This is a touching true account of a young boy’s love for his newborn sister. If nothing else, it may bring tears to your eyes and underscore the fact, once gain, of the power of music.
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Category: Music Therapy
Music Therapy: Education of a Music Therapist
Could you elaborate upon the education of a Music Therapist?
The education of a music therapist is unique among college degree programmes because it not only allows a thorough study of music, but also encourages examination of one’s self as well as others. The undergraduate curriculum includes coursework in music therapy, psychology, music, biological, social and behavioural sciences, disabilities and general studies.
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Music Therapy: Explaining Music Therapy
“People ask me as a professional music therapist, ‘How does music do these things?’ and I really couldn’t tell them, and that always bothered me,” says Professor Taylor. “And so what I’ve done is to create what I call a biomedical theory of music therapy, and that biomedical theory basically says that music affects human behavior by affecting the brain. And by knowing what those effects are, they can be replicated. My work shows how music therapy helps decrease stress, lowers anxiety and improves those areas that are damaged when anxiety and stress are at high levels, such as the immune system for example.”
Music Therapy: Therapeutic Music for Babies
It’s findings like these which have reinforced Dr Fred Schwartz’s faith in the value of music for babies. Dr Schwartz is an anesthetist in the neonatal ward at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Music Therapy: A Health Report on the Healing Powers of Music
These reports were presented at the VII International Music Medicine Symposium held in July 1998 at the Faculty of Music, Melbourne University, Australia. All those mentioned participated and provided their input, which we record for the benefit of our readers and a better understanding of music as sheer therapy.
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Music Therapy: What is Music?
Music is either one of the most natural things in the world, or one of the most artificial – depending on one’s perception. Many discussions and arguments with friends who subscribe to the latter view, as opposed to my own, have led me to accept that the two views can co-exist.
Music Therapy: Divine Melodies
That music therapy is catching on in India comes across from the fact that the August 2002 issue of Life Positive – India’s first body-mind-spirit magazine – has devoted two articles to this topic.
Music Therapy: Communication Disorders
As well as teaching at the University of Aalborg in Denmark, Tony Wigram practices music therapy in Britain. There he works with children with communication and developmental disorders like autism and similar conditions.
Music Therapy: Melody & Rhythm in Carnatic Music
Melody and rhythm are fundamental to any music system in the world. Though they are inseparable, they can be viewed distinctly and studied separately. Different systems in the world give emphasis to one or the other, as, for example, the Ya-yueh music of China is more melody-oriented, while impressive rhythms form a prominent part of Central African music.
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Music Therapy: Basic Characteristics of Carnatic Music and Tips for Appreciating Carnatic Music
Some basic characteristics of Carnatic music are
i. It is melody – and not harmony – based1. In simple terms, this means that by and large, the stress is on successive notes rather than simultaneous notes and chords.