Music Therapy: The Benefits of Music
Tue, 03/06/2018 - 6:07pm
We all know that life can be hectic and overwhelming. By practicing music, even the busiest person can hit two birds with one stone. Music positively impacts health in so many ways -- we should never cut it from our routines.
What We're Reading | Learning Guitar & Cancer Recovery
Wed, 03/28/2012 - 1:12pm
Topics: guitar, Music Therapy
We recently shared how ArtistWorks drum teacher Billy Cobham practices music therapy with an autistic community in Bern, Switzerland. As music therapy gains increased popularity, Medill reports that learning guitar helps 4-year-old Gabbie Guzon battle leukemia.
Susan Cotter-Schaufele, Music Therapy Supervisor from Advocate Lutheran General Hospital just outside of Chicago, says that for Gabby, learning music is "meaningful" and "pleasurable, and so much of her treatment is anything but pleasurable."
What We're Reading: Music Education as Therapy
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 5:25pm
We believe in the therapeutic benefits of lifelong music learning. So does Billy Cobham and best-selling author and Columbia professor of neurology Dr. Oliver Sacks. Dr. Sacks' book Musicophilia explores "how music can animate people with Parkinson's disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calm and organize people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia."
Legendary drummer and Billy Cobham puts Dr. Sacks' studies into practice. Mika Kaurismaki's film "Sonic Mirror" shows how Billy's performances with Okuta Percussion benefitted the autistic community in Bern, Switzerland.
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