College Town: Anna Maria, nursing home partner on music-therapy project

Anna Maria College and Holy Trinity Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Worcester are sure that, together, they can make beautiful music happen for the residents of the nursing facility. Lisa Summer, professor and director of music therapy at AMC, is working with AMC alumna Danielle Pilotte and Holy Trinity to provide personalized iPods to about 30 elderly residents. The music-therapy project will focus on listening as a daily resource. Holy Trinity received a grant from UnitedHealthcare to help fund the project. Read more here…