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Patrick Zulinov has seen the impact of music therapy up close. “Whether it’s a kid in the burn ward who just needs something uplifting or it’s seniors who could be suffering from Alzheimer’s, it works,” he said. He also recalled observing a spinal-injury patient at G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre who resisted treatment but “beat the hell out of some drums to get his anger out. Through that, the music therapist worked with him to get his rhythm and motion going, and it was amazing to see what they did. Read more here…

Over the past 39 years, San Diego Repertory Theatre has carved itself an artistic niche for celebrating the stories of what co-founder Sam Woodhouse calls “those without a place at the table.” So to kick off the company’s 40th season this week, Woodhouse is directing the San Diego premiere of “Violet,” an award-winning country/bluegrass musical about a disfigured woman fighting for the life she deserves but has long been denied. Read more here…

MIAMI (CBSMiami) —  A 20-year-old man is celebrating the gift of life after receiving a liver transplant but that’s not the only thing that saved him. Angel Lopez says music also saved him and on Tuesday he performed a concert at Holtz Children’s Hospital as a thank you. Read more here…

Playing music while patients are having surgery can ease their pain and anxiety, even if patients are completely unconscious, researchers reported Wednesday. They didn’t directly study the effects of music on pain but collated the results of 72 different studies that did. The results were clear: music helped ease pain and anxiety, even if it didn’t help patients recover any faster. Read more here…

Dearborn Heights — Singing in unison, the voices of two dozen girls filled the room — and the hearts of their audience at the Vista Maria treatment center. “There is a war going on and no one can see …,” they sang, bringing some in the crowd to tears. Read more here…

Music Therapy Gateway In Communications, Inc. has received a grant from ArtsBuild and the Tennessee Arts Commission. The 2015-16 “Arts Build Communities” grant will support the continuation of a concert series designed to highlight the value of music in therapy. Read more here…

WARWICK — Numerous studies demonstrate that familiar and likable music can reduce depression while increasing sociability, movement and cognitive ability and decreasing agitation and other behavior problems, according to the Institute for Music and Neuralgic Function, a leading authority in clinical music therapy. Read more here…

Willie Nelson: country legend, writer, activist ….and healer? Yes that’s right. The parents of a four year-old girl in Texas are crediting the singer with helping their child, who suffered several health complications after being born prematurely.According to Amarillo’s News Channel 10, little Ava Adams underwent 12 surgeries in the first 15 months of her life and spent most of her infancy in a neonatal intensive center. Read more here…

Playing music while patients are having surgery can ease their pain and anxiety, even if patients are completely unconscious, researchers reported Wednesday. They didn’t directly study the effects of music on pain but collated the results of 72 different studies that did. The results were clear: music helped ease pain and anxiety, even if it didn’t help patients recover any faster. Read more here…

A COMPANY boss is to swim the length of Windermere to raise money for the Sunbeams Music Trust.Steve Kitchen, of Levens, attends a monthly Sunbeams music therapy session at Sandgate School, Kendal, with his wife, Rachel, and their two young daughters. The 43-year-old told the Citizen that he wanted to give something back to ‘this amazing charity’, which delivers more than 70 live music workshops to 1,458 children and adults each month. Read more here…