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ASF Founder to Speak on Local Radio Show
Jaye Budd, Founder of the Alchemy Sky Foundation, will appear on the show, Lunchtime Fun with Dr. Kam and the Crew, on Tuesday, December 13 from 1 pm to 3 pm. The show is available on Georgia local radio WIGO AM 1570 or by streaming at www.wigoam.com or via TuneIn. https://www.lunchtimefunwithdrkamandthecrew.com #MusicMakesItBetter
Read MoreA Night Of Alchemy
“A seemingly magical process of transformation, creation or combination.” We had our first fundraiser in Atlanta on Friday, November 11th. As we hurried to hang posters and hearts, test mics and amps and practice our stories and speeches, you could feel the energy begin to build. Musicians call it “The Magic”. I think that Aristotle…
Read MoreGeorgia Music Partners Spotlights Alchemy Sky Foundation
November is Military Appreciation Month, and Georgia Music Partners honored Alchemy Sky as an Atlanta non-profit working to enrich the lives of veterans through music therapy. “We’re doing music therapy at the VA,” Jaye Budd explains, “and we average about 14 veterans for the nursing home right on campus at the Veterans Medical Center on…
Read MoreWho’s Doing Good? Alchemy Sky, Thunder Gypsy & Smith’s Olde Bar
Alchemy Sky was featured in an article by Devika Rao for the AJC to promote the upcoming Alchemy Sky fundraiser on Veteran’s Day at Smith’s Olde Bar in Midtown. (Full article.) Alchemy Sky provides music therapy programs for veterans by organizing, funding and facilitating group music therapy workshops for nursing home residents at the Veterans Association…
Read MoreMusic Therapy Reduces Depression in Children, Adolescents, Research Fnds
Researchers at Bournemouth University and Queen’s University Belfast have discovered that music therapy reduces depression in children and adolescents with behavioural and emotional problems. In partnership with Every Day Harmony (the brand name for Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust), the researchers found that children and young people, aged 8 — 16 years old, who received…
Read MoreHealing 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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