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IT’S not important to Matthew that the woman singing to him is Scotland’s best-selling female artist of all time. She has six platinum albums, 11 gold and seven silver. She has two Olivier Awards for her acting, an OBE from the Queen. It’s not important to the 17-year-old that she’s best pals with Billy Connolly, Eric Clapton and the late Gerry Rafferty. He just likes her voice, and the rhythm of her song, January, February, as she sings it for him in his music therapy session. Read more here…

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) – Almost a year ago, Cathy Flowers of Lake Charles was told she would never be able to move or speak again. Flowers suffered a stroke last May and was unable to open her mouth on her own. Read more here…

GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Hospice offers music therapy as part of their services to patients, and Leslie Shoecraft, neurologic music therapist, of Rhythm-N-You, spearheads the efforts for the program. Read more here…

Musicians Martha Summa-Chadwick, Mark Reneau, Nikolasa Tejero, and the CSO String quartet collaborate for Chamber Music for Body and Soul II. A collaborative chamber music concert sponsored by the UTC Department of Music will take place at the Roland Hayes Auditorium in the Fine Arts Center on the UTC campus on Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The concert, a continuation of a concert series begun last year and named “Chamber Music for Body and Soul II,” is designed to highlight the therapeutic as well as artistic elements of music. Read more here…

Jane Reynolds can’t imagine doing anything else: “I love working with people. I love hearing their stories. I love seeing how they can change their life with a bit of support.” he makes it sound easy, but as an occupational therapist (OT) working as a community forensic mental health practitioner, Reynolds is tasked with engaging some of the hardest to reach service users: people with severe mental disorders, including severe and enduring mental illness and personality disorder, usually with a history of violent crime. “They don’t want to listen to country and western music, or dig a garden, generally,” she says. Read more here…

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Music can make you cry, laugh, feel excited or angry. It’s a powerful medium that can be used as a tool if we know how to use it. Experts say music can improve our mood and even change behavior. Read more here…

ST. CLOUD – The world drumming group at St. Cloud State University is working on their drumming circle to help people relax. Last semester they hosted a relaxation chamber, which gave students a chance to sit down, breathe, and meditate. Dr. Terry Vermillion got the idea from watching a percussionist duo perform at a spa in Switzerland.
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A new study suggests music therapy may be used to reduce depression in children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional problems. Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast found children who received music therapy had significantly improved self-esteem and significantly reduced depression compared with those who received treatment without music therapy. Read more here…

Gregg Turner, a founder back in the ’70s of the Los Angeles punk group Angry Samoans, says he suffers from SDD — “songwriter’s delusional disorder.” To relieve his pain, Turner is undertaking his second solo-recording project in three years. On Saturday, Jan.  Read more here…

Los Angeles (KABC) — Oscar winner Anne Hathaway not only stars in, but is also one of the producers of the new romantic drama “Song One.” The team who brought the film to life is a tight-knit group. Hathaway has been friends with the movie’s director, Kate Barker Froyland, since they worked together on “The Devil Wears Prada” over a decade ago. Read more here…