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Music therapy can provide significant benefits for people with dementia living in UK care homes, according to new research by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). Music therapy can provide significant benefits for people with dementia living in UK care homes, according to new research by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). Read more here…

On Sunday, the Note-Able Music Therapy Service hosted the 3rd annual biggest little music festival. The nine hour event featured 11 local bands celebrating all types of music. Note-Able is the only non-profit music therapy agency in Nevada. Organizers say they serve more than 600 people with disabilities throughout the Truckee Meadows. Read more here…

Anna Maria College and Holy Trinity Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Worcester are sure that, together, they can make beautiful music happen for the residents of the nursing facility. Lisa Summer, professor and director of music therapy at AMC, is working with AMC alumna Danielle Pilotte and Holy Trinity to provide personalized iPods to about 30 elderly residents. The music-therapy project will focus on listening as a daily resource. Holy Trinity received a grant from UnitedHealthcare to help fund the project. Read more here…

FOR BABIES AND PARENTS, WEEKS, EVEN MONTHS, SPENT IN THE BE STRESSFUL. THAT’S WHERE MUSIC THERAPY COMES IN, HELPING THE BABIES GROW AND DEVELOP IN A RELAXED ENVIRONMENT. Read more here…

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – A program that helps injured soldiers by teaching them music has just expanded beyond Fort Campbell.Music bursting from a darkly lit room on Music Row, Southern blues was playing loud, then taken down soft and smooth. No one could resist the urge to tap along. For the band playing, it wasn’t their usual venue of playing behind the purple brick and paint-brushed windows of Tootsie’s downtown. Away from stage lights, the audience was all soldiers, veterans and active duty. Read more here…

When doctors told Adrian Piza’s parents their baby would never walk or talk after he suffered a massive brain haemorrhage at just 10 months old, it was a crushing blow. But at age 10 Adrian today is not only walking and talking, he’s ‘shredding’ heavy metal guitar and playing concerts to other sick kids after making an amazing recovery his family puts down to the power of music therapy. Read more here…

Football legend David Beckham visited charity Nordoff Robbins and met 11-year-old Romano whose life has been changed by the music therapy clinic. Becks, who will be honoured with the Legend of Football Award at the HMV Football Extravaganza on September 1, was amazed by the difference music had made to Romano, who has autism, global development delay and dyspraxia. Read more here…

Four years ago, Irvin Driedger suffered a massive stroke. It left him speechless and able to move only his eyes and one foot for six months. Doctors thought he was terminal, but his wife Donna could see something hopeful in his eyes.
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The healing power of music is well known, but researchers have found that it has benefits not just for those suffering from dementia, but also for those who care for them. Training care home staff in music therapy helps not just dementia patients – but also the carers themselves. Read more here…

OMAHA, Neb. —For babies and parents, time spent in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, can be stressful. Experts say music therapy can help premature babies grow and develop in a relaxed environment. Read more here…