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You’ve probably heard it said at least once: “Music soothes the soul.” These couldn’t be truer words for the music therapists of the Canadian Association for Music. Each and every day, they watch power of music work for some of the sickest kids in the country. For the families they help, the music is a gift that brings them healing, or helps their children connect with the world around them. For the therapists, the work itself is the reward. Read more here….

The conference, “Sound Advice,” will educate health care workers and family caregivers on the benefits of music therapy in the care of seriously ill patients. It will also address how music can be used for the general renewal and relaxation. Read more here….

Renowed Musician , Chairperson Swarangan Meditation & Spiritual Music Therapy Guru Raj Kumar Dogra has condemned the fatwa against Kashmir’s music band girls by Grand Mufti Bashir ud din Ahmed and threats from Hurriyat to remain away from music. Read more here….

Mindfulness meditation has been shown to give patients control over their own depression and anxiety levels and levels of chronic pain, according to a paper published earlier this month in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Read more here….

Brindisi is a certified music therapist who works for VNA Care Network & Hospice. To earn that certification, she went to the Berklee College of Music for four years, did a six-month internship and took a three- to four-hour exam that put her education and experience to the test.  Read more here…

Carolyn Williams sits by five-year-old Katherine Vitorino’s hospital bed, strumming her guitar and singing a medley of songs. “This Old Man” gives way to “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” followed by “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and “Baby Beluga.” Katherine has cerebral palsy and is unable to speak, see or walk. But music therapy has opened a whole new world to the little girl with the angelic face and joyful smile. Read more here…

An ancient practice linked with physical and mental benefits — such as an improved immune system, lower blood pressure and positive brain changes — could also aid in a more cultural matter: really getting into music. Read more here….

“Humans have used music in healing forever,” said Jane Matson, the choral director at Newtown High School. “It expresses our feelings and gets emotion out in a way that’s constructive and beautiful. So I don’t think it’s any surprise that in trying to heal here, we would turn to music.” Read more here…

The men and women display a variety of developmental and intellectual disorders from schizophrenia to mental retardation. The day rehabilitation group is a subset of clients at the John Eskew Training Facility on Ashley Avenue in Alexandria who are unable to function independently. Read more here…

The foundation is a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization offering music as a means of therapy and recovery, and the concert is designed to raise awareness and funds for community programs and services. Read here….