Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Musicians help at-risk children heal through song

Dearborn Heights — Singing in unison, the voices of two dozen girls filled the room — and the hearts of their audience at the Vista Maria treatment center. “There is a war going on and no one can see …,” they sang, bringing some in the crowd to tears. Read more here…
Music Therapy Gateway In Communications Awarded ArtsBuild Grant

Music Therapy Gateway In Communications, Inc. has received a grant from ArtsBuild and the Tennessee Arts Commission. The 2015-16 “Arts Build Communities” grant will support the continuation of a concert series designed to highlight the value of music in therapy. Read more here…
Music therapy program offered at Mount Alverno Center

WARWICK — Numerous studies demonstrate that familiar and likable music can reduce depression while increasing sociability, movement and cognitive ability and decreasing agitation and other behavior problems, according to the Institute for Music and Neuralgic Function, a leading authority in clinical music therapy. Read more here…
Willie Nelson’s Music Credited With Healing Infant

Willie Nelson: country legend, writer, activist ….and healer? Yes that’s right. The parents of a four year-old girl in Texas are crediting the singer with helping their child, who suffered several health complications after being born prematurely.According to Amarillo’s News Channel 10, little Ava Adams underwent 12 surgeries in the first 15 months of her life and spent most of her infancy in a neonatal intensive center. Read more here…
Healing Sounds: Music in the Operating Room Can Ease Pain, Researchers Say

Playing music while patients are having surgery can ease their pain and anxiety, even if patients are completely unconscious, researchers reported Wednesday. They didn’t directly study the effects of music on pain but collated the results of 72 different studies that did. The results were clear: music helped ease pain and anxiety, even if it didn’t help patients recover any faster. Read more here…
Levens dad-of-two to swim Windermere’s length for music therapy charity

A COMPANY boss is to swim the length of Windermere to raise money for the Sunbeams Music Trust.Steve Kitchen, of Levens, attends a monthly Sunbeams music therapy session at Sandgate School, Kendal, with his wife, Rachel, and their two young daughters. The 43-year-old told the Citizen that he wanted to give something back to ‘this amazing charity’, which delivers more than 70 live music workshops to 1,458 children and adults each month. Read more here…
Music therapy may reduce anxiety in patients with breast cancer undergoing surgery

Including music therapy as a complementary approach with cancer surgery may help reduce preoperative anxiety in a safe, effective, time-efficient, and enjoyable manner, according to a new study published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has shown. Read more here…
Music Therapy Clinic Opens At Oral Roberts University

TULSA, Oklahoma – For generations music has been used as a way to help heal. Now Oral Roberts University is bringing that healing power into a clinic. The university cut the ribbon on the new Music Therapy Clinic inside CityPlex Towers on Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Read more here…
Music Therapy May Help Prevent Seizures In People With Epilepsy

Music therapy could assist people suffering from epilepsy, according to a new study. Investigators found the frequency of seizures was reduced when music therapy was utilized. Ohio State University researchers found that the brains of people who suffer from epilepsy process music in a different fashion than those who do not experience the condition. Read more here…
Music Therapy Eases Pain, Lowers Anxiety During Surgery

A study published by a quartet of researches suggest that doctors can lower the pre-operation anxiety of their patients by using music therapy to calm nerves. The research, published online in The Lancet, suggests that the music therapy not only helped pre-surgery, but also was effective for up to four hours after surgery. Read more here…