Enriching lives through participation in music
As Kelly finds herself with one foot in the clinical music therapy world, and one foot in the Ph.D. world, she has been pondering what to write about. As she reflected, she realized that she has been talking to a lot of the music therapy students about functional items...
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Have you heard that cottage cheese is gaining popularity again? Well, in Lucy's music therapy sessions, the Suzuki Qchord is gaining popularity recently, too! In fact, two families she sees have purchased their own Qchord after interacting with one in a music therapy session! Read on as therapist Lucy...
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Well, it's finally spring! “Weather” or not it feels like it is always debatable, but our therapists find it a great time of year to sing about nature. That might be rain, frogs, flowers, seeds, etc.One therapist finds that the kids she works with really enjoy using the rainbow streamers...
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Have you ever heard the sound of a cabasa? You probably have, even if you didn’t know that's what it was! The cabasa, also known as an afuche, consists of a cylinder surrounded by beads that makes a rattling sound when shaken or twisted. Originating in Africa as the agbe,...
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Anything can be a musical instrument! A box of pasta can be a shaker. A pan can be a drum. And plastic tubes can be a xylophone!That’s essentially what “Boomwhackers” are – colorful plastic tubes of varying lengths that play different pitches when struck on the floor or with...
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