PRESS RELEASES

March 6, 1996

Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler,
Director of News and Information,
(818) 885-2130

CSUN CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF MUSIC THERAPY CLINIC

Actor John Diaquino of television's "SeaQuest" will be on hand Monday, March 18, to help celebrate the grand opening of Cal State Northridge's Music Therapy Clinic, the only one of its kind on the West Coast.

The celebration is slated to begin at 7 p.m. in Room 108 of the university's Music Building at the southwest corner of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.

The clinic uses music to help rehabilitate and improve the lives of people with physical, intellectual and emotional disabilities.

"We are currently concentrating on children, but we would eventually like to expand to adolescents and adults," said clinic director Ron Borczon, who flew to Oklahoma City last year to help counsel the victims of the federal building bombing.

Borczon said the clinic, which provides bilingual therapists, already has 11 clients.

"The clinic's goal is to provide an outreach to the community so that disabled children can experience music as a treatment modality," Borczon said, adding that it will also be the center of learning and research for Northridge music therapy students.

The music therapy program at Cal State Northridge is one of three in the state of California, and is the only one in the California State University system, Borczon said.

For more information about the clinic or to r.s.v.p for the party, call Borczon at (818) 885-3174.