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Native American flutist, Southwest world-instrumentalist and songwriter Randy Granger will appear at the Shop Yoga Studio, 1167 Woodside Ave., on Sunday, Sept. 14, as part of a Utah tour.. In addition to performing an array of music on his flute, and hang drum (a convex steel percussion instrument), and singing songs, Granger will also host a seminar. Read more here…

Most people have heard of music therapy, but few have seen the treatment work its magic quite like it does in the documentary Alive Inside. The film explores the therapy through an advocate’s attempts to use the it in nursing homes. Read more here…

A Long Island City gallery is hosting a special event on Thursday to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Studio J is featuring works of artist and illustrator Al Johnson, titled “Visual Healing,” and designed to help ease viewers’ troubles. Read more here…

SURREY — When you hear that someone is “jumping on the bandwagon,” it’s rarely a good thing. For bikers who are joining in on Saturday (Sept. 13)’s Music Therapy Ride, which will start off at Coquitlam’s Hard Rock Casino and roll up to Whistler, jumping on the bandwagon is exactly what they want to do. Read more here…

The Fredonia Rotary Club recently welcomed Jackie Ellmauer as a speaker. Ellmauer, recipient of the Lundquist Fellowship, spent eight weeks in Uganda, bringing music therapy to disabled children in several different orphanages. Her presentation included videos of the children singing, dancing and laughing to her music. The Lundquist Fellowship, which began in the international studies department of SUNY Fredonia, is currently administered by the school of music. Read more here…

I have sweet memories of my Dad singing the Irish lullaby to my siblings and me, “Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li | Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush, now, don’t you cry | Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li.” Thinking about that security, trust and love makes me feel safe and happy all over, again. That’s music therapy at it’s best. Read more here…

NASHVILLE, Tenn (AP) – Belmont officials believe the school is uniquely situated to offer the program because of Nashville’s status as a hub for the health care and music industries. Music therapy integrates music into a patient’s overall treatment and recovery program. The therapy is offered to everyone from newborns in the intensive care unit to cancer patients receiving chemotherapy – in addition to those for whom music could reduce the stress of being sick. Read more here…

The song is called, simply, Sarah Elizabeth. Musician Chris Lenz wrote and recorded it for his wife. The song is a gift that might just mean as much to him as it will to her when he surprises her with it on his next home visit. Read more here…

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keyboardist Bernie Worrell is no stranger to Long Branch. After all, he was born in the city. The last time he came through town in 2012, he was given the key to the city by Long Branch mayor Adam Schneider during a performance at the Brighton Bar. Read more here…

MUSIC THERAPIST CAROL Wiedemann spends much of her time at the B.C. Children’s Hospital working with patients in the intensive-care unit and the burn program. Sometimes, she’ll have a young patient play the xylophone to keep them calm during an I.V. insertion. For one four-year-old boy, handing him a drum while she played guitar helped to coax him out of his stroller and overcome his fear. Read more here…