Music has been known since ancient times, and its rapid development can be attributed to its historical background, universality and multidisciplinarity. Due to its positive impact on humans, it begins to be used as a therapeutic tool, better known as music therapy, that can include active and passive methods of work, individual work or group work. Music therapy can be suitable for working with the elderly, people in depressed states, for developing communication, for people with brain damage, with intellectual disabilities, autism, psychiatric illnesses, people addicted to alcohol or other psychoactive substances, people with behavioral problems,children etc. This paper deals with the application of music in group work, the most common methods of work and all the benefits that it brings to participants. Most methods used in group music therapy are improvisational models such as the Orff method, creative music therapy, group analytical music therapy, Bonny methods of guided imagination and music. The most common benefits of applying music in group work are: improves mood, positively affects behavior, develops empathy, encourages creativity, reduces anxiety, contributes to a sense of belonging, raises self-esteem and many others.