Music For Maternity

The conference, “Sound Advice,” will educate health care workers and family caregivers on the benefits of music therapy in the care of seriously ill patients. It will also address how music can be used for the general renewal and relaxation. Read the rest here…

Musicians of all genres and locales across the country have gathered their resources together to host a plethora of benefit concerts for both incidents. However, the 12.12.12 Sandy Benefit Concert featuring Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Kayne West, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin and many others was the most publicized and financially effective. Read more here…

Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — He might have some 60 albums under his belt and numerous awards to his name but iconic Zimbabwean musician Oliver Mtukudzi has no plans to slow down. Read more here… 

Los Angeles, CA 1-7-2012 (JoeDolanPR) A self-assessment of personal wants in your life may often revolve around finding ways to reduce stress, relax and improve focus. These are common desires for anyone who spends hours in the day working, commuting and simply dealing with life’s daily stress. Using the power of healing music to achieve these goals is a tradition that music therapists have implemented for thousands of years, and with Vitale’s healing music, it is a therapy you can apply yourself, in the privacy of your own home. Read more here… 

The music therapy bill cleared the Indiana House’s Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee last week with unanimous support. If it clears the full House, the Senate would need to approve it. Read the rest here…

A violinist, Cecenas played through high school with the Ozark Festival Orchestra. Music therapy is a discipline first used in veterans hospitals. Michigan State University offered a degree in the field in 1944 and it became standardized as a widely recognized discipline in 1988. Professionals formed the American Music Therapy Association in 1998. Read more here…

Some of the clients are confined to wheelchairs. Some struggle with verbalization, while others struggle with motor skills. But during their sessions with DeKeyzer, they are all musicians, if only for a short time. Read the rest here…

MEDINA — Local musicians and students from Baldwin Wallace University are volunteering their time to play music for patients and staff at Medina Hospital. The hospital hopes to host the concerts at least once per month. Read more by clicking here 

A world renowned pianist and part-time faculty member of the music department of Edinburgh University, Tanya has been in her native homeland of Sri Lanka as a volunteer with the SJC 87 Initiative using instruments and song to help local children. “The musical creativity of the children and their amazing smiles as they expressed themselves through music were particularly powerful moments,” recalls Tanya. Read more here…

“The way that forensic music therapy works is the patient will select an instrument and improvise with it. The patient expresses themselves without words, gaining confidence through building the relationships with peers and the therapist in the room sufficient to feel brave enough to select an instrument and to improvise with it – even if they have never used an instrument before.” Read the rest by clicking here…