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An elderly woman was admitted to a medical facility in southern California, but nobody knew what to do for her. She was clearly angry, but she couldn’t communicate, and was impossible to console. After three days, she still did not speak, and would throw punches at anyone who came too close. That’s when staff called in board certified music therapist, Kat Fulton. Read more here…

BEIRUT: “Oh isn’t it good to be as one. Living in perfect harmony, sharing the good things God has done.” So go the lyrics of “Perfect Harmony,” which the London Community Gospel Choir performed during its inaugural concert in Lebanon at the 2011 Beirut Chants Festival. Read more here…

U2 was built for the Big Moments. The band’s music is grandiose, earnest, intensely passionate. The in-concert presentation of that music always has been massive in scale, even when the Irish quartet was playing dives in Dublin and small theaters in the States. Read more here…

Capture and edit photos, put together nature puzzles, and relax to the sound of music with today’s collection of apps and games. All app prices are subject to change at any time and without notice regardless of stated free duration. Price changes are solely under the control of the developers. Read more here…

A board-certified music therapist is using a brand new drum technology called Comfort Sound Technology to help improve the quality of life of patients and their families at a children’s hospital and private practice in Minnesota. Read more here…

A DERBY harpist hopes her music can “reach” a young man who has been in a coma for more than eight weeks. Edd Stafford, 22, a tree surgeon from Derby, has not regained consciousness since being seriously injured in a car crash near Kedleston Hall on October 5. Read more here…

On Wednesday, in the auditorium hall of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, classical music fans will be waiting for the performance of acclaimed Finish soprano Riikka Hakola. This will be Hakola’s first ever performance in the Mediterranean city and second in Egypt following her performance with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ahmed El-Saedi, in an evening that included the Luonnotar, Op 70, a tone-poem for soprano and orchestra by Jean Sibelius, the world acknowledged Finnish composer of the early 20th century. The concert took place at the Cairo Opera House on Saturday, 5 December. Read more here…

Music can be a form of therapy for people who are stressed and depressed. While it has already been proven that music can soothe the minds of ordinary people, a new study found out that music can improve the heart conditions of terminally ill patients, too. Read more here…

Music therapy has been used for over 30 years to successfully ease the symptoms and suffering for patients receiving palliative care, improving the quality of life across all ages and a variety of illnesses. However, few high quality evidence-based studies have existed to support music therapy. A recent trial by a team of researchers from Heidelberg University aims to provide solid evidence on the practice’s impact. Read more here…

For Seal, songwriting is like therapy. And since splitting from Heidi Klum in 2012, he’s been immersed. “It’s really cathartic,” he said. “When people have something that’s ailing them or something that’s weighing on them and they go and see a therapist or a shrink … essentially what they’re trying to do is off-load. They’re trying to share the load. As a songwriter … you can articulate those emotions, or you can take that which is within and get it out.” Read more here…