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Many of you have probably heard the stories of people donating their hair to a charity that will then take their hair and make wigs out of it.  This week, we have a story of one of our very own students donating his hair for a good cause. Read more here…

Having a notable family name hasn’t stopped Brian Blade from finding his own niche in the music industry. For as long as he can remember the jazz singer, songwriter, drummer and composer has loved music. Blade is the son of Dorothy and Brady Blade Sr., the pastor of Zion Baptist Church for more than 50 years, and the younger brother of Brady Blade Jr., a Grammy-winning drummer, composer and record producer. Read more here…

Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson has had the type of career most artists only dream about. In over a decade since she won ‘American Idol,’ the singer has accumulated 91 No. 1 singles on the Billboard charts and sold over 20 million albums worldwide. But life wasn’t always so rosy for the superstar. Read more here…

My focus is to ensure that we, as #TeamFermata, provide the best service possible, and exceed expectations, as well as providing support and guidance to my team to empower them. Aside from that, there is a hefty amount of administration.  Read more here…

IT’S not important to Matthew that the woman singing to him is Scotland’s best-selling female artist of all time. She has six platinum albums, 11 gold and seven silver. She has two Olivier Awards for her acting, an OBE from the Queen. It’s not important to the 17-year-old that she’s best pals with Billy Connolly, Eric Clapton and the late Gerry Rafferty. He just likes her voice, and the rhythm of her song, January, February, as she sings it for him in his music therapy session. Read more here…

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) – Almost a year ago, Cathy Flowers of Lake Charles was told she would never be able to move or speak again. Flowers suffered a stroke last May and was unable to open her mouth on her own. Read more here…

GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Hospice offers music therapy as part of their services to patients, and Leslie Shoecraft, neurologic music therapist, of Rhythm-N-You, spearheads the efforts for the program. Read more here…

Musicians Martha Summa-Chadwick, Mark Reneau, Nikolasa Tejero, and the CSO String quartet collaborate for Chamber Music for Body and Soul II. A collaborative chamber music concert sponsored by the UTC Department of Music will take place at the Roland Hayes Auditorium in the Fine Arts Center on the UTC campus on Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The concert, a continuation of a concert series begun last year and named “Chamber Music for Body and Soul II,” is designed to highlight the therapeutic as well as artistic elements of music. Read more here…

Jane Reynolds can’t imagine doing anything else: “I love working with people. I love hearing their stories. I love seeing how they can change their life with a bit of support.” he makes it sound easy, but as an occupational therapist (OT) working as a community forensic mental health practitioner, Reynolds is tasked with engaging some of the hardest to reach service users: people with severe mental disorders, including severe and enduring mental illness and personality disorder, usually with a history of violent crime. “They don’t want to listen to country and western music, or dig a garden, generally,” she says. Read more here…

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Music can make you cry, laugh, feel excited or angry. It’s a powerful medium that can be used as a tool if we know how to use it. Experts say music can improve our mood and even change behavior. Read more here…