It’s been a wonderful evening of watching the opening of the 2012 Olympics, and I can’t help wondering if they would be nearly as powerful without the music. This theme that I’m sharing with you is now the most famous music ever composed for the Olympics. It is recognized by people all over the world, men, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Music and Emotion'
Music and the Olympics: the Role of Music
July 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Music and Emotion, Music and the Olympics, Music in the News!
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Some Patients with Coma can awaken to Music
June 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Music and Coma, Music and Emotion, Music Healing, Music in the Hospital
After suffering a brain hemorrhage, 7-year-old Charlotte Neve slipped into a coma. The British girl was unconscious for several days and doctors feared she wouldn’t recover. Her mother, Leila Neve, was at her bedside when Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” started playing on the radio. Leila and Charlotte often sang the song together and Leila […]
Tags: coma·music and coma
How music affects behavior?
November 30th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Music and Emotion, Music and the Brain, Music and the Mind-Body, Music in the News!
Have you wondered about how music affects the behavior of adolescents? This is one of the most frequent questions I get when I go out to speak around the country. I think it’s a bit of a rhetorical questions because we know that music is powerful and does affect people’s behavior, but especially people who are […]
Tags: Music and behavior
Healing Music: Please do not kill the Louisville Orchestra!
October 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Classical Music, Music and Emotion
The Louisville Orchestra: A Rebuttal (from the blog of Vivian Ruth Sawyer) One really doesn’t know whether to laugh or to cry in response to Chuck Maisch’s column about the Louisville Orchestra in the Courier- Journal on September 18, 2011. Maisch states correctly that the Louisville Orchestra has been on unstable financial footing seven times […]
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4th of July: How important is the music?
July 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Music and Emotion, music and the heart, Music and the Mind-Body
I guess that’s a bit of a loaded question. Since I am a professional musician who loves music more than the air I breathe and wishes that everyone else did to, of course I believe that you can’t even celebrate the 4th of July without music! Luckily, I’m pretty sure that many other people feel […]
Is all rap bad?? Of course not!
February 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Music and Emotion, Music Healing, Rap Music Can Heal
When I wrote this post, I never dreamed I would get so many comments from other people, I’ve chosen to post just a select few, but the fun thing is that so many people recognize “Fur Elise” prominently featured in this wonderful hip=hop song!! I’m always taken aback when someone says to me that they […]
Tags: "Fur Elise"·"I Can"·NAS·rap music
One of my favorite Christmas Carols–hard to find!
December 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music and Emotion
when I go to You Tube to find something, I never know how lucky I’ll get! Tonight I hit the jackpot! In previous years, all I could find would be the “Star Carol” by John Rutter, but that’s not the one I wanted. Tonight I found the one that I used to listen to […]
Tags: Favorite Christmas Music
Music and the Mind-Body Connection
November 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music and Emotion, Music and the Mind-Body
Last Sunday at our Healing Music 101 class, we had an interesting comment from one of our class members. She commented that she believes that although our minds and bodies are inextricable connected, that we do sometimes get “disconnected.” That is when we begin to fall into a state of dis-ease or dis-comfort or even […]
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