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Music is widely regarded as a form of art and entertainment. What may be less apparent, however, is music’s value in treating medical conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism and Parkinson’s disease. Read more here…

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Adopt a Family Foundation will host its annual fundraiser from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, April 18 at Green Acre, 10300 Campus Point Drive, San Diego. Music is the theme of the evening: Am Echad, Shir Echad – One People, One Song. Read more here…

NOTO Arts Center and Valeo Behavioral Health Care have partnered to bring the community a new kind of art class. The Creative Wellness Series applies an art and music therapy twist to your typical mask and instrument making classes, while helping develop such skills as stress management, self-image and self-care. Read more here…

Guilford Press, one of the leaders in educational publications, has released Music Therapy Handbook, edited by Barbara L. Wheeler. The work covers the research, assessment, application and history of the discipline and will undoubtedly be used as a textbook and reference in collegiate Music Therapy programs. Read more here…

The Friends of the Edmonds Library will meet Thursday, March 26, starting at 1 p.m. for coffee, followed by the 1:30 p.m. guest speaker, Kaylee Tilton, founder of Seattle Music Therapy. Read more here…

Tales of the Neural Tango, a concert/workshop event designed to entertain as well as enlighten the audience to the benefits of music in therapeutic environments, will take place on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. at the Cadek Conservatory on the UTC campus. Read more here…

When I was a child, on most Fridays, my dad, mom, brother and I would travel to Cape Cod to visit my grandparents. For my father, this drive would come after a long day of work, during which he had already commuted from our home, an hour outside of the city, to Boston, where he worked as an accountant, and back home again. He was an intense man, and during these drives to the Cape we were often silent, on edge – unsure how to interpret his sullen and grave demeanor. Read more here…

In mid-January, Björk—the Icelandic singer, songwriter, producer, creative polymath, and cultural provocateur—rush-released her newest album, “Vulnicura,” after it was leaked online. Stealing Björk tracks feels like a particular sacrilege—it’s one thing for pirates to attack the corporate battleship that is Madonna, but, for Björk fans, taking from her is trampling on sacred ground. The artist handled the situation with her usual equanimity, insisting to her longtime label, One Little Indian, that it release the whole album as a complete work rather than pre-releasing a few singles. Read more here…

James Harder suffered severe burns when his motor home exploded due to a propane leak. Now, he says music therapy has helped him heal both physically and emotionally. Read more here…

When music therapist, Nicola Oddy moved to Perth in 1991 services began at the first Tayside Community home almost immediately. Some of those residents are still receiving those services today. Since then, Tayside Community Options has blossomed to 5 homes in Perth and Music Therapy has been a part of the offerings to residents every step of the way. At the present time they are being offered by newly accredited Rachelle Reinhart and Music Therapy intern, Annabelle Brault.  Read more here…