Posts Tagged ‘music’

PostHeaderIcon Music therapy gets boost as treatment of pediatric patients

Angela Wibben is a music therapist at Cardon's Children's Medical Center and said she uses music therapy to comfort and heal pediatric patients. (Source: CBS 5 News)

PHOENIX (CBS5) – Music therapy is growing in popularity as a tool in the rehabilitation and recovery of people suffering various injuries or diseases. It played a key role in the rehabilitation process of former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Music therapy: Juniper Village unveils music & memory program for those with Alzheimer’s

MONROE TWP. — Residents at Juniper Village sat in rocking chairs on a recent afternoon, with earbuds in place, as they listened to music with hopes the songs will bring back some memories. Recently, Juniper Village Wellspring Memory Care Community in Williamstown unveiled a program that utilizes music to aid residents who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, or other forms of dementia. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Carey Music Therapy Program Celebrates 40 Years

Carey Music Therapy Program celebrates 40 years. Photo Source WCU

HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) – This is a news release from William Carey University. The William Carey University music therapy program has entered into its 40th year of providing a quality education to students interested in using their musical talents to enhance the lives of others. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Music therapy brings comfort, healing


Lori Sunshine

Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association will present a new music therapy program provided by music therapist Lori Sunshine.In this type of therapy, a clinically trained professional music therapist uses music therapy to address patients’ and their families’ physical, emotional, cognitive, spiritual and social needs. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Music therapy at NYU Langone

NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) – Walk down the halls of NYU Langone’s Hassenfeld Children’s Center and you’ll hear Johanna Benthal. The 18-year-old has been in and out of the hospital her whole life, but that doesn’t hold her back.
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PostHeaderIcon Teesdale dementia sufferers invited to music therapy session

SINGING: Dementia sufferers and their carers are being invited to the free session in Barnard Castle on Friday

DEMENTIA sufferers and their carers in Teesdale are being invited to take part in a free music therapy this week in Barnard Castle. The Alzheimer’s Society Singing for the Brain session will be held at the Methodist Church on Friday, February 27, from 10am to noon. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Non-profit brings music therapy to Jackson VA

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After a 2002 car accident left Jackson native Robert Henne suffering disability from head and back injuries, he found himself getting treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, thanks to his wife’s career in the Air Force. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Gabby Giffords Says Music Therapy Has Helped Her Recover

Gabby Giffords Says Music Therapy Has Helped Her Recover

Since Gabby Giffords belted out “Maybe” from Broadway’s Annie in a Facebook video that went viral last week, the former congresswoman wants fellow brain-injury patients to know that music has helped her to recover. The video of Giffords and her former music therapist at Houston’s TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation and Research Hospital wasn’t her first stroll through the classic show’s song book, however. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Father and son piano act from Ulverstone overcome alcohol, abuse to prove blues is a healer

Warren Marshall and his son Addison, bonded by music

The healing power of music is a common theme for songwriters and reunited father and son Warren and Addison Marshall are a great example of it. The Ulverstone piano duo were separated for seven years before Warren overcame personal struggles including alcoholism to re-connect with his son. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Farinelli and the King review – Mark Rylance gets lost in music

Mark Rylance in Farinelli and the King.

Plays about mad kings are always popular. After Alan Bennett’s portrait of George III, we now have Claire van Kampen’s fascinating study of the healing impact of music on Spain’s French-born Philippe V. With Mark Rylance as the king, the evening is guaranteed success, but what it really proves is how ideally suited this intimate space is to the mix of drama and music. Read more here

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