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Danilo Pérez, president of the Danilo Pérez Foundation and artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), and Patricia Zarate, executive director of Panama Jazz Productions and founder of the Latin American Music Therapy Symposium, are bringing students from the BGJI and Berklee’s music therapy program to Panama City, Panama, to work with the Foundation and other local organizations, August 17 – 21. Through a series of workshops, clinics and music therapy services, the students aim to empower the community to build sustainable music therapy programs at cancer centers, children’s hospitals, and nursing homes. Read more here…

Xavier Dephrepaulezz, the musician currently operating under the mildly controversial moniker of Fantastic Negrito, is ten minutes late for our conversation. As the winner of NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest, he is suddenly fielding a lot of interviews. But the 46-year-old Oakland oddball has been around this block before. Read more here…

Najwa Mahiaddin might be better known as the daughter of former deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyidding Yassin but she is also a popular R&B songstress and she put her soulful voice to good use in a recent music video appealing to listeners to ‘hold up your head Malaysia’ posted to her Facebook page on Thursday. Read more here…

About 80 percent of epilepsy patients have temporal lobe epilepsy, in which seizures originate in the temporal lobe of the brain. Music is processed in the auditory cortex, located in the same region of the brain, which is why researchers from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center wanted to study the connection. Read more here…

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – At Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, a group of volunteers has been *instrumental* in creating an atmosphere where people can heal. Professionally trained at Beth Israel Hospital in New York, one of the most highly-accredited programs in the United States, Keith and Jen Wenzel tour DRMC playing easy listening music for patients, visitors, and staff. Read more here…

A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University has been awarded £100,000 of funding to further investigate how music therapy can help those with dementia. Read more here…

A new research paper presented at the American Psychological Association’s 123rd Annual Convention in Toronto this Sunday (August 9) suggests that music therapy could have numerous benefits for epilepsy sufferers. Read more here…

Concerts Around the Corner, “The Healing Power of Music” Abaca String Band and the Film, Andrew and Wendy, by Josh Aronson at the Studio Around the Corner, Saturday, August 22, 6:30PM Film, 7:30PM Concert. Refreshments will be available.Join us as we explore the connection between healing and music. The evening begins with a screening of the Film, Andrew and Wendy, by Academy Award nominee, Josh Aronson. Read more here…

You usually hear great live music in a pub or a concert hall. But now, thanks to QEII nurse Brody McGee, it can be heard in a hospital. “Music has been, other than nursing, the biggest thing in my life,” says McGee. The 24-year-old started bringing his guitar to work a few months, in hopes of providing patients with a joyful way to pass time. Read more here…

I’ve always been a lover of music. According to my mother, I was dancing to the Bosco theme tune from about 6 months of age and was a dancer for many years after that. m so glad to see my daughter following in my footsteps. In or around 7 months, I saw her little sways starting to emerge whenever we had music playing. Fast forward another 7 months and she’s already been labelled ‘the dancing baby’ by many! The head is shaking, the hands are clapping and the legs are bouncing. Just yesterday as we took a walk down the street, she broke into dance every time the ice-cream van drove past!. Read more here…