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The Daily Blog 08/07/2009

August 7, 2009

Many fascinating and interesting articles have emerged over the past month. A sample for you: The Music of Healing for Disabled Vets. Describes how a non-music therapist created a music training program at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital. A feel-good story. Scary Music? Better Keep your Eyes Open. Closing your eyes enhances your emotional response […]

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The Daily Blog 07/14/2009

July 14, 2009

Anyone who has ever been on vacation knows that it takes time to both prepare for your departure and to transition back to work. As it is for me right now. And in that spirit of trying to catch up with everything domestic and professional, I have decided that, instead of the knowledgeable, rich, thought-provoking […]

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How To Tell the Difference Between the Helping Music Professions

June 2, 2009

It seems that the connection between music and healing is popping up a lot these days. Check out this recent story on MSNBC my friend (and fellow music therapist) Ginny Driscoll shared with me. It’s a pretty good story, probably one of the more well-written ones I’ve seen, on how music is being used as […]

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Don’t Be Territorial. Give Others A Chance.

May 28, 2009

We can be territorial. It’s true. Mention another musician, volunteer or otherwise, coming in to play for clients in the name of helping them out and we can bristle. Are we worried about job security? That administrators won’t understand the difference between playing music for a person and providing music therapy services? Possibly (but not […]

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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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