Music For Maternity

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I’m always amazed by the giving, selfless nature of many performing artists. I mean, it should come as no surprise — watch any big fundraiser or awareness campaign, and inevitably you’ll see performances or calls for help from musicians giving both their time and their talent to a cause. Read more here…

HOLYOKE — The Alchemy Artisan Fair will unleash vendors’ creations and other surprises April 15 to 17 at Gateway City Arts, 92 Race St. “Now in its third year at Holyoke’s Gateway, City Arts the Alchemy Artisan Fair packs a weekend full of entertainment, live music, eclectic food, creative workshops, a vendors’ market with art, crafts and artisan goods, and its newest addition – a room dedicated to healing arts,” said Vitek Kruta, artist, muralist, art restorer, set designer, teacher and co-founder of Gateway City Arts. Read more here…

ONTARIO – The Mansfield Civitan Club and Cinemark Studios plan to show a movie, “Alive Inside,” that explores music therapy for people who suffer from mental disabilities such as alzheimers, dementia and autism. Read more here…

“She loves music!” Joe Demartino smiled. “It lifts his spirits,” Rachel Gomes said. “When she started hearing the music and saw the guitar is distracts her,” Sharon Sverd described. A distraction from the doctors, tests and pain, that is instrumental for these children. Read more here…

Students at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts pursuing a degree in music therapy have partnered with Presbyterian Village North, a senior living community in Dallas, to lead weekly therapy sessions as part of their degree requirements. Read more here…

They are a far cry from bottles of medication, needles and gauze, but Leslie Saulsbury said the long, colorful plastic tubes in her office at Altru Health System that make different sounds when their hard surfaces are hit are a kind of medical tool. Read more here…

We are writing to express the importance of UND’s music therapy program to the students of North Dakota. We are associated with the Upper Valley Special Education Unit, which serves special needs students in nine districts in northeastern North Dakota. Music therapy has become available to the schools in the unit in recent years. It has proven to be a very valuable tool for helping students with a variety of needs, including students with autism, those with emotional problems and students who need to work on motor skills. Read more here…

Our son, Kyle, was the victim of a train accident on Aug., 21, 2013, while he was working for the Mosquito Control Division of the Grand Forks Health Department. He was very fortunate to have lived through the ordeal, but his mobility, speech and processing abilities will never be what they were pre-trauma. Read more here…

BETHANY, Oklahoma – An Oklahoma toddler is experiencing the healing powers of music at The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Bethany. Kolton Carter of Healdton had a heart transplant as an infant and part of his rehab is musical therapy, which many people do not know about. Read more here…

RICHLAND, Wash — There’s some great live music playing in Richland, but the venue may surprise you. There is a grand piano at Kadlec Regional Medical Center, tucked away in the corner of the lobby. At the bench is 73-year old Richard Williams. He’s been playing since childhood and continues today, despite his Parkinson’s disease. “That’s when I came here, to keep my hands exercised and moving,” says Williams. Read more here…