Music therapy is thriving at Boston’s Children’s Hospital. Less than 20 years ago, music therapy did not have a big presence at Boston Children’s Hospital. Music therapists,once marginalized in a hospital setting, are now represented by four full-time accredited music therapists and spend 130 hours per week delivering music therapy services to the children there. According […]
Nobody wants to have a colonoscopy, but having a colonoscopy with music can definitely make a difference. As we Baby Boomers move into our 60’s and beyond, having a colonoscopy is inevitable. It’s also highly recommended as a proven way to prevent colon cancer by catching it really early. On the morning of July 20, […]
Who really needs the music in surgery: patient or surgeon? There is so much in the news today about music in the OR, and sometimes the focus is on the surgeon and staff, and sometime the news is about music for the patient. Our music is entirely for the patient. As a clinical musicologist, I […]
Have you experienced the healing power of music? Since the beginning of time, humans have been powerfully drawn to rhythm, to harmony and to melody. The original “music” consisted of the sounds of nature: waves lapping the shore, the wind through the pines and palms, the babbling brook and the gentle rain. Today, every country […]
Nearly every day, someone contacts me who is about to go to the hospital for a procedure of some kind. Most of these people are preparing to have surgery and have questions about how they can use music for the procedure. Patients wonder, can music be a painkiller? Pain is one of the many issues […]
