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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – At Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, a group of volunteers has been *instrumental* in creating an atmosphere where people can heal. Professionally trained at Beth Israel Hospital in New York, one of the most highly-accredited programs in the United States, Keith and Jen Wenzel tour DRMC playing easy listening music for patients, visitors, and staff. Read more here…

A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University has been awarded £100,000 of funding to further investigate how music therapy can help those with dementia. Read more here…

A new research paper presented at the American Psychological Association’s 123rd Annual Convention in Toronto this Sunday (August 9) suggests that music therapy could have numerous benefits for epilepsy sufferers. Read more here…

Concerts Around the Corner, “The Healing Power of Music” Abaca String Band and the Film, Andrew and Wendy, by Josh Aronson at the Studio Around the Corner, Saturday, August 22, 6:30PM Film, 7:30PM Concert. Refreshments will be available.Join us as we explore the connection between healing and music. The evening begins with a screening of the Film, Andrew and Wendy, by Academy Award nominee, Josh Aronson. Read more here…

You usually hear great live music in a pub or a concert hall. But now, thanks to QEII nurse Brody McGee, it can be heard in a hospital. “Music has been, other than nursing, the biggest thing in my life,” says McGee. The 24-year-old started bringing his guitar to work a few months, in hopes of providing patients with a joyful way to pass time. Read more here…

I’ve always been a lover of music. According to my mother, I was dancing to the Bosco theme tune from about 6 months of age and was a dancer for many years after that. m so glad to see my daughter following in my footsteps. In or around 7 months, I saw her little sways starting to emerge whenever we had music playing. Fast forward another 7 months and she’s already been labelled ‘the dancing baby’ by many! The head is shaking, the hands are clapping and the legs are bouncing. Just yesterday as we took a walk down the street, she broke into dance every time the ice-cream van drove past!. Read more here…

Through a long-standing partnership with the Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center, graduate students in Drexel’s music therapy and counseling program are helping to bring joy, a creative outlet and—most importantly—music, to an adolescent population whose current circumstances are uncertain. Those uncertain circumstances often create a great deal of anxiety among the adolescents there. Read more here…

The latter is everything that makes Gary great: the distorted guitar, eardrum-rattling reverb, and a fucking explosive solo at the end. But it’s “The Healing” that makes him more than just a one-trick pony. Here he injects the ethos of the blues with the feel of hip-hop — in a style the Roots have long championed — that fits just right for his sound. Science has a lot to say about the healing power of music, and I’d prescribe Gary Clark Jr. to cure all our suffering. —DL. Read more here…

Bill and Delores Brehm just became the largest donors in Eastern Michigan University history after donating $3.26 million to support students in special education and music therapy. To date, their gifts total more than $8.5 million to the Ypsilanti school. Read more here…

LORAIN — They say music is good for the soul and those words appeared to be backed up Friday as more than a dozen men and women danced, clapped and belted out songs Friday at the Gathering Hope House. The music therapy session for those recovering from varying forms of mental illnesses was brought to the facility as one of two community service projects undertaken this summer by 26 college students taking part in the Leadership Lorain County intern class of 2015. Read more here…