the author’s brief bio and professional statement
Hiya. I am Alisa Apreleva, PhD, MT-BC, NMT, music therapist , singer , neuromusicology researcher and storyteller, community singing coach , based in Oxford, UK. This is an introduction entry, brief and sweet - just so you know what to expect reading this blog. Please do share your thoughts in the comments: I’d appreciate if this is a conversations rather than my monologue. Cheers! What dreams may come When I was six and a well-meaning adult would ask me what I wanted to be, I answered without hesitation: “I am going to be a doctor. And in the evenings I am going to sing in the circus”. The inquisitor would laugh, my mom would sigh, everyone present would usually agree about me being a very imaginative child, then proceed with their business of being sensible. “I am going to be a doctor. And in the evenings I am going to sing in the circus” Quarter of a century forward (ugh!) - and, after curious and educational spells in forensic linguistics, journalism, music performance, clini...