Daniel Goldschmidt (they/them) is a board-certified music therapist, educator, and organizer based in Minneapolis. They are the founder of Etude LLC, a social-justice-centered music therapy practice, and the founder of the Community Healing Arts Initiative (CHAI), which works to expand access to both credentialed and community-rooted healing through the arts, with a focus on historically marginalized communities.

Daniel’s work sits at the intersection of mental health, power, and collective care. In addition to clinical practice, Daniel is a leader for and performs with Brass Solidarity, an anti-racist street band based in George Floyd Square in South Minneapolis. Daniel was interviewed by NPR and the Star Tribune regarding the interplay between music therapy and musical activism. Daniel has also led keynotes and workshops on white supremacy in healthcare for organizations across the United States and internationally.

This workshop is informed by Daniel’s training with Freedom Trainers and the NDN Collective, grounding the content in established frameworks for non-cooperation, collective action, and movement-based resistance.

This workshop reflects Daniel’s ongoing commitment to anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, and collective approaches to care—grounded in professional practice, community organizing, and movement-based training.

You can listen to Daniel being interviewed for podcasts including Who the Folk?! on queerness and starting Etude LLC (available as audio or on youtube), AMTA Pro on music and harm, The Mindful Mentor on examining whiteness, anti-racism, and whiteness accountability , and Instru(mental) on bridging music therapy and music cognition.