Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
The “Opt-Out” Movement, the Healing Power of Music & An Italian Treat for Spring
On this week’s Need to Know Rochester – we’ll hear from parents who say their kids will be “opting out” of next week’s state tests. Learn why and how area districts are responding to the “opt-out” movement of common core testing. Read more here…
Springtime ignites with melodious birdsong

Though birds may actually sing for a variety of natural, self-serving reasons, such as expressing territorialism, sexual desire, dominance, safety and alarm, and newly discovered food sources, the resultant positive sound therapy provides health benefits to those humans who are willing to listen. Read more here…
Medical Center of Central Georgia Seeks Community’s Support to Get Music Therapy Grant
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Medical Center of Central Ggeorgia needs the community’s help. The hospital is a candidate for the LIVESTRONG Foundation’s 2014 Community Impact Project. Jill Hancock from MCCG stopped by 41 Today to tell us how you can help. Read more here…
Christus-NB now offering music therapy
Music therapy in a hospital-setting is designed to alleviate pain, elevate mood, and provide relaxation for patients. Music has been a healing influence on the mind, body, and soul for centuries, and CSRH-NB is pleased to bring the healing power of music to the bedside. Read more here…
Inspired by Art and Music Therapy, Doctors to Sing for Patients

Inspired by the tremendous positive change brought about by the arts and music therapy conceived by the Kochi Binnale Foundation (KBF), prominent doctors from various hospitals in the city will join hands with KBF to conduct music therapy for patients. Read more here…
BEAUMONT: Music used for healing

Some of Jason Nutter’s earliest memories involve music. He grew up watching and listening to his father, Lanny, play in the praise band at Fellowship in the Pass church in Beaumont. He started his own band and began performing successfully while he was still a teenager. Read more here…
Music therapy conference slated

More than 700 music therapists from six states and the District of Columbia are expected here April 9 to 12 to attend the annual spring conference of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association. Read more here…
Music can make you alive inside

HENRY SITS HUNCHED OVER IN HIS WHEEL chair, arms crossed in front of him. His head is down, almost as if he’s trying to disappear inside himself. Read more here…
Chris Treadway: Music therapy program celebrating anniversary at Richmond performance

It was a quarter century ago that a Berkeley-based program began using the expressive and therapeutic power of music to help the developmentally disabled as a means of communication. Maya’s Music Therapy Fund is celebrating 25 years at its annual spring music festival, featuring performances by disabled young people and adults, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. March 30 at the Richmond Recreation Complex, 3230 Macdonald Ave. in Richmond. Read more here…
Making music ‘therapy’ for Minogue

The Australian singer admitted making her new album Kiss Me Once was cathartic as it gave her something to focus on, after her split with Spanish model Andres Velencoso last October. Read more here…