Hello Everyone! -Max

Hi everyone! My name is Max Jacobs, and I’m currently a junior at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY studying music therapy.  My primary instrument is trumpet, and with it I’ve discovered a great love for jazz and it’s many different forms, especially Dixieland, cool jazz, and Afro-Cuban jazz.  I am also self-taught on the bass guitar; I play rock, funk, and anything with that has a groove!

I first heard about this program through my school’s Music Therapy Club, but I was notified right before the deadline, so I had to make a decision fast!   The opportunity presented by this trip, with so many incredible experiences, was too much to just glance at and pass up.  To be able to expand my understanding of music therapy on a global level as a means to heal and unite people, especially under a humanistic guise, is definitely something I believe this study abroad program can instill in those who participate. 

            I expect to have to my senses open wide while on this trip.  There is so much to absorb, between new education, new culture, new sights and scents and sounds, and waiting for me there, a new, fresh perspective on life.  I look forward for all that is there is to take in and experience while we stay in Germany and briefly in Austria.

            Our departure day is arriving fast, and I can’t wait to begin!