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Art therapies have become a mainstream partner to medicalised healing. Murals in hospitals, personalised musical memories for dementia sufferers, a Hillsborough memorial symphony – all give respite to troubled souls. Read more here…

Internationally acclaimed Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda along with the Bhakti Bliss Band (composed of Richard Cole on bass, Chuck White on the sitar and Mohan Veena and Ankush Vimawala on tabla) will perform 7:30 p.m. Sunday at The Haven Underground. Read more here…

Sawyer Wood is small for his age, which is 4. He has strawberry blond hair, a tracheotomy, and loves to jump on his hospital bed.The little boy was born with heart failure and whisked to the Hospital for Sick Children at birth. He had open-heart surgery at four days old. Since then, he has spent 80 per cent of his short life in the hospital, the most recent stint going on nine weeks. Read more here…

A music therapy organisation has been nominated for a Pride of Bucks award. Chiltern Music Therapy, based in Chesham, has been nominated for the Healthworker/Team of the Year for the awards. The organisation offers expertise in the fields of learning disabilities, mental health, brain injury and dementia. Read more here…

Music therapy programmes in schools and hospitals are not uncommon in the UK, and in Russia, too, accomplished classical musicians give concerts to sick and disabled people who are unable to leave their beds. Now a play being staged in London has picked up on the theme of music’s healing powers, with I Found My Horn playing at the capital’s Trafalgar Studios. VoR’s arts editor Alice Lagnado reports. Read more here…

CHENNAI: That music can heal is well known and doctors are looking beyond applying melodies that soothe to music for ailments such as cancer and depression. Music therapy also makes a difference to children with neurological disabilities such as spasticity, say health experts in the city. It is applied in the treatment of autism, mental retardation, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities. Read more here…

The popular women’s choir Ensemble Laude was founded in 1996 by soprano Elizabeth MacIsaac, an early-music specialist, and initially it focused exclusively on medieval and other early fare. Over the years, however, its repertoire has greatly expanded, particularly with respect to multicultural and modern music. Read more here…

BOISE — Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center has been awarded $15,600 from the LIVESTRONG Community Impact Project to fund a music therapy program. The project will fund the Jeffrey Frank Wacks Music Therapy Program, according to the hospital. Read more here…

GREENSBORO — Shannon Stewart tapped his feet to the music, nodding his head and smiling with recognition. At moments, he appeared to fight back tears, then quickly recover.  Read more here…

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is one of 13 organizations nationally to receive the LIVESTRONG Community Impact Project award to implement the Jeffrey Frank Wacks Music Therapy Program. Each of the 13 finalist organizations will be awarded $15,600 to help replicate and implement the program in cities across the U.S.  Read more here…