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Blue Aces and Salem Veterans Make Therapeutic Music
For the first time a section of the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band participated in a collaborative music therapy program with veterans at the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center After nearly a year of planning, the Blue Aces packed up their vans to make the trip to the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center,…
Read MoreYou Can Help Our Veterans
In 2014, the Alchemy Sky Foundation (ASF) was created to bring the healing power of music to aging veterans who live fin Atlanta. Music therapy helps these seniors cope with stress, anxiety, and depression, and improves their cognitive, speech, physical, and social skills. Through the exclusive generosity of our donors and supporters, the ASF has…
Read MoreHow Music Therapy Promotes Health
Research has shown that music has a profound effect on your body and psyche. In fact, there’s a growing field of health care known as music therapy, which uses music to heal. Those who practice music therapy are finding a benefit in using music to help cancer patients, children with ADD, and others, and even…
Read MoreWhy Music Therapy is Effective
Research has shown that music has a profound effect on your body and psyche. In fact, there’s a growing field of health care known as music therapy, which uses music to heal. Those who practice music therapy are finding a benefit in using music to help cancer patients, children with ADD, and others, and even…
Read MorePlay The War Away
Play The War Away “I’ll print you one.” “Excuse me?” “I can print you one, Jaye.” “Dr. Croom, I’m not talking about a picture of ukulele but an actually ukulele.” “So am I.” (Pause) “Whoa.” Dr. Croom, an Army Veterinary Corps Veteran, lives Kalamazoo, Michigan. She also has another business – www.VetsIn3Dcom. She gave me…
Read MoreMusic Therapy for Alzheimer's and Post-Traumatic Stress
Alicia Clair discusses music therapy and their affect on patients with Alzheimer’s and Post-Traumatic Stress syndrome. A music therapy practitioner for many years, Dr. Clair has specialized in music therapy practice with persons who have diagnoses of Alzheimer’s Disease or related dementias and their professional and family caregivers since 1988.
Read MoreASF's Founder, Jaye Budd, on NBC
Please check out this video of ASF’s Founder on NBC’s Atlanta Tech Edge talking about how ASF uses Virtual Reality to help Veterans.
Read MoreASF Founder To Appear On TV Show Atlanta Tech Edge
On Sunday, April 2nd, ASF Founder Jaye Budd will appear on the Sunday television show Atlanta Tech Edge. The show airs at 11:30 am on Atlanta’s Local NBC affiliate. He will speak on how Alchemy Sky brings the healing power of music to our Veterans by leveraging Virtual Reality technology with its local technology partner…
Read MoreShelter From The Storm
“You should check out Nuçi’s Space.”, said Keith Perissi, Director of Kennesaw State’s Music Business Program. “I’m in. What’s Nuçi’s Space?” Nuçi Phillips was a student at the University of Georgia. He came from a great family, played guitar, wrote songs, was deeply sensitive and possessed a sharp wit. He and his family fought his depression for many…
Read MoreMusic Therapy & Medicine: A Dynamic Partnership
Music therapist, Dr. Deforia Lane takes you inside University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center to experience first hand the response of patients to music therapy: hear of music’s effects on an unborn child; watch the reaction of a laryngectomy patient; see how therapeutic singing helps a man with stroke to speak again. Dr. Lane shares her…
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