Music For Maternity

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A new program on Vashon is proving that an activity many people take for granted — plugging in headphones and listening to music — can make a big difference in the lives of the elderly. “They light up when they see it’s time for their music,” said Deborah Byington, the Life Enrichment Program coordinator at Vashon Community Care. “You can really see the change in expression on their faces.” Read more here…

A few days before Christmas, Wyatt Morrison’s room is decorated with traditional décor of the holiday season. There’s a small tree in the corner, a few toys spread out. Hand-colored pictures and cards, a wrapped gift. Read more here…

Musician and co-founder Michael Franti said, “I don’t know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.” Sara Agah, other co-founder of the Do It For The Love Foundation is an emergency room nurse who sees firsthand what life-threatening illnesses do to not only patients but also their loved ones. Read more here…

PUDUCHERRY: The centre for music therapy education and research (CMTER) of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth has proposed to hold a series of events including music therapy sessions on health and wellbeing for senior citizens and community singing at Bahour until January 10 to mark its fourth anniversary. The mass singing event will improve the self-confidence of senior citizens.  Read more here…

Over mass singing, flash mobs and therapy sessions, the Centre for Music Therapy Education and Research (CMTER) at Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth will seek to popularise the medical benefits of music. Read more here…

The famous quote spoken by Hans Christian Andersen back in the 1800s still rings true today, particularly in the eyes of Erin Currie. The music therapist has seen first-hand the impact of song, one she hopes to share with families throughout the region. Read more here…

If music be the food of love, play on—the world’s greatest bard Shakespeare had  discovered the potency of melody on the senses as early as the 15th century. Even the half insane Nero, king of Rome, had played the harp while Rome was ‘burning’ to ‘soothe his fraught nerves’. The world at large has always resorted to music to calm the mind and relax taut or frayed nerves, so it is not surprising that it is being used as therapy, be it for pregnant women or autistic children. Read more here…

Erin Ebnet found her voice through music. Now she uses her talents to help others. The Sauk Rapids woman, who was raised in St. Joseph and is a 2001 Apollo High School graduate, is a music therapist. She was inspired to seek her profession after she broke her pelvis during an inline skating accident in college. Read more here…

FUKUOKA–After a long day training as a medical intern at a nearby hospital, Arisu Akiyama peels off her white lab coat and takes the stage as a member of LinQ, a Fukuoka-based idol singing group. Read more here…

Iraq combat veteran Adan Olid, center, works on a song with songwriters Darden Smith, left, and Marshall Crenshaw during the Songwriting With Soldiers retreat at the Carey Institute for Global Good on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, in Rensselaerville, N.Y. Olid is one of more than 100 veterans who have turned their stories into sometimes affectingly personal songs at Songwriting With Soldiers retreats. Read more here…