Posts Tagged ‘music therapy’
What Lennox Hill Taught Us About Music
“Some people can’t say words but they can sing a song just fine or it’s the other way around, they can say the words but they can’t sing” – Dr. David Langer, MD Recently, everyone here at Alchemy Sky has been fascinated with the Netflix docuseries, Lenox Hill, which followed 4 doctors of New York City’s…
Read MoreBridges To Mend
So many bridges to mend. So many hands to lend. So many lost friends. Looking for some silver lining in this touch of grey can be a fulltime job. One of the things that has warmed my heart are all the examples of music making things better and pulling people together. I think it shows…
Read MoreChange
“The only thing constant is change.” Heraclitus That quote is about 2,500 years old but it still works. Our new normal has come in like a lion. Things like getting a big hug from someone, meeting up with friends to wax philosophic or finding a great new hole in the wall bar are scarce these…
Read MoreAlchemy Sky Receives Grant To Expand Music Therapy For Veterans
Atlanta, Georgia – January 3, 2018 – The Alchemy Sky Foundation received a grant from The Imlay Foundation to expand its music therapy for Veterans in Georgia. ASF funds and facilitates regular, on-site, music therapy sessions for older Veterans who call Georgia home. ASF hires board certified music therapists (MT-BC) to lead each session. Each session averages…
Read MoreAlchemy Sky In The News
A big thank you to Dr. Kimbery Sena Moore for her article on our Music Therapy program for Veterans. Please check here to visit Psychology Today to check out the article. Please also check out Dr. Moore’s Music Therapy Blog at MusicTherapyMaven.com/Welcome/ #MusicMakesItBetter
Read MoreHow It All Started
ASF turns three this month. Feeling a bit like reminiscing, I went deep into the vault, on the B side, to find one of our first posts. Someone asked me in 2014 what I wanted to do. This is what I wrote: Music. A vibrational, harmonic event set in time. Now that sounds fancy but…
Read More93 Year-Old Man Gets Band Back Together
This is a wonderful story from our friends across the pond. Edward Hardy was a piano player before his world started to close in on him. As he slowly entered dementia, he decided to move into an assisted living center. He became withdrawn and depressed. Enter Music. Edward put a call out to ask…
Read MoreFather and Son – Carpool Karaoke
This is one of my favorites. This father and son were featured on (British) Good morning America. Teddy Mac (the father) was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s but music still makes it better. Check them out belting out Quondo Quondo Quondo in the car. Research shows that the part of the brain that processes music is the…
Read MoreRemember Our Veterans In Your Year-End Giving
Music has the power to change a life, to impact a soul, to heal us. Something magical happens when you hear a song from the past. It transports you back in time. Music can conjure up memories of the best times in our lives. Hearing the perfect song at the most imperfect time can brighten…
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…
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