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Ray Conrad pushes his cart stacked with a musician’s chair, his acoustic-electric guitar and two songbooks through the fluorescent-lit hall. The 63-year-old ducks into each door in the Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System’s spinal cord injury ward, searching for a room with a light on and a patient who isn’t occupied.  Read more here…

It was a ragtag band jamming in a small outbuilding on the grounds of the San Antonio Military Medical Center. Some of the half-dozen guitarists were still learning the fingering for the A and E chords; others were more experienced. It didn’t sound great, but that didn’t matter. The men, all wounded warriors, were having fun. Read more here…

Conductor Gregory Vajda says many Hamiltonians are entering Remembrance Day this year in a state of shock and pain, still mourning the death of local soldier Cpl. Nathan Cirillo who was slain in Ottawa. To honour Cirillo, and all of the other soldiers who have served, Vajda will lead the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra through a series of songs he calls “healing” during a Saturday night concert at Hamilton Place.  Read more here…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A unique program is helping both active duty service members and military veterans rebuild their lives after combat with music. Operation Song partners with professional songwriters to help members of the military tell their stories through song. Read more here…

SARASOTA – A celebratory grand opening of a rock music soundstage for children in Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s pediatric care unit abruptly became a closed-door event Monday morning. AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson and his wife, Brenda, donated an undisclosed amount of money to create the “Brian Johnson Music Therapy Center” at the hospital. Read more here…

A music therapist plans to move her growing business to a storefront in southeastern Sioux Falls. Lora Barthelman owns Music Therapy Services of South Dakota and has been in music therapy for 22 years. She previously contracted her services with various facilities and school districts. Read more here…

Every Wednesday morning, wounded warriors gather at the San Antonio Military Medical Center for therapy that rocks. Warrior Cry Music Project, an organization based in San Antonio, provides free musical instruments and lessons to injured soldiers around the country to help them through the healing process. Read more here…

Music fans at a Bexhill independent living centre have been give the chance to spin some tunes on the metaphorical wheels of steel. Two budding DJs with learning disabilities have honed their new DJ-ing skills after taking part in a six-week music workshop at the Langford Centre in Bexhill hosted by musical health organisation Fresh Track. Read more here…

When Orsino utters the famous words, “If music be the food of love, play on”, in Twelfth Night, it is in the hope that a melody might ease his aching heart.  But had he lived in modern times, Shakespeare’s lovesick duke might have discovered it to be the cure for insomnia, depression and anxiety, too. Especially if he had met composer John Levine.  Read more here…

CALGARY- They say music can “soothe the soul” but it turns out, it may be capable of a lot more than that. A conference in Calgary Saturday explored the therapeutic power of music. Music has always been a big part of Jason Crigler’s life. In fact, it helped give him back his life after suffering a stroke that nearly killed him. Read more here…