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Using music to access emotion in the moment, music therapists at Four Seasons Compassion for Life are accustomed to going deep to help work through intense feelings in a caring, gentle way. Read more here…

The High School for Health Professions is taking action to improve the overall health of elderly in the Orangeburg community. The Health Occupations Students of America chapter and The Knights of the Sound Table band, under the direction of Dr. Donald Lee, collaborated with the Longwood Plantation Assisted Living Community to take music to residents there from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 16. Residents enjoyed listening to holiday music performed by the band. Read more here…

The first-ever Marie Huenefeld Friend of the School Award goes to – drumroll, please – Huenefeld herself. Huenefeld was elected to the Mariemont City School District Board of Education in November 1987, according to a news release. She served as board president five times before retiring. Read more here…

“Women in the music group also expressed preferences for the type of music they listened to, with lullabies, nature and crystal sounds proving more popular than classical music.” Half of the women were pregnant for the first time and just over half of the pregnancies were planned. The number of women in their second and third trimesters were more or less equal. Read more here…

HSHP strives to establish music therapy as an innovative approach to healthcare being practiced by students in the community. Music therapy is an established health profession in which music is used therapeutically to address physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of individuals. “Music is a very important part of our program. It is something that reaches every resident. It takes them back to fond memories that they may have experienced during different eras in their lives,” Livingston said. Read more here…

When the Great Depression and World War II nearly crippled the American spirit, the radio broadcast the greatest musicians of the day performing concertos in great orchestras. We heard the finest symphonic works conducted by the great Toscanini, Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy and Bruno Walter. How we needed it. Read more here…

Researchers at the Louis Armstrong Center of Music and Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel (MSBI) published their findings in Respiratory Medicine. They suggest that music therapy could be an effective addition to traditional treatment for those with COPD. She explained that care of the chronically ill is moving towards ways to preserve and enhance quality of life of patients through daily activities that feed into their culture, motivations, caregiver/home trends and perceptions of daily wellness routines. Read more here…

Currently children under the age of 3 are unable to receive aid for music therapy. State-assisted programs including First Steps and the use of Department of Mental Health waivers don’t recognize music therapy as a treatment option in part because there’s no state licensing to ensure the practice’s legitimacy. “It is not simply a musician coming in to play, it is a health-care professional coming in who has been trained on the impact of music on the brain or the other body systems regarding pain and Alzheimer’s and memory and with autistic children,” said Swan. Read more here…

Clarke Elementary School students are benefitting from a music outreach program provided by First Presbyterian Church of Henderson. Read more here…

Dr. Laura Beer, Lillieth Grand and Jodi Winnwalker received the 2015 Changemaker Award for Music Therapy Advocacy from the American Music Therapy Association. “Our success in achieving state licensure is deeply appreciated by AMTA national leaders,” said Dr. Beer. She wished to recognize other Oregon music therapists who were also presented with the Changemaker Award: Dawn Iwamasa, Melissa Potts, Chris Korb and Ted Owen, who holds a certificate in music therapy from Marylhurst University.  Read more here…