This afternoon, as I was driving home from the fitness center, I heard a very moving story about the Minnesota Orchestra. The orchestra there in Minneapolis has been shut out for over a year now. The conductor, Osmo Vanska, had said that unless the problems were resolved by October 1, he would have no choice […]
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Healing Music or Music Healing?
By Dr. Alice Cash on August 2, 2013 in Classical Music, Don Campbell, Music and Cancer, Music and Cardiovascular Health, Music and Emotion, Music Healing
Music is healing! To the mind, the body and the spirit. Almost everyone on the planet has some sort of music that they really, really love and choose to listen to! But is it the music itself that heals and soothes, or is it about the person performing it, or is it the method of […]
What's the difference between music therapy and music medicine/music healing?
By Dr. Alice Cash on June 1, 2013 in Music and Emotion, Music and Relaxation, music and spirituality, Music Healing, Music Medicine, The Mozart Effect…why Mozart?
This is a question that I get a lot. Many people, maybe most, assume that these descriptions are all interchangeable and there is definitely a lot of overlap. Music therapists will tell you that in order for music therapy to be administered, there must be a trained music therapist present to help the patient select […]
WWII Vet tells story of how his trumpet saved lives from German sniper
By Dr. Alice Cash on August 23, 2012 in Music and Emotion, Music and the Golden Years, Music in World War II
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 […]
Music and the Olympics: the Role of Music
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, […]