Posts Tagged ‘therapy’
The Price Of Freedom: Music Therapy For Veterans

According to the VA twenty percent of the veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering with PTSD.In Nashville, a group of songwriters are helping veterans heal with music. They are now working to bring Operation Song to Chattanooga this month.Music can be a powerful healing tool. Country artist Laurel Taylor and writer Don Goodman have seen it happen. They help veterans, veterans wives, and other family members turn their stories into music. Read more here…
The band plays on at N.W. Hospital

Northern Westchester Hospital was forced to abandon its music therapy program about a year ago, due to a lack of funds. But thanks to a generous contribution from North Salem residents Paul Shaffer, who’s served as David Letterman’s musical director for nearly three decades, and his wife, Cathy, songs are now flowing once again throughout the Mount Kisco medical center. Read more here…
Musical interaction brings harmony to dementia patients

Vera and Jack Burrows met as teenagers. “Childhood sweethearts,” said Vera, brightly. “Then he dumped me when I was 17 and married someone else and we didn’t see each other for 54 years. We were at a dance and he said: ‘Is that you, Vera? I can recognize you from your thick ankles!'”. Read more here…
The Healing Touch of Music

KOCHI: Music is soothing. It alters your mood swings. This might have led to the idea of using music for healing. ‘Raga Therapy’ is known to have been prevalent from ancient times.Some ragas help in relaxing our mind while some others rejuvenate us. ‘Raga Therapy’ selectively uses compositions in certain ragas for treatment. Read more here…
Healing Music | Commentary by Darryl Manzer

I know many of you have been to the Valencia Jazz and Blues Concert Series held each Friday night on Town Center Drive. Yep, right in the street.
Last night it was a group called the Delgado Brothers. WOW. Good jazz with a Latin twist, and they really lay down some great blues licks. Read more here…
Music therapy helps Cape Cod seniors’ brains

HYANNIS, Mass. (AP) — On Flag Day about 10 seniors sat around a piano while Brianna LePage, a music therapist at The Gathering Place in Eastham, played patriotic tunes.It was hard not to toe tap and sing along to “The Star Spangled Banner.” And that’s exactly what many in the room did as an hour flew by. Read more here…
‘Music trumps stem cell therapy’
NEW DELHI: Having experimented with several new treatments, including stem cell therapy, researchers the world over seem to be falling back on behavioural intervention and music to heal autistic children. Read more here…
Macaroni Grill hosts music therapy fundraiser

RENO, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) — Romano’s Macaroni Grill is donating a portion of their sales to Note-Able Music Therapy Services. The Note-Ables band will be performing between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the local restaurant, and a raffles prizes will be given away throughout the evening. Read more here…
Stanley Jordan’s “Magic Touch” extends to music therapy in Iridium benefit for vets

Stanley Jordan came on the jazz scene in the mid ‘80s like a comet, with a blockbuster first album (“Magic Touch”) that spent 51 weeks at No. 1, a memorable cameo in a Blake Edwards movie (“Blind Date”) and an intense touring schedule that took him around the world for a decade. Read more here…
Music as healing for Iraq vet

Stephen Boyd knows the healing power of music.He also knows the darkness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Not long ago, he was there, and has been on a personal journey to healing since leaving the US Army and moving to Canada in 2008. Read more here…