Posts Tagged ‘music’
Using ‘language of music’ as therapeutic tool

Kim McMillin describes music as her language, one she has helped others become fluent in through her business, The Center for Music Therapy. Read more here…
Music therapists help patients with end-of-life care
Using music to access emotion in the moment, music therapists at Four Seasons Compassion for Life are accustomed to going deep to help work through intense feelings in a caring, gentle way. Read more here…
Schools given music therapy grant for SEN students

Newlands Special School, Middleton, and Great Howarth School, Smallbridge, were among 20 schools chosen in the Greater Manchester area to receive grants to aid children with special educational needs (SEN). Read more here…
Music therapists help patients with end-of-life care

Using music to access emotion in the moment, music therapists at Four Seasons Compassion for Life are accustomed to going deep to help work through intense feelings in a caring, gentle way. Read more here…
HSHP students offer music therapy to assisted living community

The High School for Health Professions is taking action to improve the overall health of elderly in the Orangeburg community. The Health Occupations Students of America chapter and The Knights of the Sound Table band, under the direction of Dr. Donald Lee, collaborated with the Longwood Plantation Assisted Living Community to take music to residents there from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 16. Residents enjoyed listening to holiday music performed by the band. Read more here…
Education in brief: Mariemont dishes out namesake award; Mason uses music therapy

The first-ever Marie Huenefeld Friend of the School Award goes to – drumroll, please – Huenefeld herself. Huenefeld was elected to the Mariemont City School District Board of Education in November 1987, according to a news release. She served as board president five times before retiring. Read more here…
Music Therapy Calms During Pregnancy

“Women in the music group also expressed preferences for the type of music they listened to, with lullabies, nature and crystal sounds proving more popular than classical music.” Half of the women were pregnant for the first time and just over half of the pregnancies were planned. The number of women in their second and third trimesters were more or less equal. Read more here…
HSHP students offer music therapy to assisted living community

HSHP strives to establish music therapy as an innovative approach to healthcare being practiced by students in the community. Music therapy is an established health profession in which music is used therapeutically to address physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of individuals. “Music is a very important part of our program. It is something that reaches every resident. It takes them back to fond memories that they may have experienced during different eras in their lives,” Livingston said. Read more here…
Joe Coffman: Hearing the healing

When the Great Depression and World War II nearly crippled the American spirit, the radio broadcast the greatest musicians of the day performing concertos in great orchestras. We heard the finest symphonic works conducted by the great Toscanini, Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy and Bruno Walter. How we needed it. Read more here…
Music therapy increases effectiveness of rehabilitation

Researchers at the Louis Armstrong Center of Music and Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel (MSBI) published their findings in Respiratory Medicine. They suggest that music therapy could be an effective addition to traditional treatment for those with COPD. She explained that care of the chronically ill is moving towards ways to preserve and enhance quality of life of patients through daily activities that feed into their culture, motivations, caregiver/home trends and perceptions of daily wellness routines. Read more here…