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On her worst days, when she cannot stop crying or shake the agitation, it is music that calms the 79-year-old Alzheimer’s patient. Nine years into her diagnosis, the woman who once loved to sing and dance, who worked as an attorney in Pittsburgh, no longer can muster up lyrics. The disease has taken her speech, as it did her memory of daily routines, of people and events, and even her knowledge of self.
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Haven’t we all had the experience of listening to music and suddenly sensing a change in our mood? I’m sure all of us can recall feeling a flood of emotions when hearing a song associated with a joyful, exciting or even sorrowful time in our life. Read more here…

Over the past two weeks 5 News has told you about how music therapy has been put to work right here in our communities. Now you’ll see what a music therapy session actually looks like. Our reporter Renata Di Gregorio sat in on one with a 6-year old boy from Shinnston. Read more here…

In the early 2000s, Mr. Lif — also known as Jeffrey Haynes — made a good living writing, performing and rapping with the other artists on the hip-hop label he helped define, Definitive Jux. And then, things changed suddenly: His tour bus crashed, he left his label and his home studio was flooded. Read more here…

On her worst days, when she cannot stop crying or shake the agitation, it is music that calms the 79-year-old Alzheimer’s patient. Read more here…

Renowned conductor Valery Gergiev will lead a concert in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra to support the restoration of the UNESCO site and honor victims of the war. The world-famous conductor offered his support to the embattled city that was devastated by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists who occupied the site for some 10 months before it was liberated by Syrian troops with Russian air support. Read more here…

Today we join East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) in celebrating the fifth anniversary of The Treehouse, in Ipswich. It opened its doors for children and young people in Suffolk and north Essex for the first time on May 13, 2011. Read more here…

Marylhurst music therapy faculty received the Presidential Award for their advocacy work from the Western Region of the American Music Therapy Association in March 2016.  Read more here…

The community is invited to an event to learn how Inova Loudoun Hospital is using music therapy for stroke victims and Alzheimer’s patients. LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA: Inova Loudoun Hospital Foundation and the Middleburg Community Center are partnering to bring to the community an interactive discussion on Medical Music Therapy and the impact it has on patients with stroke, Alzheimer’s and other diseases. Read more here…

The healing qualities of music have been recognised in popular culture for centuries, but there’s much more to it than listening to sad music when dealing with heartbreak. The life-changing impact of music therapy is set to be celebrated in New Zealand’s first Music Therapy Week from 21-29 May. Read more here…