

"There was no one here to confuse me,
so I was forced to become original." Joseph Haydn
  • Lifelong pianist who has attained a Doctor of Musical Arts degree, Martha enjoys performing all genres of music.
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  • Executive Director of Music Therapy Gateway in Communication, a nonprofit helping children with autism.
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  • Educator and pedagogue, Martha's unique teaching methods touch all facets of technique and style.
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  • Frequent presenter at national and regional conferences to help advocate for the cause of music in therapy.
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  • Member of the Chattanooga Harp Ensemble, honoring the life of Jan Pennington Gray.
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  • Martha loves to stay informed and dabble with the latest trends in software development projects.
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educator, pianist, presenter.

Martha has combined her lifelong interests in music, technology, and education into advocacy for the cause of music in therapeutic as well as aesthetic environments in the concert hall and beyond.

With a varied career in professional music pedagogy, performance, and computer development over her lifetime, one of her long-term goals is to facilitate the automation of some of the biomedical music techniques that have proven so powerful in working with children with special needs.

 

Latest News

06feb

conference

Martha is presenting at the West Virginia Mountain State Conference on Disabilities April 14, 2020 - Biomedical Music Protocols for Persons with Motor, Speech, and Cognition Challenges.
12dec

conference

Martha is presenting at Sempre's MET2020 conference taking place at London College, England, March 23-24 2020, time TBD.
07 dec

document

Martha is asking for composers to help create a music database with compositions designed for therapeutic use.