Founder, Director, Board-Certified Music Therapist, Flute Teacher, Piano Teacher, Voice Teacher, Adaptive Music Teacher, and Musician for Hire

Maria Ramey, MS, MT-BC

Maria Ramey holds a Master of Science degree in Music Therapy from Indiana University Indianapolis, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Therapy from California State University Northridge. She has completed additional music therapy certification in memory care, special education, disorders of consciousness, and early childhood music. Maria is authorized to administer the MATADOC assessment for individuals with disorders of conciousness, the SEMTAP for Individualized Education Program (IEP) services, and the IMCAP-ND for neurovelopmental disorders.

Before entering into private practice, Maria established a music therapy program for a residential psychiatric hospital and provided music therapy for adults with developmental disabilities at a day program focused on the arts. It was there she was inspired to write her first book, Group Music Activities for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She has been recognized as a Past President’s Scholar and presented for American Music Therapy Association and Western Regional AMTA conferences.

Maria’s therapeutic approach is Humanistic and Integrative. She has been privileged to work with individuals and groups in music therapy since 2010.

Maria also holds principal flute positions with the Firebird Pops Orchestra and the Gateway Symphony Orchestra; and the piccolo chair with the Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra. Maria’s flute tone is described by audiences as being “warm”, “soulful”, and “rich”. She plays with “intense musicality and passion with a discerning sensitivity for both the music and her audience.” Maria has performed in many settings across the country from the Walt Disney Concert Hall to New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall; live on radio and television; in musical/ballet/opera pits and on orchestral stages; for outdoor weddings and in an eclectic mix of venues. She has performed with many orchestras such as the New England Film Orchestra, Concord Symphony Orchestra, Brockton Symphony Orchestra, and several orchestras in California. Maria also enjoys playing in pits for musicals and in flute orchestras. She owns and performs often on all sizes in the flute family which include piccolo, concert flute, alto, bass, and contrabass flutes. She also plays pennywhistles, dizi, recorder, and other flutes as required often in film music and musicals.

With nearly three decades of teaching experience, Maria focuses her teaching approach on what each student’s learning style and strengths are. In addition to teaching students at Ramey Music, Maria is on faculty as flute professor at Fitchburg State University and directs Ramey Music’s “Flutephoria” flute orchestra in residence at FSU. Maria has also taught flute at the Thayer Conservatory and the Atlantic Union College.