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The Miracle Minstrels choir doesn’t always know when to start singing. They don’t do much by way of harmonies, and some are a little foggy on the words. The goal for these performers, most of them stroke survivors, is just to make a joyful noise. Read more here…

Dynamic Music Therapy serves those with disabilities in Las Vegas by providing individual and group music therapy services. Music experiences are client-tailored to improve speech and communication, social skills, behavior and emotional management, and/or motor skills. Read more here…

I’ve heard it many times, and even said it a few myself. “That song changed my life.” It may not be in a drastic way. Just like music itself, the change can be subtle. Or, it can be monumental; actually improving someone’s day-to-day life. Read more here….

That’s Utah composer Kurt Bestor performing for patients at the William E. Christofferson Salt Lake Veterans Home. He helped kick off the official launch of Music & Memory. The program helps put iPods, headphones, and other listening equipment in nursing homes where patients live with Alzheimer’s disease. Read more here…

LONDON (Reuters) – Almost three quarters of surgeons’ operating theaters are thronging, or throbbing, with music when patients go under the knife, according to study in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal (BMJ).  Read more here…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For years, medical professionals have been using music to help with their healing practices. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, exposing children to music helps increase their attention span and enhances their learning abilities. Read more here…

Star Showbiz recently caught up with popular female singer Somnur Monir Konal, who came to the limelight in 2009 after winning the ‘Channel i Shera Kontho’ Competition. Her first album ‘Konaler Jadu’, which she dedicated to her teacher Sri Moti Keka Mukharjee, has been well received by the audience. Read more here…

The Catholic school’s Board of Trustees approved a new Master of Arts in Music Therapy degree program in October 2014. The program is also approved by the American Music Therapy Association and North America Schools of Music. Read more here…

Seated at a table dotted with paintbrushes, pencils and curios, Hideka Suzuki is creating an abstract on a small canvas. It’s not an idle craft project; for her, it’s a form of therapy. “Sometimes I don’t even know what I’m thinking until I sit down and start drawing. Then my feelings come out on paper,” said Suzuki, a teacher in remission from uterine cancer. Read more here…

A unique music therapy program in Hamilton is touching a lot of lives. The executive director of Fermata Music Therapy, Daniel Hyams, joins us to explain how it works, and why it works. Read more here…