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NASHVILLE — Belmont University will launch an undergraduate music therapy program this fall, making it the only university in Tennessee to offer such a degree. Read more here…

Schipper, a music therapist with West Music, held two 45-minute sessions at the Cedar Falls Public Library for clients of Comprehensive Systems and North Star Community Services, nonprofit agencies that provide a variety of services for people with disabilities. The event was sponsored by the Friends of the Cedar Falls Library. Read more here…

Belmont officials believe the school is uniquely situated to offer the program because of Nashville’s status as a hub for the health care and music industries. Read more here…

On the August 11th edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett about his new documentary Alive Inside. The film explores music’s ability to combat memory loss through the experiences of individuals who have been rejuvenated by listening to music. How does music affect our brains and people who are aging or mostly unresponsive? What role does music play in your life?Join the conversation on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you. Read more here…

More patients are benefiting from the healing effect of creative art therapies as University of Kentucky HealthCare expands the presence of art and music therapy at the Markey Cancer Center and Eastern State Hospital. Read more here…

Music therapist Katie Fitch laughs with Ava Taylor, 5, during a session using drums to challenge Taylor’s information processing Friday at First Christian Church of Peoria. Fitch, lwho is nearing completion of her master’s degree in music therapy, has been using her church as the base and with her guitar has been able to reach people with problems ranging from developmental disorders, physical and mental health issues and addiction problems. Read more here…

The session begins. Sarah reaches for the neck of the guitar, feeling for its sound. Stephanie Josselyn, a music therapist at Halifax-based music therapy studio Heartsparks, strums while trying to make eye contact with Sarah, leaning into the young girl’s reaching hands. Read more here…

The Healing is a four-piece band hailing from England – London, to be more precise. In their debut EP, Childhood Home, set for release near the end of the month, members Jim Moreton (vocals, guitar), Nicolas Py (drums, percussion), Sam Thiery (bass, guitar), and Ariel Moreton (harmony vocals) have put together a collection of five songs that combine elements of alternative rock, classic rock, soul, and country. The lyrics draw from the themes of childhood memories, family stories, and the connection with family members, which create a cozy, intimate, and almost intimate EP that everyone can connect to in their own special way. Despite the different genres the band draws on, the songs combine to create a sometimes moving and always pleasant experience. Read more here…

Documentary. Written and directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett. (Not rated, 73 minutes.). It isn’t news that musical therapy can produce striking results, but rarely have those good effects been as movingly illustrated as in “Alive Inside.” The documentary’s best moments are scenes of deeply debilitated nursing-home residents responding dramatically to music they enjoyed in earlier days. Read more here…

Throughout the moving new documentary Alive Inside, senior citizen after senior citizen awakens from the near-catatonia of advanced Alzheimer’s or dementia to sing, tap feet, and even dance when an iPod plays music from his or her past. One man who spends his days slumped over in a wheelchair in an institution suddenly starts swaying and belting it out along with a gospel song; another woman, who still lives at home but can’t so much as differentiate the elevator’s up button from the down one, boogies around her living room to the Tremeloes’ “Fa La La, La La, La Le”.  Read more here…