Music For Maternity

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COLUMBIA, MO. — Just weeks after birth, Taylor Suprenant spent two months in pediatric intensive care with symptoms of shaken baby syndrome. Step-grandmother Johnna Carrender soothed him with recordings of instrumental and classical music. Read more here…

Perhaps one of the most stirring and sympathetic characters in Fox’s hit show “Empire” is Andre, who suffers from Bipolar disorder. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past three months and haven’t watched the hottest TV show of 2015, here’s a quick recap of Andre’s situation: the oldest son of a music conglomerate CEO vies for power over the company he helped build, but between all the pressure (and betrayal, and violence, and lack of love and support), as well as his attempts to keep a lid on his emotions, Andre eventually flushes his meds down the toilet, precipitating a mental breakdown and entry into an in-patient therapy program. That’s where he meets Michelle White, a lovely and talented music therapist played by Jennifer Hudson. Read more here…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 19, 2015) – Singing, laughing and smiling are not words that most people would associate with a cancer treatment, but for Lexington resident Bahar Aleem, it’s a common experience. Read more here…

Music is widely regarded as a form of art and entertainment. What may be less apparent, however, is music’s value in treating medical conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism and Parkinson’s disease. Read more here…

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Adopt a Family Foundation will host its annual fundraiser from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, April 18 at Green Acre, 10300 Campus Point Drive, San Diego. Music is the theme of the evening: Am Echad, Shir Echad – One People, One Song. Read more here…

NOTO Arts Center and Valeo Behavioral Health Care have partnered to bring the community a new kind of art class. The Creative Wellness Series applies an art and music therapy twist to your typical mask and instrument making classes, while helping develop such skills as stress management, self-image and self-care. Read more here…

Guilford Press, one of the leaders in educational publications, has released Music Therapy Handbook, edited by Barbara L. Wheeler. The work covers the research, assessment, application and history of the discipline and will undoubtedly be used as a textbook and reference in collegiate Music Therapy programs. Read more here…

The Friends of the Edmonds Library will meet Thursday, March 26, starting at 1 p.m. for coffee, followed by the 1:30 p.m. guest speaker, Kaylee Tilton, founder of Seattle Music Therapy. Read more here…

Tales of the Neural Tango, a concert/workshop event designed to entertain as well as enlighten the audience to the benefits of music in therapeutic environments, will take place on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. at the Cadek Conservatory on the UTC campus. Read more here…

When I was a child, on most Fridays, my dad, mom, brother and I would travel to Cape Cod to visit my grandparents. For my father, this drive would come after a long day of work, during which he had already commuted from our home, an hour outside of the city, to Boston, where he worked as an accountant, and back home again. He was an intense man, and during these drives to the Cape we were often silent, on edge – unsure how to interpret his sullen and grave demeanor. Read more here…