During the Christmas Season, music is a key ingredient to creating holiday magic…for me and many others, I’m sure. Just the other day, I was out walking my little dog, Jolie, and enjoying the holiday decorations in my neighborhood. The air was crisp and there appeared to be a few snow flakes in the air, […]
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Music with Preemies: Research is in!
I have known since before my children were born, that music is powerful with infants and children. What I didn’t know in those early days was that babies can hear up to 5 months before they are born. Research has documented that the fetal ear can begin functioning as early as the beginning of the […]
Music with Surgery: Does it really make a difference?
I understand healthy skepticism. It’s a good thing. No one wants to be a” sucker” and the medical/field is no exception to fads and scams. When people used to mention the use of music during dental visits or childbirth or surgery, I was skeptical. As a professional musician, I thought that it might be confusing […]
Blue Moon: the song was right!
Blue Moon Lyrics: Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own Blue Moon, you knew just what I was there for You heard me saying a prayer for Someone I really could care for And then there suddenly appeared before me The only one […]
WWII Vet tells story of how his trumpet saved lives from German sniper
Want to hear another powerful story about how music has literally saved lives? Listen to this 90 year old man as he tells how he played a German love song on his trumpet one cold night after he had been told specificall not to because there was still a German sniper in the woods. This […]