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BERKLEY, Mich. (WJBK) – “When I was in school they told me that I wouldn’t be able to do music or anything,” says Jesse Sparks. He has cerebal palsy and other developmental delays, and has always wanted to ray. “It’s all about proving people wrong. You might have challenges but you can still do what you need to do to get where you want to be.” Read more here…

AUSTIN — Musicians are set to perform Oct. 17 to benefit an organization that helps children with brain injuries. Brianna Dupuie, 8, is among the musicians who will take the stage in hopes of earning studio time like this. In reality she’s already won. “She’s a miracle. She’s just a miracle,” said mom Dena Dupuie. “Doctors tell us she was within minutes of dying when she arrived at the hospital and now look at her.” Read more here…

Guitars hang on the walls in musician Chris Trigg’s Victoria home as he begins to play Hallelujah on his acoustic guitar. His daughter Bear begins to sing the lyrics. This is the first time she’s spoken in 22 years. “When this happened it was like ‘oh my god’,” said Trigg, founder and director of the Mighty Hughs Foundation, a charitable foundation providing therapeutic music programs to the special needs community in Greater Victoria. Read more here…

Margo Smith understands living with pain and the emotional healing power of music. She gave an inspired performance Thursday at the Savannah Center trying to make life better for sick children. Read more here…

Jo-El Sonnier leads several prominent Acadiana musicians in a song that will benefit a charitable fund managed by the Community Foundation of Acadiana. The song and video were created with the assistance of the Lieutenant Governor’s office. Courtesy of the Office of the Lt. Governor. Read more here…

ONTARIO — Jonas Routtu is a quiet and reserved 16-year-old who has a love for music. He may not say a lot and prefers to keep to himself, but the Ontario teen has persevered over the last several months with a successful battle against Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Wednesday marked his last chemotherapy treatment at the Infusion Clinic at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Ontario. Read more here…

On May 3rd, the day the curfew was lifted after the uprising ripped through Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray, the House Music DJ duo of Ultra Nate and Lisa Moody was whipping the racially diverse crowd at the Red Maple restaurant and nightclub on Charles Street into a frenzy on the dance floor. Read more here…

WAMFest, the annual Words and Music Festival at Fairleigh Dickinson University, returns with a theme of helping veterans heal and will feature world-renowned artists of several disciplines who will perform and share their insights with audiences. WAMFest begins on Wednesday, Oct. 14, and continues through Friday, Oct. 16. It is free to attend and registration is required. Read more here…

“Music Therapy and Mental Health” is the topic for the Mental Health Ministry program to be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 17, at Grace Lutheran Church. The presenter, certified music therapist Erica Buchhammer, will discuss and demonstrate with numerous musical instruments how music may be used in the treatment of individuals challenged by mental illness or other health issues. Read more here…

Listening to music and being bounced up and down has helped a young woman who was paralyzed regain consciousness and could be a new neurological treatment method, a Japanese professor said at Taipei Medical University (TMU) yesterday. Read more here…