Posts Tagged ‘music’

PostHeaderIcon To comfort others, Sauk Rapids music therapist summons the power of song

SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. — Erin Ebnet found her voice through music. Now she uses her talents to help others. The Sauk Rapids woman, who was raised in St. Joseph and is a 2001 Apollo High School graduate, is a music therapist. She was inspired to seek her profession after she broke her pelvis during an inline skating accident in college.
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PostHeaderIcon Program helps Wolfson Children’s Hospital patients find healing through music

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A few days before Christmas, Wyatt Morrison’s room is decorated with traditional décor of the holiday season. There’s a small tree in the corner, a few toys spread out. Hand-colored pictures and cards, a wrapped gift.
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PostHeaderIcon Minnesota music therapist helps other tell their stories

SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) – Erin Ebnet found her voice through music. Now she uses her talents to help others. The Sauk Rapids woman, who was raised in St. Joseph and is a 2001 Apollo High School graduate, is a music therapist. She was inspired to seek her profession after she broke her pelvis during an inline skating accident in college.
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PostHeaderIcon Hope on a String: Bringing healing music to Haiti

ARCHIYE, Haiti (PIX11) – This small storage space in lower Manhattan holds more than just old broken instrument. It’s filled with a vision Bennett Rathbun had to make a difference in Haiti. “A violin that’s missing some strings or a saxophone that needs a tune up,” Rathbun said. So four years ago, he left his management consultant job here in New York City to pursue an unexpected opportunity. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon From The Newsroom: Lakewood Theatre’s Lights Go Off; Music Therapy

The 1938 Art Deco venue with the famous neon tower hosted its last show Jan. 2 - at least for the forseeable future.

Top stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: We continue our coverage of the Texas Legislative Session; the director of Preservation Dallas says he’s not sure what’s up next for Lakewood Theatre; Lauren Silverman looks at how music helps terminally ill patients.  Read more here

PostHeaderIcon A Beautiful World: Music proves healing for dogs


Ever wonder how sound and music affects your central nervous system? Turns out it’s similar to how it affects dogs. By using resonance, entertainment and pattern identification, both humans and dogs can charge up or calm their central nervous systems. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Daily Meditation: Music For Healing


We all need help maintaining our personal spiritual practice. We hope that these Daily Meditations, prayers and mindful awareness exercises can be part of bringing spirituality alive in your life. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Music therapist setting the stage for Golisano patients

LEE COUNTY, FL – The Golisano Children’s Hospital is turning some of it’s sick patients into rock stars — transforming their hospital rooms into a virtual fantasy. The hospital is eight-year-old Michael Gleisle’s second home.  Since the day he was born, Michael has spent half of his life in the hospital.  His asthma is so severe, it could kill him.  Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Adults reap benefits from music therapy

Keys to better health

Dr. Rodney Brunson took over his daughter’s piano lessons a few years ago when she decided she’d rather play the saxophone. At first, Brunson, 59, just wanted to learn to play a few songs. But after a few lessons, he decided he actually wanted to learn how to play, including musical theory and how to read music. Read more here

PostHeaderIcon Woods music therapy graduate designs one-of-a-kind drum table

Woods music therapy graduate designs one-of-a-kind drum table

“This isn’t something we can just give a final ‘ta-da’ and it’s done,” Sherry Bube, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College music therapy graduate, said while presenting her senior grant-funded project at the 2014 Ball Venture Fund Colloquium. Although Bube graduated this past spring, she has continued to work diligently on the final stages of BEAT! — Bring Everyone Around the Table — her project to design and create an electronic drum table for use in therapeutic settings. Read more here

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