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EDMONTON — Jeremiah Manitopyes, whose native name is Old Man Eagle, is known to most as Drezus, his hip hop moniker. The 32-year-old has been following his musical passion for over 10 years. Now, he has been nominated for four Indigenous Music Awards. Read more here…

Community leaders are pulling together what’s being called a “gathering for healing” Thursday in the wake of last week’s theater shootings. The specifics were still being worked out late Tuesday, but the event — “Lafayette Strong: United. Honor. Heal” — is scheduled to run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Blackham Coliseum on Johnston Street. Doors open at 6 p.m. Read more here…

The music therapy program at The Children’s Hospital in Westmead gets all sorts of requests for a tune and is yet to knock one back. It’s a policy that often fills the wards with music of all sorts, from traditional nursery rhymes to good old-fashioned hard rock. Registered music therapist Roxanne McLeod she was happy to facilitate whatever music the children requested. Read more here…

Having weathered one of the lower ebbs in love and life this year, the torch song-singing heiress has 2017 in her sights. Calendars are being dotted; diaries, scribbled. As part of an ambitious plan to mark Canada’s sesquicentennial two July 1sts from now, plans are officially afoot for “The Canadian Songbook,” a musical project covering some of the country’s most beloved songs reimagined through new arrangements, featuring nation-wide orchestras from Newfoundland to British Columbia. Read more here…

Music therapy can provide significant benefits for people with dementia living in UK care homes, according to new research by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). Music therapy can provide significant benefits for people with dementia living in UK care homes, according to new research by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). Read more here…

On Sunday, the Note-Able Music Therapy Service hosted the 3rd annual biggest little music festival. The nine hour event featured 11 local bands celebrating all types of music. Note-Able is the only non-profit music therapy agency in Nevada. Organizers say they serve more than 600 people with disabilities throughout the Truckee Meadows. Read more here…

Anna Maria College and Holy Trinity Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Worcester are sure that, together, they can make beautiful music happen for the residents of the nursing facility. Lisa Summer, professor and director of music therapy at AMC, is working with AMC alumna Danielle Pilotte and Holy Trinity to provide personalized iPods to about 30 elderly residents. The music-therapy project will focus on listening as a daily resource. Holy Trinity received a grant from UnitedHealthcare to help fund the project. Read more here…

FOR BABIES AND PARENTS, WEEKS, EVEN MONTHS, SPENT IN THE BE STRESSFUL. THAT’S WHERE MUSIC THERAPY COMES IN, HELPING THE BABIES GROW AND DEVELOP IN A RELAXED ENVIRONMENT. Read more here…

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – A program that helps injured soldiers by teaching them music has just expanded beyond Fort Campbell.Music bursting from a darkly lit room on Music Row, Southern blues was playing loud, then taken down soft and smooth. No one could resist the urge to tap along. For the band playing, it wasn’t their usual venue of playing behind the purple brick and paint-brushed windows of Tootsie’s downtown. Away from stage lights, the audience was all soldiers, veterans and active duty. Read more here…

When doctors told Adrian Piza’s parents their baby would never walk or talk after he suffered a massive brain haemorrhage at just 10 months old, it was a crushing blow. But at age 10 Adrian today is not only walking and talking, he’s ‘shredding’ heavy metal guitar and playing concerts to other sick kids after making an amazing recovery his family puts down to the power of music therapy. Read more here…