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Another story of Music's Healing Power
By Dr. Alice Cash on October 7, 2011 in Music and the Brain, Music and the Golden Years, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
Music helps when all else fails. Published on September 28, 2011 by Susan R. Barry, Ph.D. in Eyes on the Brain My 89-year-old father lives three miles from me in an Assisted Care home. Like many of the other residents, he can barely walk and is terribly withdrawn. It is a struggle to find ways […]
Music is Becky Lippard's saving grace
[Tagline] Published Saturday, August 13, 2011 11:00 PM By Katie Scarveykscarvey@salisburypost.comWhen faced with the prospect of losing most of a lung, Becky Lippard knew what was important to her.“I’d rather have five years of singing than 15 years without it,” she told doctors. Becky is well-known locally for her beautiful voice. She’s appeared in […]
Babies are tuned into rhythm
A study from Cornell in 2005 provides some fascinating insight into the musical and rhythmic talents of infants. Please send me your comments and questions regarding this article or anything about babies and music. Baby has the beat but quickly loses the ability to detect alien rhythms, studies find ITHACA, N.Y. — Babies have us […]
Remember the Swingle Singers?
By Dr. Alice Cash on February 15, 2011 in Movie Music, music and the heart, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
When I was in high school, I was introduced to the Swingle Singers, singing their fabulous arrangements of Bach preludes and fugues, Scarlatti sonatas, and all kinds of wondrous musical confections. Only in my later years have I even become familiar with the music of people like Jerome Kern and even then, only because […]