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The HARP NuLife Residential Treatment Program for addiction and substance abuse related matters announced this week the launch of a breakthrough music therapy program currently unseen throughout the Southern California region. Located in Woodland Hills, California, considered among Los Angeles County’s more prestigious areas, the inpatient recovery facility is merging a professional in-house recording studio within a full-scope therapy program aimed at further enhancing long-term sobriety success rates. Read more here…

The Sunbeams Music Trust has already made its mark in Cumbria, proving the power of music to heal.But now this inspirational charity has its sights set on creating a £2 million music therapy centre on a site at Redhills near Penrith. Read more here…

Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania to fund a new music therapy initiative.The “Love Story” singer’s generous sum will help fund a specialized programming system, which will allow young cancer patients to create and produce their own music during their treatment. Read more here…

The MSU Community Music School will host the 12th Annual Eric ‘RicStar’ Winter Music Therapy Camp June 9-14. RicStar’s Camp welcomes individuals of all ages with special needs as well as their siblings. Camp will be held for children and adolescents at 9:30 a.m. from June 9 to June 11 and will be held foradults at 9 a.m. from June 12 to June 14 at the Community Music School located at 4930 S. Hagadorn Rd. in East Lansing. Read more here…

Sun Health will offer a free class on music therapy for dementia patients from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at The Colonnade, Recreation Village, 19116 Colonnade Way, Surprise. Read more here…

WOULD you rifle through your CDs to look for your favorite song if you were on the verge of giving birth? If so would you pick out a power ballad, a dance floor filler or a rousing rock classic? According to a study, four out of five mums now listen to music whilst giving birth. Read more here…

Cancer Center. PHILADELPHIA, June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced a $50,000 gift from seven-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift, which will be used to create specialized programming for teens with cancer treated at CHOP’s Cancer Center. The first initiative will be to establish a high-tech music therapy cart for teens to create and produce their own music while they go through cancer treatment. Read more here…

Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are the conventional weapons used to battle cancer, but now Greenville Health System is adding music therapy to the mix. Read more here…

Garrett Willner was almost 4 years old when he sang his first words. His mother, Joy Willner, was worried he might never talk. Then, one day during an afternoon bath, Garrett opened his mouth and began to sing “C is for Cookie” from the popular children’s TV show sesame street. Read more here…

Music therapist Kate Beever met with a client once who refused to take his medications. The man, in his late 60s, was hospitalized with prostate cancer and reluctant to interact with the medical providers trying to help him.  Read more here…