{"id":893,"date":"2010-07-21T08:56:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/blog\/?p=893"},"modified":"2014-11-18T22:39:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T03:39:21","slug":"deforia-lane-masterful-music-therapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/deforia-lane-masterful-music-therapist\/","title":{"rendered":"Deforia Lane, Masterful Music Therapist!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deforia Lane is a dear friend of mine.\u00a0 I met her when I was on the threshold of stepping into the world of music as medicine back in 1990.\u00a0 Deforia was just finishing up her Ph.D. in music therapy and was speaking at a conference in Cleveland about her doctoral research on music and the immune system.\u00a0 After hearing Deforia speak, my decision was made and, thanks to Dr. Arthur Harvey, I\u00a0 was able to cross over from the world of music performance to music medicine!\u00a0 Deforia has been a huge influence on me and her ongoing work with music therapy in the hospital setting inpires me to do my work!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy for others to see why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicasmedicine.com\/staff\/deforialane.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Deforia Lane<\/a> received the Ohio Hospital Association\u2019s Health Care Worker of the Year award. \u00a0 Medicine program at University Hospitals in Cleveland, was so surprised by the calling of her name during the awards presentation, that it took several seconds for her to respond to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went there thinking, \u2018This is a free meal tonight.\u2019 That\u2019s all,\u201d Lane laughed during a telephone interview on Tuesday, a handful of hours after the three-hour drive back to Cleveland. The hospital association honored 84 \u201chealth-care heroes\u201d on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Lane is a certified music therapist. She has bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in vocal performance and music education. But her most rewarding education has been at the bedside of sick or dying patients at University Hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>There, Lane and her staff of seven music therapists work miracles. They sing, play instruments and compose songs for patients who have lost their voices to illness, tragedy or age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all respond to music,\u201d said Lane, who has witnessed its ability to reduce anxiety, physically relax and create hope for patients. \u201dMusic inspires the soul,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lane started the program in 1984 after her second bout with cancer. She attended an American Cancer Society support group at University Hospitals\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhhospitals.org\/Default.aspx?alias=www.uhhospitals.org\/irelandcancer\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland Cancer Center<\/a> called I Can Cope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn short, cancer patients come there to learn what they can about the disease process, the treatment options, etc.,\u201d Lane said. \u201cThey are usually six weeks long, about an hour a week, and I was with about seven other patients. We all told our stories and learned a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lane was so encouraged \u201cby having been with people who were walking a mile in my shoes\u201d that she asked whether she could compose and sing a song for the last group session.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to show my gratitude,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She received a \u201cyes\u201d from the facilitator, but forgot about her promise until minutes before the final session began. Lane composed her song in the ladies\u2019 room. \u201cI flushed, ran to the group, sang it, we all hugged each other and that was that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, Lane was asked to record her song and make a presentation with it at an Ireland Cancer Center employee education seminar. Almost on the spot, she was asked to join the staff \u2014 part time \u2014 to create University Hospitals\u2019 music therapy program.<\/p>\n<p>Now, 25 years later, Lane looks back at her ongoing journey as a blessing. \u201dIt\u2019s been nothing short of a story made in heaven,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Vanac is co-founder of MedCity News and serves as its vice president and Ohio bureau chief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deforia Lane is a dear friend of mine.\u00a0 I met her when I was on the threshold of stepping into the world of music as medicine back in 1990.\u00a0 Deforia was just finishing up her Ph.D. in music therapy and was speaking at a conference in Cleveland about her doctoral research on music and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,208],"tags":[321],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Deforia Lane, Masterful Music Therapist! 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