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Music Therapist Karen Nisenson will discuss the powerful and positive impact music can have on the developing brain, and how exposure to music enhances cognitive functions that are seemingly unrelated to notes, chords, and rhythm. Read more here…..

For most people, music is entertainment. Not for Irish folk singer Tommy Sands. For Sands music is a tool, a way to create dialogue, challenge perceptions and to heal.Sands has been using his songs to promote peace and foster healing for the past 40 years. While the singer from County Down, Northern Ireland, has worked with a host of legendary musicians in the past, his next collaborators will be the fine and talented students from Ipswich High School.  Read more here…

You’ve probably heard it said at least once: “Music soothes the soul.” These couldn’t be truer words for the music therapists of the Canadian Association for Music. Each and every day, they watch power of music work for some of the sickest kids in the country. For the families they help, the music is a gift that brings them healing, or helps their children connect with the world around them. For the therapists, the work itself is the reward. Read more here….

The conference, “Sound Advice,” will educate health care workers and family caregivers on the benefits of music therapy in the care of seriously ill patients. It will also address how music can be used for the general renewal and relaxation. Read more here….

Renowed Musician , Chairperson Swarangan Meditation & Spiritual Music Therapy Guru Raj Kumar Dogra has condemned the fatwa against Kashmir’s music band girls by Grand Mufti Bashir ud din Ahmed and threats from Hurriyat to remain away from music. Read more here….

Brindisi is a certified music therapist who works for VNA Care Network & Hospice. To earn that certification, she went to the Berklee College of Music for four years, did a six-month internship and took a three- to four-hour exam that put her education and experience to the test.  Read more here…

The foundation is a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization offering music as a means of therapy and recovery, and the concert is designed to raise awareness and funds for community programs and services. Read here….

After 35 years as a music therapist, Anci Sandell can now present research findings showing that the therapy methods she uses, increases quality of life for people who are being treated for severe medical or psychosocial conditions. On February 22, she will defend her doctoral thesis “Musik för kropp och själ – Modell för interaktiv musikterapi” (“Music for Body and Soul – Model for Interactive Music Therapy”) at the Nordic School of Public Health NHV. The defence will be held in Swedish. Read more here…

Emma Donaldson, co-administrative director of the Special Needs Foundation, said: “These sessions are designed to discuss a range of therapies and expertise in the field of special needs. We were delighted to have Cayman Music Therapy discuss how music can help with special needs children.”   Read more here…

At the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., it is not uncommon for the crisp, clean, soothing sound of an acoustic guitar to echo down the hallway. Patients, their families, and medical staff members alike light up when musicians come in to sing. Patients’ smiles grow, their eyes widen, and they sometimes dance along to the beat of the songs from their hospital beds. Read more here…