In order to promote the development of music therapy in our country, it is hoped that more music college students will join the team of music therapy. In this study, through the questionnaire and questionnaire analysis of music and dance college students, we can understand the evaluation of music and dance college students on music therapy and their interest in music therapy. This study takes music and dance undergraduates from X, Y, and Z universitiesin H province as the research object, and conducts frequency analysis, One-Way ANOVA, and independent sample T test on 993 valid questionnaires returned. The research results are as follows. First, in terms of whether they know the results of music therapy, most (75.2%) of music and dance college students know about music therapy, and the rate of students in schools offering courses related to music therapy is significantly higher than that in schools that do not; choosing "relatives, teachers, friends, etc." the most, accounting for 17.4%. Second, the evaluation of music therapy is relatively positive, the average score of music therapy knowledge is 3.57; the average score of music therapy effect is 6.79; Factors such as the degree of attention to therapy courses have significantly affected the evaluation of music therapy. Third, the respondents have a high degree of interest in music therapy and believe that the prospect of music therapy is very good. It is hoped that more schools will invite professional and clinically experienced music therapists to give lectures or provide opportunities for students to experience music therapy in the future, and look forward to more musicians joining the team of music therapy through systematic learning.

Yupeng He. Survey on the awareness of music therapy among college students majoring in music and dance. Frontiers in Art Research (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 8: 38-44. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2023.050807.

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