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What’s your dream? Are you living it today? If you are like me, you probably have it stored up on a shelf in your “someday” closet. I recently met a young man named Dylan Kuehl who lives his dreams every day. Dylan is 31-years-old, and a quick look at his resume makes me feel like I have some serious catching up to do. Published artist, motivational speaker, visual and performing arts company owner – these are some of the hats Dylan wears every day. He also wears an advocate’s hat because Dylan happens to have Down syndrome. Read more here…

Donside pop sensation Emeli Sandé has announced her support of a fundraising appeal to open an Aberdeen facility for a music therapy charity. Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland requires donations of £20,000 to open a dedicated music therapy service in the North East. Read more here…

TRURO — It’s medical music to Lara Robinson’s trained ears. “They had a lot of success with it out West, so I’m excited,” Robinson, a music therapist at Cedarstone Enhanced Care in Truro for the past 16 years, said of the iPod Pharmacy program. The program collects good-as-new iPods from people who don’t use them anymore, pairs them with new headphones donated from Skullcandy and an iTunes gift card and delivers them to music therapists for use with their clients. Read more here…

It was a ragtag band jamming in a small outbuilding on the grounds of the San Antonio Military Medical Center. Some of the half-dozen guitarists were still learning the fingering for the A and E chords; others were more experienced. It didn’t sound great, but that didn’t matter. The men, all wounded warriors, were having fun. Read more here…

Music is an art form, a means of expression, a gift of life. Romanticists, philosophers, and great thinkers summed up the importance of music- “music is life”. Indeed, music is one of the reasons why the human race still thrives. Read more here…

Bob Marley is to become the face of the world’s first international marijuana brand. The late reggae superstar’s family has teamed up with a private equity firm to launch Marley Natural, which will offer “heirloom Jamaican cannabis strains” inspired by those Marley enjoyed. Read more here…

Conductor Gregory Vajda says many Hamiltonians are entering Remembrance Day this year in a state of shock and pain, still mourning the death of local soldier Cpl. Nathan Cirillo who was slain in Ottawa. To honour Cirillo, and all of the other soldiers who have served, Vajda will lead the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra through a series of songs he calls “healing” during a Saturday night concert at Hamilton Place. Read more here…

Sandé announced her support of Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland’s latest fundraising appeal to open a new facility in Aberdeen. The latest plan, which requires donations of £20,000 to open, would see the Energy Capital of Europe benefit from a dedicated music therapy service, that uses the unique power of music to improve the lives of children and adults isolated by life-limiting illnesses and disability. Read more here…

Singing sensation Emeli Sande is urging fans to help make her dream of opening a music therapy service in her home city a reality. A fundraising appeal has been launched by the Nordoff Robbins charity in Scotland to raise £20,000 to open a special centre in Aberdeen for people who struggle to communicate with the outside world. Read more here…

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