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Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

One year ago, an innovative music program called “Hear My Song” was introduced at the Gardens at Westlake for members in its Residence Club, a transitional memory care program geared toward early to moderate Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementias. Dr. Cameron Camp, Ph.D. Read more here…

SAN MARCOS — DEI Holdings Inc. is passionate about sound. This Vista-based parent company represents some of the most-respected brands in consumer electronics, including Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, Viper, Clifford and Python. Read more here…

“Sound healing” — what exactly is it? If you have been in Asheville for longer than a week, you’ve probably heard of it or seen a flyer for musical healing offerings. Seeking to learn more, I contacted local musicians, therapists and yoga teachers. I quickly found that sound is perhaps one of the most intangible subjects to write about, given that its very nature is vibrational, subjective and experiential. Read more here…

Many are probably well aware of the soothing effect that music can have on a person’s mood or stress level. However, what may come as a surprise are the impressive results of music therapy programs in treating everything from pre-mature infants suffering from unstable vital signs to adults coping with schizophrenia. Read more here…

The Garage has written often about the Bandwagon, a portable recording studio that is installed at the B.C. Children’s Hospital, another that is available in institutions on the lower mainland and still another that will be roaming Vancouver Island. Read more here…

Two years and 34 surgeries after Kirstie Ennis was injured in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the retired Marine Corps veteran is still fighting to keep her leg. And while the road to recovery has been far from easy, one hobby has made a big difference in keeping her spirits up: listening to and creating electronic music. Read more here…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A local veteran and student at the SAE Institute is trying to help his comrades through music. Noah Jimenez started a Tennessee chapter of Guitars 4 Vets, a nationwide music therapy program for former members of the armed forces who suffer from mental, physical, and emotional distress. Jimenez provides fundraising and awareness-building services, as well as free weekly guitar lessons for the program. Read more here…

A music therapist from South Wales has told of her horror at being tear gassed while working with special needs children in Palestine. Liz Coombes, from Cardiff, says it is the first time she has been tear gassed during 10 years working as a volunteer there. But she has promised to return, despite mounting problems in recent months, and hopes to send students from the music therapy MA course she leads at the University of South Wales to teach there. Read more here…

Bethesda, Maryland (CNN) — When Capt. Greg Galeazzi joined the Army seven years ago, he was well aware of the risks he would face. “Of course you accept that injuries or death is a possibility,” Galeazzi said. “This is what happens to soldiers who fight wars.” In 2011, that possibility became Galeazzi’s reality. While leading his platoon on a routine morning patrol, an improvised explosive device detonated beneath him. Read more here…

Tim Bavington + Sprat Artistic Ensemble will host a benefit to bring a music therapy program called “Music & Memories” to the residents of Pacifica Senior Living, a Las Vegas-based facility for seniors who have forms of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Read more here…