April Hamm is a professional music educator and long-time advocate of the arts and historic preservation. Hamm's instruments include voice, piano, harpsichord, and viola da gamba. An active member of the Jim-Ree Board of Directors, Hamm assists with grant-writing, marketing, program development, musical direction, choreography and research development.

Hamm is currently enrolled in the clinical and health psychology program at the University of Florida. She plans to pursue a doctorate degree with a specialty in cognitive neuroscience. She is interested in using brain imaging technology to understand language generation and the use of music therapy in treating language and attention problems. To learn more about her current work in the Brain Imaging Rehabilitation and Cognition Laboratory, please visit www.birc.phhp.ufl.edu.

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