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A HILLINGDON music therapy group attended a special performance from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall.  The annual Friendship Matinee is an opportunity for those involved in charities or communities projects to see a world-class show. Read more here…

The Pennsylvania House and Senate last week passed resolutions recognizing music therapy as a “valid therapeutic service,” which were very welcome to the state’s 400 board-certified music therapists, who serve about 41,000 state residents each year. Read more here…

As St. Joseph’s Healthcare prepares to scrap its music therapy program, one past client believes it is a real loss for the community.  As St. Joseph’s Healthcare prepares to scrap its music therapy program, one past client believes it is a real loss for the community. Read more here…

An angel in a Yorkshire Terrier suit. Those are the words we used to describe our family Yorkie, Peekaboo. In 2003, my father was paralyzed from an ischemic double stroke and spent the next 10 years in need of nearly constant care. In the sterile, somber environs of skilled nursing facilities, the daily arrival of a prancing, perky pet brought spontaneous energy. Joy to the aged and infirm. Smiles to caregivers. Light to the end of life. Last week, Peekaboo went to be with Dad. Read more here…

WHITE ROCK — A locally-based band is squaring up to play a for-charity show Friday (Oct. 10) that will benefit Camp Kerry, a Vancouver-based organization that offers support to families with young children who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Read more here…

Music therapist Jerry O’Leary greeted his class at NewCourtland LIFE, a senior day center, with a promise to play some old favorites. “We mixed a little bit of gospel and a little bit of Motown here for you today, ’cause we know how you guys like that stuff,” said O’Leary, prompting claps and cheers from the room. Read more here…

INJURED public servants are taking music therapy, tai-chi lessons and are receiving life coaching sessions from unregistered counsellors, all on the public purse. The Commonwealth’s workplace compensation system has now become so generous that public servants are claiming all sorts of dubious therapies. Read more here…

TEMPE — When Scott Tonkinson begins working with clients suffering from memory loss due to Alzheimer’s or another cause, one of the first things he does is strum a guitar or play his keyboard. Read more here…

CINCINNATI – A musical therapist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital combines music with patients’ heartbeats to help  families remember loved ones in a unique and lasting way. “A mother of a patient once told me, ‘I’m afraid that I’m going to forget my daughter’s voice,'”  Brian Schreck said. Read more here…

OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (WLOX) – It’s said that music can soothe the soul. Singing River Health System has launched a new music therapy program in hopes promoting healing at its regional cancer center in Jackson County. Some cancer patients are already in harmony with the program. Read more here…