Our Team | Rhythm & Truth

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Meet the Team

Summer Lall, MT-BC

Founder & CEO

Summer Jasmine Lall, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist and obtained her Music Therapy degree from Berklee College of Music in 2008, Summa cum laude. Summer is the founder CradleSong Birthing and Rhythm & Truth Music Therapy specializing in working with adolescents.

Summer Lall

Jon Lall

Director of Music Education

Jon Lall is a songwriter, producer , multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and performer from Princeton, NJ and is currently living in Los Angeles, CA. Jon obtained his degree in Music Business from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2008, with a principal in voice.

Clinical Music, Art & Dance Therapists

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Akilah Watts

Akilah specializes in music therapy for acute psychiatric care, addiction, special needs, trauma and children.

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MT-BC, NMT, NICU-MT

Christine Casey

Christine Casey is a Board Certified Music Therapist , Neurologic Music Therapist and NICU Music Therapist. She obtained her...

MT-BC

Jean-Marc Tardieu

Jean-Marc Tardieu, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist born and raised in the twin island republic of Trinidad & Tobago in the...

MT-BC

Juliana Ross

With 12 years of experience as a board-certified music therapist, Juliana's expertise includes leading early childhood music...

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MT-BC, NMT, NICU-MT

Laura Johnson-Cellini

Laura Johnson-Cellini, is a Board Certified Music Therapist and Neurological Music Therapist. She obtained a music therapy...

ATR-BC, LMHC

Rita Canny

Rita Canny is a Registered, Board Certified Art Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She received her Master’s Degree...

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MT-BC, NMT

Sam Banister

Sam Banister, MT-BC, NMT is a Board Certified Music Therapist and Neurologic Music Therapist. He obtained his Bachelor Degree in...

Music Therapy Intern

Skye Dolph

Skye is currently enrolled in the Music Therapy Equivalency Distance program with Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and beginning her music...

MS, BC-DMT

Vicki Alvarez

Vicki was born and raised in San Francisco, where she began dancing at a young age training in jazz, ballet, tap, contemporary...

Teaching Artists

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Teaching Artist

Sarai Benitez

Sarai Gabriela Bentiez (She/Her/Hers) is a recent graduate with a bachelor degree in Music from California State University...

Teaching Artist

Alec Kwo

Alec Kwo is a producer and keyboardist originally from the Midwest. He studied jazz harmony at Santa Clara University and is a...

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Teaching Artist

Christal Mims

Christal Mims is a singer, songwriter, and producer from Los Angeles, California. She grew up studying voice, piano, and guitar...

Teaching Artist

Satarra Troutman

Satarra is a singer songwriter, bassist and producer, from Cleveland Ohio. Steeped in the soul and funk music of the 60's and 70s...

Teaching Artist

Gitai Vinshtok

Gitai Vinshtok grew up in Reseda, California and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Berklee College of Music in Boston...

Teaching Artist

Justin Yau

Justin is a composer and guitarist based in Northridge, California. He produces
trailer music for games such as...

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