March 2009

Music Helping Vision? Hmmm…

March 31, 2009

An article was posted last week in U.S. News and World Report. It summarized a study performed in London where a group of researchers studied how music can help visual neglect. (Visual neglect occurs when a person has had damage to one side of their brain, as with a stroke, and cannot attend to or [...]

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Let’s Start at the Neuro-Beginning…

March 30, 2009

While working towards my Master of Music degree at Colorado State University, I had the opportunity to take several neuroscience classes. Neuroanatomy (my favorite!), neurodevelopment, neuropsychology – it gave me a wonderful, broad understanding of how the brain and body functions. These classes have profoundly guided the way I approach my therapeutic work.
I intend to [...]

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Go CSU Marching Band!

March 27, 2009

Please allow me to brag on my husband a little. He’s in Texas right now for this…
The Colorado State University Marching Band will be honored among five leading university marching bands for contributions of excellence and creativity to the marching profession at the national conference for the College Band Directors National Association in Austin, Texas, [...]

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The Marriage of Music and Medicine

March 26, 2009

This article I wrote recently came out in a staff e-newsletter one of my clients (McKee Medical Center) publishes. If you are interested in the use of music in hospitals, this will give you a brief introduction.
Click here for the article (pdf)

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T-ing Unseen Differences

March 25, 2009

It’s March 25th and time to say: Happy Birthday to the Queen of Soul! Aretha Franklin has been an integral part of our music history since the 1960s. She continues to remain current, having sung at the inauguration of our 44th President, Barack Obama (and who can forget that FABULOUS hat!)
But I’m not here to [...]

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Payroll Taxes Simplified, Part I

March 20, 2009

The picture you see is what I looked like for the past two years as quarterly filings came due. It took me hours to make all the calculations, fill out all the forms, double-check that I had the correct forms, make sure I made the correct payments PLUS make sure I had the correct ones [...]

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Renew, Revive, Release: Music Therapy and Cancer Care

March 19, 2009

Presented for Sharing the Cancer Journey at Poudre Valley Hospital
March 19, 2009
Dear Participants,
Thank you for a wonderful and inspiring evening. It was a joy and a pleasure to spend time with you.
Here you will find handouts from the slideshow presentation and a listing of research supporting the use and effectiveness of music therapy and cancer. [...]

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How To “Get Faith”: A Songwriting Experience

March 13, 2009

Every once in awhile, therapists (whether music, occupational, art, physical, counselors, etc.) get the opportunity to be involved in something truly beautiful. I had one of those opportunities last month. I had been invited for a second time to facilitate a Hearts of Hope group operated by our local county hospice, Pathways. This group is [...]

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