(September 22, 2026) On September 22, Niki Runge of Chesapeake Music Therapy spoke to the Rotary Club of Snow Hill. Runge is the founder of this private music therapy practice, based in Salisbury.

Chesapeake Music Therapy was founded in 2009 as a solo practice serving children and youth with severe mental illness and Autistic individuals. The practice responds to the clients’ self-regulation, feelings identification/expression, coping skill development and impulse control needs.  The practice currently works in schools and healthcare settings across Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Pictured here are Club President Teron Lewis and Niki Runge.

Learn more about this work on the Chesapeake Music Therapy website.