BONUS SESSION: All About Music!

Sunday, Jan 18, 2026
8:00–9:30 PM EST (Online)

Facilitated by Dorian Wallace, MT-BC

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BONUS SESSION: All About Music! zooms out, then back in—exploring music as a deeply human, evolutionary phenomenon that lives in all of our bodies. The idea that “I’m not good at music” isn’t natural; it’s a learned myth shaped by capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy, and this session works to gently unsettle and demystify it. We’ll also get concrete about music therapy—what it is, what it isn’t, and how a liberation-oriented approach understands music as a living space for expression, human connection, and communal healing.

• Suggested Donation: $25 per session — pay-what-you-can

• Sliding Scale: $0–$50 per workshop

• Full-Series Option: $200 for all 11 sessions

• No one will be turned away due to a lack of funds.

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The Praxis Wheel itself is a trauma-aware, liberation-focused guide for practicing safety, dignity, and shared power. We continue to explore how eight interconnected principles can help us stay grounded in justice, compassion, and creative resilience.

The Eight Spokes:

• Trauma-Informed / Trauma-Sensitive

• Culturally-Relevant / Identity-Affirming

• Accessibility / Nuanced Participation

• Empathetic Concern / Compassionate Action

• Embodied Mindfulness

• Educational & Transformational Practices

• Accountability / Collective Agency

• Liberatory Truth / Understanding Justice

The Praxis Wheel is a conceptual compass for grounding therapeutic and activist work in compassion, awareness, and justice. It offers guidance for ethical, adaptive engagement across disciplines — from music and art to mutual aid, education, and spiritual companionship. No spoke is more important than another; all are relational, interconnected, and responsive to community need.

Join this 11-week exploration of Liberation Music Therapy — a framework for healing, creativity, and collective resistance developed by board-certified music therapist and composer Dorian Wallace.

Each 90-minute session unpacks a key concept from The Praxis Wheel — a model for ethical, responsive, and culturally grounded engagement in therapy, education, and artivism.

This series’ core focus is to demystify capitalist realism and explore how capitalism shapes our understanding of the arts, mental health, class, caste, and political economy. Open to all — therapists, artists, educators, healers, and anyone drawn to the intersection of sound, care, and liberation. I am using this time to develop this into a professional development course or continuing education credits.

Attendance is encouraged but not required; each session stands alone while contributing to a larger arc.