Hilary Yip
Assistant Professor

Brief Biography

Professor Yip, MM, MT-BC is an Assistant Professor of Music Therapy and Director of the Music Therapy Program. A board-certified music therapist for over a decade, she has provided clinical music therapy services in schools, communities, and hospitals with clients ranging from infants to older adults in Texas, Florida, and California. She has worked with individuals with autism and developmental delays, children with learning and communication disorders, patients receiving psychiatric services, adult oncology patients, and adults with Parkinson's Disease. In addition to music therapy, Professor Yip teaches adaptive piano and guitar lessons.

She earned degrees from the University of the Pacific (B.M. in Music Therapy and B.A. in Psychology) and a Master of Music in Music Therapy from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Professor Yip is currently working on her dissertation to complete a Ph.D. in Music Education with Music Therapy emphasis from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Her research focuses on the impact of music and movement interventions to address motor differences of children with autism.

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