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Reimbursement Committee
Why Does Music Therapy Work?
Presentation Handout.
Suzanne B. Hanser, Ed.D., MT-BC
Chair, Music Therapy Department
Berklee College of Music
Kimberly Khare, MA, CMT, NRMT
Director of Music Therapy
Community Music Center of Boston
Berklee College of Music
Music Therapy Department
Assistant Professor
Understanding, Evaluating and Applying Qualitative Research
Powerpoint Presentation converted to PDF format.
Dr. Suzanne Sorel, MT-BC, LCAT, NRMT
Associate Dean & Director of Graduate Music Therapy
Molloy College
Music Department
1000 Hempstead Avenue
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
516-678-5000 x6975
Tools To Help Me Stay: Lorrie Kubicek
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Tools To Help Me Stay: Lorrie Kubicek
Music To Celebrate:
Love Travels: Kathy Mattea
For Good: From broadway musical Wicked
Words ~ On being, children, magic and love: …”the Greeks said that music and astronomy were two sides of the same coin. Astronomy was seen as the study of relationships between observable, permanent, external objects, and music was seen as the study of relationships between invisible, internal, hidden objects. Music has a way of finding the big, invisible moving pieces inside our hearts and souls and helping us figure out the position of things inside us. … Music allows us to move those big invisible pieces of ourselves and rearrange our insides so that we can express what we feel even when we can’t talk about it. …” Excerpt from Karl Paulnack’s welcome address to parents of the incoming freshman class at Boston Conservatory The most visible creators I know of are those artists whose medium is life itself. The ones who express the inexpressible – without brush, hammer, clay or guitar. They neither paint nor sculpt – their medium is being. Whatever their presence touches has increased life. They see & don’t have to draw. They are the artists of being alive…J. Stone
When special people touch out lives, then suddenly we see how beautiful and wonderful our world can really be. They show us that our special hopes and dreams can take us far, by helping us look inward and believe in who we are. They bless us with their love and joy, through everything they give. ~ When special people touch our lives, they teach us how to live.Amanda Bradley
Look to this day, for it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence; the bliss of growth, the glory of action the splendor of beauty.
Once upon a time
One hundred years from now it willNot matter what kind of houseI lived in what kind of carI drove how much I had in myBank account nor what myClothes looked like ButThe world may be a littleBetter because I was importantIn the life of a child This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; The being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw: from Man and SupermanWords from former campers at The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp: “You are born into life.You grow and learn, you live and lovelife.It takes you back and forth like a windy road,in and out of problems and happy timeslife.BANG CANCER, still a part of lifetwo years treatment, two years of lifenot lost, just different than most.It came back, my options, give up.Throw away thirteen years of life.No way, keep fightinglife.Bone Marrow transplantgoing to a new hospitalfinding a donor-------waitingfeeling like crap, all parts of lifeWhen I go home I will have learnedmany new thingsthat most people will never learn or feel.And I will continue my walk down the road of life.”
Within this World by Sarah There is a place within this world Where peace stands out strong.I lay underneath a large tree. Vines hang in my face. No thorns on the ground, No moths that fly, I am content,Like the people on earth should be…Without guns, war, and abruptcatastrophe.Here, the horses make themselves at home,The brooks are sweet, milky tones,They taste unbelievably fresh.With a babbling sound it flows.Vivacious and elegant looking birdsbeckon their families.Lying there, I am at peace with the world, nothing separates me from it.It can’t be torn apart. If things were wrong elsewhere, Iwould not be aware. Just like today when Someone touches my hand, Or holds me close I am pacified. It is a place of peace, love and harmony. Courage by Arian There once was a brave knight named HeroWho took the risk for his friend Nero.When fighting a dragon in mid-afternoonHe found out he would die very soon. Nero crossed his heart and cheered for Hero’s spiritWhile his guts were churning so loud you could hear it.The dragon lashed towards him with lots of spunkand Nero drove him into a tree trunk. Cancer causes me to be braveI am willing take the risk and not be a slave,A hero myself, I try to fly,Because I refuse to die. I have the guts and a great big heartMy spirit soars in the dark.I always remind myself I will not flunk,I have too much spunk.