I found this fascinating quote today: Mozart’s soothing rhythm A recent post by Dr Weil, Mozart and Premature Babies caught my attention. His blog brought back the memories of my time in the NICU. In Dr Weil’s post he talks about research done in Israel at Tel Aviv University. This study was about measuring the […]
Classes begin at Healing Music Enterprises
This afternoon begins my series of classes at Healing Music Enterprises, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY. Our first class will be “An Introduction to using Music as Medicine.” We’ll be looking at some of the history of the use of music for healing purposes and how the early Greeks used music with a wider variety […]
Music Eases Stress in Heart Disease Patients
It’s a fact that music eases stress is patients with heart disease. Heart disease runs in my family. My grandfather died at age 40 of a massive heart attack. My mother has 5 by-passes almost 20 years ago, so I think about my heart a lot and do everything I can to keep it healthy. […]
Top 5 Charities that Support Musical Education for Children
Music education is so important in our schools and educational institutions and yet it is often one of the first things cut when budgets are being slashed. But there is hope; here are five charitable organizations that support music education for children
The Joy of Music in the Golden Years
My mother is an amazing woman, if I do say so myself. Four years ago, at “almost” 80 years old, she went to live in a lovely assisted living facility. Like many families we were not sure how much she would like it, even though she chose it herself, but to our delight and surprise […]