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Saxophonist Terry Hanck, who returns to the Sonoma County Fair for his annual two-week residency, is a man who has spent his life doing the things he loves, music and surfing. I first met him in 2012, when we had a talk against a serene backdrop of the hills and fields of Petaluma. He was riding high, fresh off a Blues Music Award, the blues industry’s top honor, as best horn player. Read more here…

“I’ve been a bad girl. Am I in trouble?” asks an obviously distraught Naomi. Tears begin to form in the corners of her eyes. She wrings her hands as she sits in her wheelchair in the lobby of an Alzheimer’s disease care facility. Read more here…

When the word therapy is mentioned, many people think of physical rehabilitation. But at The University of Alabama and other universities across the nation, students are studying a different type of therapeutics. Read more here…

The singer visited a centre run by the Nordoff Robbins’ charity in the capital on 22 June (15) as part of Music Therapy Week and he took part in a session with kids from the Richard Cloudesley School. Read more here…

When Allison Davies strums her guitar and sings a warm-up note, the mood of the room is immediately happier — and that is music therapy at its most basic level. Music makes us feel good. It can motivate or calm us down. Read more here…

Legendary Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson recently worked with London’s Nordoff Robbins organization to celebrate Music Therapy Week. The charity offers a broad range of music therapy to those in need, and Dickinson dropped by the Richard Cloudesley special-needs school to offer some first-hand help. Read more here…

One of the world’s greatest rock bands are helping music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins celebrate its 40th anniversary.U2 has donated a massive package to be auctioned at the O2 Silver Clef Awards on July 3.  Read more here…

One woman is bringing joy to Dyersburg residents, one song at a time. Cindy Simpson of Halls has been playing the accordion at nursing homes and assisted living facilities for 15 years. On Wednesday afternoon, she treated residents to an hour’s worth of music therapy at The Highlands of Dyersburg Health and Rehabilitation Center. Read more here…

BOONE—A $5,000 grant from the Whitener Foundation will fund a music therapy scholarship in Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music. The scholarship for a rising junior or senior music therapy major will be this fall based on the recipient’s academic, musical and clinical excellence as well as financial need. The $2,500-per-year scholarship can be renewed a second year. Read more here…

When Allison Davies strums her guitar and sings a warm-up note, the mood of the room is immediately happier — and that is music therapy at its most basic level. Music makes us feel good. It can motivate or calm us down. Music therapists like Ms Davies can also employ it as a tool for both psychological and neurological therapies, which can achieve real, clinical outcomes. Read more here…