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When it comes to music, it doesn’t really fit in the I-like-it-or- I-don’t-like-it-category. Obviously, there are different types of music that we’ll completely shut ourselves off to–which is also kind of weird to me–but to have an underdeveloped appreciation for any kind of music at all ranks up there with a person who says they don’t like sunshine. Read more here…

“Music can calm patients, improve mood and relax them as well,” Ramsey said. “A song can relieve some stress and momentarily take them to another point in time.” Read more here..

It was very fitting that between Veterans’ Day, when we recognize our veterans and all they have done for our country, and Thanksgiving, when we show our gratitude for so many and for so much, the creation of a music therapy program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) was announced. What an appropriate way to honor and provide assistance to those who serve our country! Read more here….

The staff at The Blakeford at Green Hills knows that, perhaps better than anyone. That’s why the nursing home and assisted living facility has put a program into place that has nothing to do with medicine, and is already seeing results. Read more here….

Patients, families and staff at Stanford Hospital take notice when a petite blond woman, pulling a dolly with a full-size harp and a chair, walks through the door. Read more here…

This holiday season as parents hold their children a little closer because of it… A local nine-year-old is using her voice to encourage those still mourning the victims’ deaths. Read more here…

There’s no denying music is strongly tied to memory. Whether it’s the song they played at your senior prom or your grandmother’s favourite record from Sunday dinners, music has a way of taking us back. For those living with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, this simple fact may be the key to unlocking parts of the brain and creating a new form of therapy. Read more here by clicking here…..

Mickey Hart and Adam Gazzaley are examining the effect music and rhythm may have as a therapeutic agent. The reliance of the body on rhythm is more evident in a number of natural cycles, and Adam Gazzaley, director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at the University of California San Francisco, explained, “Brain activity fluctuates— it oscillates in rhythmic patterns and different rhythms are represented throughout the brain in terms of how its activity changes over time.” Read more here…

Music can evoke memories, connect us with our history and traditions, and bring us closer together. In fact, music, harmony, and rhythm have always played a central role in ritual celebrations, stirring the subconscious and, ultimately, promoting healing on all levels–physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Read more here….

Music has the power to make people dance, sing, smile or cry, and its positive effects are clear when composer and arranger, Itay Goren performs at The Allendale Community for Mature Living, a senior campus. “Music transcends our daily language, and uplift spirits,” said Goren. “It reawakens something in people that makes them feel more alive.” Read more here….