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In literature, poetry, art, philosophy and theology, music has been credited with mood- heightening, emotion-altering, life- saving properties. Science has, over the years, attempted to prove that melodic sound does in fact hold power. Omkara – The Sound Of Divine Love takes the science of music to the chakras – the seats of our energies – to inspire healing and balancing through beautifully arranged tones and elevated vibrations. Read more here…

With advanced Alzheimer’s disease, language deteriorates and patients spontaneously speak less and less. In a small study from Israel, group music therapy sessions using tailored songs helped people with middle- to late-stage Alzheimer’s strike up communication. Read more here…

Rye based music therapy service The Music Well has joined forces with the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health to hold a special event at Rye Studio School on Saturday July 19. Read more here…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB)– It looks and sounds like music class, but it’s so much more. “We’re not worried at all how well someone plays music or how well someone’s singing or playing an instrument,” said Donna Brown, owner of Louisville Music Therapy.  Read more here…

Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett had planned to film Dan Cohen, a social worker and founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, for a single day. Cohen had wanted to document his nascent program for elders with dementia who were springing back to life at a Brooklyn nursing home. Rossato-Bennett found himself crafting a story of music and memory around Cohen’s objective to bring personalized music to every individual in nursing homes throughout America. He filmed Cohen for three years. Read more here…

Music Therapist Emily Druce (right) with group members and Lisa Beaumont and Mina Gay of the Yorkshire Building Society with instruments they have provided for the group at Womenspace, Lord Street, Huddersfield. Read more here…

San Leandro, Calif. — Parama Poojya Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji of Mysore, India, will present a unique healing meditation and music concert at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles July 13. “With decades of extensive research in the field of healing music, Sri Swamiji employs the use of ancient Indian sciences such as astrology, ayurveda and crystal therapy, incorporating them into a holistic tool that he offers as ‘Music for Meditation and Healing,’” reads a statement on his Web site, Yogatunes.org. Read more here…

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. Marvin Sherzer didn’t touch the piano keys for more than four decades. Today, the 67-year-old certified music practitioner provides soothing sounds to patients recovering at Florida Hospital Oceanside after taking a 46-year hiatus from the instrument. Therapeutic music is played at the patient’s bedside to relieve pain and anxiety. Read more here…

Children up to age five and their parents are invited to participate in a free music class at the United Methodist Church of Monroe on July 9. Connecticut Music Therapy Services, LLC will be offering a demonstration class from the award-winning early childhood music program, Sprouting Melodies. These music classes help children develop important social, physical and emotional skills by using a combination of instrument playing, movement and music. Read more here…

Several patients at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital received a soothing musical treat Tuesday morning. Members of the South Carolina Philharmonic performed a small concert for children and their families as part of the hospital’s music therapy program. Read more here…