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Fiscally sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts : www.nyfa.org 501(c)3 a nonprofit organization, serves individual artists, promotes their freedom to develop and create, and provides the public with opportunities to experience and understand their work. NYFA accomplishes this by offering financial assistance and information to artists and organizations that directly serve artists, by supporting arts programming in the community, and by building collaborative relationships with others who advocate for the arts in New York State and throughout the country.
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MUSIC
Music speaks to the soul like nothing else does, crossing all cultural and socioeconomic barriers.
Music is universally felt by all who have feelings.
A person who is limited in their range of appreciation and capacity to enjoy music is often limited in
understanding, connecting, and empathizing with other people.
JoAnne ~
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10 Therapeutic Characteristics of Music
- Music captivates and maintains attention -- it stimulates & utilizes
many parts of the brain
- Music is easily adapted to, and can be reflective of, a person's abilities
- Music structures time in a way that we can understand
ex: 'that's the last verse - my exercise session is almost over!'
- Music provides a meaningful, enjoyable context for repetition
- Music provides a social context - it sets up a safe, structured setting for verbal and nonverbal communication
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- Music is an effective memory aid
- Music supports and encourages movement
- Music taps into memories and emotions
- Music - and the silences within it - provide nonverbal, immediate feedback
- Music is success-oriented - people of all ability levels can participate
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USM Most Recent News/Reference
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| News: Music Helps Stroke Victims Recover Memory |
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 Music hits the right note after a stroke
A little Beethoven is good for the brain, according to a Finnish study published today showing that music helps people recover more quickly from strokes.
And patients who listened to a few hours of music each day soon after a stroke also improved their verbal memory and were in a better mood compared to patients who did not listen to music or used audio books, the researchers said.
Music therapy has long been used in a range of treatments but the study published in the journal Brain is the first to show the effect in people, they added.
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| News: Managing Ringing in the Ears with Music Therapy |
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  Bill Guhl was initially skeptical about using music therapy to manage his tinnitus, a progressively worsening hearing condition commonly described as ringing in the ears, that he developed serving in noisy Vietnam War battlefields.
Four months into treatment, though, the Weston, Ohio, man said his hearing has improved by about 60 percent, according to the Toledo Blade.
Hearing loud noises, which used to cause pain to shoot down into his shoulder, no longer hurts, Guhl said recently. "Taking the pain out of this whole thing has really helped," he added. For the first time in years, he can go to restaurants and social gatherings without wearing earplugs.
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| News: They're Playing My Song. Time to Work Out. |
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 Fitness magazines and Web sites love to ask readers about their favorite workout music while presenting their playlists or suggestions from celebrities. Self.com features the " '80s cardio playlist," which includes the short-shorts video classic "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! On Fitnessmagazine.com, the singer Rihanna reveals her favorite workout songs -- immodestly recommending four of her own for "when you have to pick up the pace on the treadmill."
The playlist fixation has a scientific basis: Studies have shown that listening to music during exercise can improve results, both in terms of being a motivator (people exercise longer and more vigorously to music) and as a distraction from negatives like fatigue. But are certain songs more effective than others?
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| News: Little Kids Rock Experiences Record Growth in 2007 |
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Little Kids Rock knows that music is a critical component of a first-rate education. We inspire children to express themselves through music, building the creativity, confidence, and self-esteem that are critical to success in school and beyond. We accomplish this by:
- Pioneering innovative teaching methods that are rooted in children’s knowledge of popular music forms such as rock, rap, blues, hip-hop etc.
- Preparing practitioners such as teachers and youth workers to offer classes utilizing our methods and materials.
- Providing free musical instruments and trained instructors to children, especially to those children who do not receive music education.
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Dan Ellsey, 33, was sitting in his wheelchair in a soulless room at Tewksbury Hospital, his virtually useless arms and weak torso strapped to the chair for safety.
Suddenly, as soon as we were introduced, he arched his back, grinned broadly, and aimed the riveting power of his dark brown eyes at me, as if eye contact were his only means of transcending the prison of his body.
But it isn't. In the last few years, Ellsey, who was born with cerebral palsy, has discovered another, almost miraculous, way of expressing himself: music. Not just listening to country and soft rock, as he has done for years, but composing music himself with a special computerized system called Hyperscore, developed by composer-inventor, Tod Machover, professor of music and media and director of the Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab.
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To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
~ Bono, U2
Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future.
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