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Several patients at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital received a soothing musical treat Tuesday morning. Members of the South Carolina Philharmonic performed a small concert for children and their families as part of the hospital’s music therapy program. Read more here…

PORTSMOUTH — If you happen to be passing through the lobby or patient floors of Portsmouth Regional Hospital on a Wednesday, you may catch the strains of a harp being played by hospital volunteer Mary Paul. Paul, a Greenland resident, has been bringing her harp to the hospital for almost four years to soothe patients and their families and it also brightens the day of employees lucky enough to have her nearby. Read more here…

A grant of £73,852 has been awarded to a Northamptonshire charity which provides music therapy for seriously ill children by BBC Children in Need. Read more here…

“There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music”, said George Elliot. Music moves us to love, joy, pride, catharsis and patriotism. But what of the health benefits of music therapy?. Read more here…

Today, Matthews sees improvements like this every day at the “movement therapy” center she opened in April 2012 in Pana. Matthews and Connor’s mother, Amanda Taylor, believe movement therapy — a music and movement sensory integration strategy connecting the left and right sides of the brain — has made all the difference for Connor, now 10.  Read more here…

Jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan tells WSJ’s Lee Hawkins about his study of music therapy and how it’s used to help people overcome illnesses and chronic conditions. Read more here…

A grant of £73,852 has been awarded to a Northamptonshire charity that provides music therapy for seriously ill children by BBC Children in Need. Thomas’s Fund was founded in 2007 following the death of Lucy Smith’s son, Thomas, in 2004 from a neuro-degenerative disease. Since then it has helped children and their families across the county. Read more here…

POP star Peter Andre sprinkled a touch of stardust on a music therapy class.The Mysterious Girl singer joined in with a session last week at the Nordoff Robbins unit, based at the Brit School, in Selhurst. Read more here…

According to the VA twenty percent of the veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering with PTSD.In Nashville, a group of songwriters are helping veterans heal with music. They are now working to bring Operation Song to Chattanooga this month.Music can be a powerful healing tool. Country artist Laurel Taylor and writer Don Goodman have seen it happen. They help veterans, veterans wives, and other family members turn their stories into music. Read more here…

Northern Westchester Hospital was forced to abandon its music therapy program about a year ago, due to a lack of funds. But thanks to a generous contribution from North Salem residents Paul Shaffer, who’s served as David Letterman’s musical director for nearly three decades, and his wife, Cathy, songs are now flowing once again throughout the Mount Kisco medical center. Read more here…