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PEORIA — Of all the careers Katie Fitch could have chosen, the 24-year-old Peorian was drawn to music therapy. Fitch used her voice, her guitar, some space and some serious education to start introducing music therapy to the Peoria area. Using an empty office in her mother’s church — First Christian Church of Peoria — as a base of operations, Fitch has given musical therapy sessions to about 30 Peoria area people. Read more here…

For several centuries, music and therapy have been closely linked in human history. In earlier times, music’s supernatural powers were attributed to the warding off of evil spirits, absolving of sins and the placating of the gods. By 1789, the first article on Music Therapy appeared and since then, music progressively gained recognition for its therapeutic value. Today, Music Therapy is known for a range of observable health benefits, including but not limited to developing communication skills, helping decrease pain and anxiety, and reducing of stress. Moreover, Music Therapy encourages creativity and happiness. Read more here…

REGINA — Art Desnomie isn’t physically able to play a banjo. But that didn’t stop him from plucking a tune on Friday afternoon. Thanks to an iPad app, Desnomie collaborated with five fellow residents of Wascana Rehabilitation Centre during the windup of a 12-week program called Improvising With iPads. Read more here…

Elizabeth Feytser’s tiny pink toes tap ever so slightly to the tune of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” playing at her cribside in the Sutter Children’s Center ICU. The soothing timbre of music therapist Kathleen Humphries’ voice rolls over the hum of heart monitors and oxygen pulsers as the 6-month-old’s lips curve into a curious smile. Read more here…

Whether you prefer jamming out to rock and roll, grooving to jazz or relaxing to classical, music can often be just what you need to brighten up your day. But listen to this: While your favorite music provides a shot of acoustic pleasure, it also has a very real impact on your everyday health and fitness. Read more here…

PEORIA, ILL. Of all the careers Katie Fitch could have chosen, the 24-year-old Peorian was drawn to music therapy. Fitch used her voice, her guitar, some space and some serious education to start introducing music therapy to the Peoria area. Using an empty office in her mother’s church — First Christian Church of Peoria — as a base of operations, Fitch has given musical therapy sessions to about 30 Peoria area people. Read more here…

Joanne Shenandoah traces her ancestry back seven generations to Chief Oskanondonha, also known as Skenando, chief of the Oneida people. Oral tradition passed down through those generations holds that Skenando, who lived to be 110, was instrumental in aiding the American cause in the Revolutionary War.Read more here…

When filmmaker Anne Henderson decided to make a documentary about Claire Duchesneau, a hearing-impaired social worker who strives to rediscover her singing voice, she was not prepared for events to unfold for the worse. Read more here…

Strand of Oaks’ Timothy Showalter has never been a confessional songwriter. His 2010 album, Pope Killdragon, was a sort of sci-fi creation, featuring his story of Dan Aykroyd avenging the death of the late John Belushi. But the process for his newest record, Heal, has been different. Influenced by a personal realization that he (in the lyrics of “Goshen ’97”) had become “fat, drunk and mean,” Showalter began to change his life. He wrote a record about it. And then a terrible Christmas Day car accident involving two semi trucks changed him even further. Read more here…

You can’t be all things to all people, it’s quite true: just look what happened to Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers. All right, mass popularity and enormous sales, bad example, but a band who can’t decide what they want to be usually ends up as a terrifying mix of song styles and hideously clashing genres, and… hang on, perhaps the Jive Bunny reference was right after all. Read more here…