Archive for October 2016
Healing Benefits of Music Therapy
An article on the healing benefits of music therapy caught our attention this week. Despite numerous studies revealing its benefits, music therapy doesn’t always get the recognition and support it needs to thrive in communities. Fortunately for Canadians, Music Heals, a Vancouver-based charity, works to support and expand existing music therapy programs throughout the country,…
Read MoreMissouri juvenile justice system turns to music therapy
A southwestern Missouri juvenile justice center has teamed up with a university in offering weekly music therapy sessions to troubled teenagers in hopes it improves their behavior. “If you got something that the kids are looking forward to and want to participate, I just can’t help to think that we’re going to see some good…
Read MoreThe Older I Get The More It Means
As we approach our first fundraiser on Veterans Day, it gives me a chance to look back a bit. A little more gray in my goatee. A few more lines in the mirror looking back at me. These days, it seems to mean a little more than it did before. I’m beginning to think the…
Read MoreVirtual Reality at the VA
In partnership with the Atlanta VA and Futurus, a leading future technologies company, Alchemy Sky can bring church to Our Veterans who can’t make it to church otherwise. Using cutting-edge, Virtual Reality technology, we can place Our Veterans on the alter facing a 30-person choir only eight feet away. To their left is the guitar…
Read MoreHarvard Finds Harmony with Music and Medicine
Harvard’s Dr. Lisa Wong has found a beneficial tie between how she plays music and how she practices medicine. This article is a wonderful peek into the way these two endeavors overlap. Finding harmony in music and medicine
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