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The Garage has written often about the Bandwagon, a portable recording studio that is installed at the B.C. Children’s Hospital, another that is available in institutions on the lower mainland and still another that will be roaming Vancouver Island. Read more here…

Two years and 34 surgeries after Kirstie Ennis was injured in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the retired Marine Corps veteran is still fighting to keep her leg. And while the road to recovery has been far from easy, one hobby has made a big difference in keeping her spirits up: listening to and creating electronic music. Read more here…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A local veteran and student at the SAE Institute is trying to help his comrades through music. Noah Jimenez started a Tennessee chapter of Guitars 4 Vets, a nationwide music therapy program for former members of the armed forces who suffer from mental, physical, and emotional distress. Jimenez provides fundraising and awareness-building services, as well as free weekly guitar lessons for the program. Read more here…

A music therapist from South Wales has told of her horror at being tear gassed while working with special needs children in Palestine. Liz Coombes, from Cardiff, says it is the first time she has been tear gassed during 10 years working as a volunteer there. But she has promised to return, despite mounting problems in recent months, and hopes to send students from the music therapy MA course she leads at the University of South Wales to teach there. Read more here…

Bethesda, Maryland (CNN) — When Capt. Greg Galeazzi joined the Army seven years ago, he was well aware of the risks he would face. “Of course you accept that injuries or death is a possibility,” Galeazzi said. “This is what happens to soldiers who fight wars.” In 2011, that possibility became Galeazzi’s reality. While leading his platoon on a routine morning patrol, an improvised explosive device detonated beneath him. Read more here…

Tim Bavington + Sprat Artistic Ensemble will host a benefit to bring a music therapy program called “Music & Memories” to the residents of Pacifica Senior Living, a Las Vegas-based facility for seniors who have forms of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Read more here…

Native American flutist, Southwest world-instrumentalist and songwriter Randy Granger will appear at the Shop Yoga Studio, 1167 Woodside Ave., on Sunday, Sept. 14, as part of a Utah tour.. In addition to performing an array of music on his flute, and hang drum (a convex steel percussion instrument), and singing songs, Granger will also host a seminar. Read more here…

Most people have heard of music therapy, but few have seen the treatment work its magic quite like it does in the documentary Alive Inside. The film explores the therapy through an advocate’s attempts to use the it in nursing homes. Read more here…

A Long Island City gallery is hosting a special event on Thursday to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Studio J is featuring works of artist and illustrator Al Johnson, titled “Visual Healing,” and designed to help ease viewers’ troubles. Read more here…

SURREY — When you hear that someone is “jumping on the bandwagon,” it’s rarely a good thing. For bikers who are joining in on Saturday (Sept. 13)’s Music Therapy Ride, which will start off at Coquitlam’s Hard Rock Casino and roll up to Whistler, jumping on the bandwagon is exactly what they want to do. Read more here…