Anita Connell is a Music Therapist and PhD candidate at Western Sydney University and is the founder and director of Tuned In Music Therapy, a clinical practice delivering services as part of a medical and multidisciplinary allied health service on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Anita shares her time between her research and music therapy practice. Anita’s research interests are focused on older adults and the potential of music to support cognitive health and wellbeing. In her practice as a music therapist, improvisational music therapy and the health enhancing benefits of creative musical play are the foundations of Anita’s program design. This also informs her research studies. Anita lives in Sydney with her husband and 3 daughters.