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The Medical Center of Central Georgia is in the running for a nationwide contest for a $15,600 grant from Livestrong for a music therapy program for cancer patients. Read more here…

Singing River Health System’s (SRHS)  Regional Cancer Center has been selected as a finalist to receive the Jeffrey Frank Wacks Music Therapy Program as part of the LIVESTRONG® Community Impact Project, which was created to bring proven cancer support programs to communities across the U.S. Grantees will be determined through a public, online voting campaign going on now through April 11 on vote LIVESTRONG.org. Read more here…

MISSISSAUGA — A talented group of young adults with special needs are ready to rock The Crooked Cue in Port Credit on Sunday. The band Superfire is taking part in the inaugural March for Music Therapy, taking place in 14 communities across Canada on Sunday.  Read more here…

One of the most distressing occurrences at any nursing home is to see residents sitting in their rooms or common areas staring into space or with their heads on the table in front of them. In other words, there is an overall lack of stimulation and too few activities provided to engage residents.  Read more here…

The Fairbank Community Center is offering a month-long music course for non-verbal children and their parents that will help develop communication skills. Read more here…

EAGLE — An Idaho musician is using his talents to help senior citizens relive the past through the music that helped shape their lives. Read more here…

Berklee College of Music is pioneering a completely new realm of musical therapy this weekend by hosting a first-ever music therapy hackathon. Participants from all over Boston will be working in teams to develop tools for real-world medical conditions in a span of just 24 hours. Read more here…

MUSIC therapy session kick-started the 100th birthday celebrations of two residents at a care home in Boscombe yesterday. Mary Revens and Wilfred Long, who both reside at Shalden Grange care home, Watkin Road, have both received their cards and telegrams from the Queen in the last week. To mark the occasion staff held a music therapy session followed by food and cake – with relatives invited to get involved. Read more here…

BRIDGEPORT – United Hospital Center’s Cecil B. Highland  and Barbara B. Highland Cancer Center offers many programs and services for cancer patients that can make the experience a little easier and now it hopes to add one more program to the center. Read more here…

It is a mantra you hear time and time again – “Music saved my life.”.  Brandon Ross of Ross Moving Pictures is diving beyond the surface of the common four-word catchphrase and exploring the notion of music as a form of therapy. Ross’ upcoming documentary, Before We Were Kings, introduces a handful of celebrated producers in a new, revealing light: Moby, Wolfgang Gartner, Sander Kleinenberg and several other DJs come together for the film to shed their celebrity skins and speak to the healing, progressive powers of music. Read more here…