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DURHAM, N.C. Focus can be a real struggle for people with learning disabilities like ADHD and ADD, but music is being found to be a powerful tool to train minds. Middle school student Thomas Beckman has the developmental disability Down syndrome and uses music to help him focus. Read more here…

BALTIMORE —It seems so many in the city are searching for ways to sooth their souls after a rough few days in the city. After a rough several days in Baltimore, the sun came out. And so did the music. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra decided to answer violence by making music beautifully and sharing it with the masses. Read more here…

Getting better in hospital – whether it’s from an operation or an illness – can often take days, or even weeks for some patients. During this important time of recovery, regular visits from friends and family help enormously, but so can the simple things in life, such as listening to music. Our two Wirral hospitals never underestimate the importance of music to our patients. Read more here…

Kota Kinabalu: MCA Kota Kinabalu Women Chief, Dr Pamela Yong hailed the setting up of the Music Therapy Centre (MTC) at the Likas Women and Children Hospital (LWCH), describing it as “an excellent idea” that deserves everyone’s support. She said this while accompanying Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal, the co-lead guitarist of ‘Guns N Roses’ and his wife Jennifer in a special goodwill visit to the said centre, which is located at the atrium of the hospital, on last Saturday. Read more here…

The typical image of therapy is fairly standard, often coming from memories of watching Looney Tunes and Animaniacs as a child- a psychiatrist with circular glasses and a long couch, a long conversation discussing how you feel and other such things. Read more here…

WHILE we applaud HCA Hospice Care’s effort to provide holistic patient-centred care, its music programme for paediatric palliative care is not considered true music therapy (“Star Pals a lifeline for critically ill kids and their caregivers”; last Friday). The Association for Music Therapy, Singapore (AMTS) welcomes and celebrates the use of music in education, healthcare or the community. Read more here…

Sometimes, Brooke Slemmer is the first to get a person to smile in months. The board-certified music therapist remembers one patient, a teenage girl, “wise beyond her years,” who was battling leukemia. Slemmer was with the patient for the entire journey, from her initial diagnosis to her third relapse, which Slemmer said left her in a vegetative state. Read more here…

Yes, this city has certainly earned a place on the cultural map, as Chris Daughtry noted during Sunday Night’s Rochester Music Hall of Fame induction and concert. “You guys created the Garbage Plate, which has made me happy on many occasions,” Daughtry told the crowd of about 1,800 at Kodak Hall at the Eastman Theatre.
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“Music works for everyone, if you love music and you know music motivates you, you’ll get along in life”, those were the words uttered by Martyn, a person who had been using music therapy as a way of alleviating anger that he was feeling inside. In my feature which was broadcast on Westside radio, I spoke about how music used as therapy, can help people suffering from mental illness and depression. Read more here…

This wonderful charity brings musicians to play to groups including children with special educational needs. Live Music Now (LMN) also brings joy to older people living on their own and in residential homes, hospitals or hospices.
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