Month: June 2017

“Let’s Play Music” and “Sound Beginnings” Classes

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Play Your Part will be offering Let’s Play Music and NEW Sound Beginnings classes beginning this fall. If you’d like to try it out this summer, we will be hosting several FREE sample classes.

 

Sounds Beginnings (0-4 yrs)–click on a date to register for FREE

Children learn best when they feel loved and nurtured. This fact is the core of the Sound Beginnings philosophy. Sound Beginnings provides the structure for natural play between a parent and his or her child. Taking us back to days before electronic stimulus, buttons and screens, Sound Beginnings gives the parents the tools to connect with their child on an intimate, playful level. These tools, both musical and literary, provide a solid framework for a child to learn, thrive and flourish.

Now, that’s a sound beginning.

Monday, July 10th at 3:30pm in Mission Viejo

Thursday, July 13th at 10:15am in Mission Viejo

Friday, July 14th at 9:30am in Orange

Saturday, July 15th at 11:00am in Mission Viejo

 

Let’s Play Music (4-6 yrs) (email brianna@playyourpartmusic.com to register for FREE)

Let’s Play Music is a music theory course that emphasizes total musicianship through piano playing, singing, classical music, note reading and ear training…and it’s all accomplished through PLAY!

Saturday, June 17th at 10:00am in Mission Viejo

Saturday, July 15th at 10:00am in Mission Viejo

Saturday, August 5th at 10:00am in Mission Viejo

 

National Institute of Health Teams Up with Music Therapy

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Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, Deborah Rutter, Director of the Kennedy Center, and renowned soprano, Renée Fleming, serving as an artistic ambassador for the Kennedy Center,  sponsored an historic research workshop, “Music and the Brain: Research Across the Lifespan,” on January 26-27, 2017.

Attended by some 100 participants, the NIH workshop included 25 panelists, of whom eight were music therapists: Joke Bradt, Christian Gold, Deforia Lane, Sheri Robb, Ed Roth, Elizabeth Stegemoller, Michael Thaut, and Connie Tomaino.

Dr. Robb’s opening keynote, “Advancing the Science of Music Therapy in Healthcare,” established a strong foundation about music therapy as a profession and provided an overview of the state of music therapy research. A second keynote was presented by Dr. Nina Kraus, “Making Sense of Sound for Communication and Brain Health.” AMTA national office staff, Dr. Andi Farbman, Barbara Else, and Judy Simpson collaborated with planners to provide a comprehensive picture of music therapy research.

Dr. Collins summed up the meeting by stating that it was an “amazing outpouring of information and a wonderful body of knowledge on music therapy and the neuroscience of music.” He acknowledged that music therapists and neuroscientists have been working on parallel paths; it is now time, however, for them to work in much closer proximity and collaborate to advance the science. A trans-NIH working group, which is quite unusual, to explore the topic of music and the brain on a variety of questions including therapeutic applications and music therapy, is a possible next step.

source: musictherapy.org