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HEARING!
I want you all to think about your hearing. I began
to lose mine in a noticeable way about ten years ago
but did nothing until about 4 years ago when I
bought my first hearing aids. My ears are wearing
their 3rd pair now and my hearing has gotten worse
as time passes. Protect your hearing now!
HEAR NET |
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NEW Music and
Healing: The therapeutic power
of music.
Oliver Sacks on Earworms, Stevie
Wonder and the View From Mescaline
Mountain
A surgeon is
struck
by lightning
and becomes
obsessed
with Chopin.
An eminent
psychoanalyst
is kept
awake by
hallucinations
of a singing
rabbi. An
amnesiac
musicologist
incapable of
remembering
anything
that
happened
more a few
seconds ago
finds refuge
from his
disoriented
existence by
performing
Bach fugues.
Music,
writes
neurologist
Oliver Sacks
in his new
book,
Musicophilia:
Tales of
Music and
the Brain,
opens a
window into
almost every
aspect of
life and
brain
function.
Steve Silberman,
(digaman@sonic.net) who has written one of
the best
profiles of
Oliver Sacks to
date,
interviewed the
doctor for
Wired
magazine. He asks him
about the ways in which
music can aid healing.
"The therapeutic power
of music hit me
dramatically in 1966,
when I started working
with the Awakenings
patients at Beth Abraham
in the Bronx. I saw
post-encephalitics who
seemed frozen,
transfixed, unable to
take a step. But with
music to give them a
flow, they could sing,
dance, and be active
again. For Parkinsonian
patients, the ability to
perform actions in
sequence is impaired.
They need temporal
structure and
organization, and the
rhythm of music can be
crucial. For people with
Alzheimer's, music
incites recall, bringing
the past back like
nothing else."
Organizations Promoting
Wellness Through Music
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Special
Music by Special People |
Special
Music by Special People is a program of the Chicago Park District for children,
teens, and adults with developmental
disabilities (such as Down syndrome).
Participants in the program use music -
through performances, song writing and music
writing - as creative and social outlets. |
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Rhythm
Gym
programs combine movement activities and
drumming in a creative environment that promotes
teamwork, socializing, healthy lifestyles and
fun. We believe that properly facilitated group
music-making and movement activities can result
in: stress reduction - improved fine and gross
motor skill functioning - more
self-confidence in artistic abilities - and
social skills - enhancement of expressive and
receptive communication skills - improved
hand-to-eye integration. NOTE: Even though this
organization does not specifically work with the
disabled community it does work with the
disabled community.
The
Rhythmic Arts Project & Hammerax
Present the 5th annual benefit concert for music art &
life skills in Carpentaria California June 3rd. It is over but the
information may apply for future benefits.
Dancing Dots
serves blind musicians and their educators
through technology and training. "Where Music Meets
Technology for the Blind"
Calling all rock stars &
divas…jazz bands and blues brothers…musicians of all styles! The VSA arts International
Young Soloists Program is looking for talented musicians who have a
disability.
Posted on 10.06.07 |
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Father Time:
The
Disabled Drummers Association: a non-profit organization dedicated to serving drummers with disabilities and
helping them to be a positive part of the music industry, as well as to help
change the way the disabled musicians are viewed and treated in the industry
today.
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OPENING STAGES - A Quarterly Newsletter for People
with Disabilities Pursuing Careers in the Performing
Arts
Published by the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts... |
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Music
Therapy |
American Music Therapy Association is an established healthcare profession that
uses music to address physical, emotional, cognitive,
and social needs of individuals of all ages. Music
therapy improves the quality of life for persons who are
well and meets the needs of children and adults with
disabilities or illnesses. Music therapy interventions
can be designed to:
*The
Coalition for Disabled Musicians
Musicians' Coalition
Celebrates 20 Years!
Designed in part to: Introduce disabled
musicians to each other who have an
understanding of disability-related problems. The
Coalition for Disabled Musicians
is a nonprofit organization of musicians with
disabilities. It produces and performs music,
conducts workshops, promotes community
awareness, develops adaptive techniques to
address physical limitations, and maintains a
National Referral Service connecting disabled
musicians around the nation and the world.
*Group
Drumming: "It's time to stop
thinking of the drum as just a musical
instrument. Start thinking of it as a unifying
tool for every family, a wellness tool for every
retiree, and an educational tool for every
classroom." -Remo Belli Founder & CEO, Remo Inc.
*R.D.A.
- Recommended Drumming Allowance
- The Beat by Christine K. Stevens, MSW,
M.A., MT-BC
*Horizontal
Paul Music Project
Well, what's the music project about? It
is about my dream to be recognized as a
singer/songwriter and musician. It is a hope
that I can inspire the able and disabled to be
creative, and not to give up on their dreams
because they feel their disability limits, or
prevents them in some way....Its about creating
a better understanding between the able and the
disabled. To better understand that we are all
equal, and valuable, in our own right.
Desperately seeking Guitar, Bass players and Singer
for a small
Independent Film featuring disabled musicians. This
is most likely out-dated but it does show that
there are openings in the entertainment and music
fields for musicians with disabilities
The
BEAT in music is the
driving force,
the contagious element, the energy - Christine K.
Stevens
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Sweet Relief
was founded by
Victoria
Williams,
and is guided by a board of directors
comprised of members of the music industry.
It is funded by the music community and a
variety of individual donors, as well as
through benefit concerts, auctions and
albums.
When Victoria was diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis in 1992, she, like
most musicians, had no health insurance to
help defray the mounting cost of her
illness. Consequently, she faced the
possibility of not getting adequate
treatment. to maintain her health.
Established in 1994, Sweet Relief has helped
preserve our most profound art by becoming
music's most compassionate and generous
charity. Chances are, we have touched the
life of someone you know.
@
http://www.sweetrelief.org/
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You're a
songwriter;
an instrumentalist;
a vocalist; a composer.
You're in a baby band,
a bar band, a jazz combo,
or
a classical symphony.
You're a one-hit wonder.
You have
hepatitis C.
Your tour van crashed.
You have a brain tumor.
You're old.
Your rent is
months overdue.
Your bank balance is $3.04.
You have
eight potatoes, period.
You can use some Sweet Relief.
Sweet Relief provides assistance to all
types of career musicians who are struggling
to make ends meet while facing illness,
disability, or age-related problems.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 - 1827) - Beethoven became deaf in his 20's
but he continued to create such beautiful music
which is still appreciated today. He wrote
Symphony No. 2, op. 36 (D Major), Symphony No. 3
Eroica, op. 55 (E flat Major) Symphony No. 4, op. 60
(B flat Major) after he became deaf.
Lemon Jefferson
(1893 - 1929) - Blind since childhood,
guitarist and blues singer. Lemon was popular during
the 1920's.
“Django”
Reinhardt
(1910 - 1953) - A European jazz
musician, the two fingers of his left
hand were damaged in a fire. Known for
his unique improvisations, he toured
with the Duke Ellington orchestra the
late 1940's.
Stevie
Wonder
(born May
13, 1950) - American singer/songwriter
and musician blind from birth. Stevie
won quite a few Grammy's, is in the Rock
and Roll hall of fame and the
Songwriters hall of fame.
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Om with the Music!
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