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KASAULI: As lovers of music gathered from different parts of the country – and a few flying down from abroad- the fourth edition of the Kasauli Rhythm and Blues Festival took off with music from genres ranging from sufi to rock and blues on Friday evening. Read more here…

“Sounds have a profound way of calming patients,” said Tess Miller, Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) and certified music practitioner (CMP). “Sound can bring heart rates down, help patients breathe easier and sleep better. It can even allow moments for patients and family members to process emotions while in the hospital environment.”
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The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) defines music therapy as an established health profession, in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. Read more here…

She was suffering from a serious bout of depression, as well as dealing with adverse reactions to medications that she had been prescribed. During this time, she visited 10 different doctors while trying to discover which medications worked best for her. Read more here…

As she gets off the BART, Chloe Lipton makes her way to one of her favorite destinations: Maya’s Music Therapy Fund. Her new caretaker, Kayla Jenkins, worries that they might be going in the wrong direction. But Lipton knows exactly where she’s going—after all it’s been 25 years. Read more here…

DES MOINES, Iowa – Music can provide comfort to patients at a time they may need it most. It’s one of a few therapies that can help people when they enter end of life care, and five sisters started an event to help provide the service. Read more here…

From Plato to Martin Luther, and Einstein to Shakespeare, many of history’s brightest minds have made reference to the therapeutic powers of music. Though not dispensed by a pharmacy, music is often considered its own form of medicine, and is widely used in therapeutic settings to help patients with neurological disorders ranging from autism to stroke to dementia, and has even been found to be beneficial in end-of-life care. Read more here…

The Inter-Mountain photo by Brad Johnson Katie Ross of the West Virginia Highlanders of Davis & Elkins College performs ‘Amazing Grace’ during the eighth annual ‘Healing Through Music’ event on the D&E campus Tuesday, as part of Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Month. Read more here…

Montreal neurologist Michael Rasminsky started to play piano when he was 4 or 5. “As a kid, I had wonderful music instruction — I learned about harmony and counterpoint — and terrible piano instruction,” he recalled. When he was 13, he stopped taking lessons but continued to study on his own. As an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, he wrote a musical with David Helwig, who would go on to become a prolific poet, novelist and essayist and be awarded the Order of Canada. Read more here…

More Midstate facilities say they’re looking to music therapy programs as ways to treat their patients. WB Music Therapy say this trend is keeping its practice busy. Patients took part in a music gathering over the weekend at Salem Lutheran Church to showcase their progress. They sang, played instruments, and demonstrated what they’ve learned in their sessions to their loved ones. Two of those performers were young Hannah and Ruth Bohner, who donned Elsa and Anna costumes as they sang a medley of songs from the popular movie, “Frozen.” Read more here…