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The Fredonia Rotary Club recently welcomed Jackie Ellmauer as a speaker. Ellmauer, recipient of the Lundquist Fellowship, spent eight weeks in Uganda, bringing music therapy to disabled children in several different orphanages. Her presentation included videos of the children singing, dancing and laughing to her music. The Lundquist Fellowship, which began in the international studies department of SUNY Fredonia, is currently administered by the school of music. Read more here…

I have sweet memories of my Dad singing the Irish lullaby to my siblings and me, “Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li | Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush, now, don’t you cry | Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li.” Thinking about that security, trust and love makes me feel safe and happy all over, again. That’s music therapy at it’s best. Read more here…

NASHVILLE, Tenn (AP) – Belmont officials believe the school is uniquely situated to offer the program because of Nashville’s status as a hub for the health care and music industries. Music therapy integrates music into a patient’s overall treatment and recovery program. The therapy is offered to everyone from newborns in the intensive care unit to cancer patients receiving chemotherapy – in addition to those for whom music could reduce the stress of being sick. Read more here…

The song is called, simply, Sarah Elizabeth. Musician Chris Lenz wrote and recorded it for his wife. The song is a gift that might just mean as much to him as it will to her when he surprises her with it on his next home visit. Read more here…

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keyboardist Bernie Worrell is no stranger to Long Branch. After all, he was born in the city. The last time he came through town in 2012, he was given the key to the city by Long Branch mayor Adam Schneider during a performance at the Brighton Bar. Read more here…

MUSIC THERAPIST CAROL Wiedemann spends much of her time at the B.C. Children’s Hospital working with patients in the intensive-care unit and the burn program. Sometimes, she’ll have a young patient play the xylophone to keep them calm during an I.V. insertion. For one four-year-old boy, handing him a drum while she played guitar helped to coax him out of his stroller and overcome his fear. Read more here…

Singing familiar songs may encourage conversation among people with Alzheimer’s disease, a small study shows. Six people with middle- to late-stage Alzheimer’s participated in group music therapy sessions twice a week for one month. The participants were between the ages of 65 and 83. Four were born in Israel; two immigrated to Israel in their early teens. Read more here…

Music therapists have long said that music therapy could be used to help people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia reconnect with their memories and become more social. Recently, a number of studies have been conducted that strengthen the therapy’s potential as an Alzheimer’s care technique. In a small new study published in the Journal of Music Therapy, researchers showed that music could encourage seniors with dementia to be more communicative and engage with the songs they were hearing. Read more here…

Hundreds of people will gather to hear Sheffield soprano Deboroah Norman sing in aid of Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity. Catherine Scott meets her. Read more here…

Music can make you happy, help mend a broken heart or even make you want to dance. But a Pasadena woman uses music for another purpose — to help children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Read more here…