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Some adult day care center patients in Florence enjoyed some great music Wednesday. Among Wednesday’s performers, William S. Taylor, who sang classic and Motown hits at Active Day of the Pee Dee. Read more here…

Music therapists and medical and healthcare professionals will meet here in a bid to propagate music therapy in the treatment of several diseases. Read more here…

Music therapy services are an integral part of care delivered in military treatment facilities and VA medical centers throughout the US. Board-certified music therapists serve as members of patient-centered interdisciplinary teams. Read more here…

Little-known pieces by the composer Edward Elgar have been recorded for the first time. The new album, called Music for Powick Asylum, is made up of recordings of some of the pieces Elgar composed in his early years, as bandmaster of the Worcester County and City Lunatic Asylum. Read more here…

Music can also inhibit the release of stress hormones and decrease the arousal of the pituitary-adrenal stress axis, which are responsible for increased pain intensity. Music can also influence the opioid system of the brain, which is responsible for the control of physical pain and negative emotions. Read more here…

Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem’s famed Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.Read more here…

That music makes people feel good is new to science, but it’s something Garson has intuitively known throughout his career as a musician. Four years ago, he saw the effect that playing piano had on his young grandson, who has autism. Read more here…

Music therapy has also been used in the treatment of mental illness. In addition to the basic care they should be receiving, music therapy helped patients with schizophrenia to achieve an enhanced mental state along with improving their overall condition. Read more here…

Goelz runs a music therapy program for Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care of Southern Florida, serving people across Miami-Dade County. Most of his clients live at home or in nursing homes. Wilson, whom he began working with in August, was his third house visit of the day. Read more here…

Ming has addressed other international music therapy conferences previously, including ones in Seoul and Norway. He has a Masters in music therapy with a distinction from Anglia Ruskin University and has been working on a PhD there with funding from MHA.  Read more here…