Musical Motivator #1 Take it easy, take it easy Don’t let the sound of your own wheels Drive you crazy Lighten up while you still can Don’t even try to understand Just find a place to make your stand And take it easy "Take It Easy" was written by Jackson Browne and...
Starting tomorrow you will receive one Musical Motivator each week. 50 Musical Motivators to help you relax, reflect and remember what you value most. I look forward to your feedback. Jennifer
On Friday, August 27th JB Music Therapy hosted a day of continuing education for members of the music therapy community. The day was jam-packed full of an array of speakers and presentations to broaden the scope and resources of more than a dozen music therapists and...
by Kelsi McInnes, BMT, MTA, Director of Special Projects at JBMT Have you ever felt that rush of exhilaration when you’ve set out to do something challenging and accomplished your goal? Perhaps it was finishing a hike that you weren’t sure you could or presenting at...
My in-laws have lived in the middle east for well over 10 years and have grown accustomed to the middle eastern musical scales and sounds - or so I had thought. While they were back visiting us over the summer we attended the local folk music festival together. As...
Here is a short case study by DIANA. Diana has recently joined our team...here is her account of a session, a short while after transitioning into one of our long term placements: During a recent session at a long term care facility, the son of one of my...
A week ago I wrote about my music therapy mentor Fran Herman. Today I learned the loss of another mentor whom I barely knew, but who had great influence over me theses past few months. Louise Guy and I shared the stage at the University of Calgary at the invitation...
Long-term care workers find stress relief in Music; Landmark Study could save industry 1.46 Billion American Music Conference 2007 The Recreational Music Making (RMM) program drastically reduced employee burnout and turnover. The study revealed that the program...