Author's posts
Mar 30
Healing power of music tapped for healthcare workers
“A virtual pilot study to investigate how music therapy can improve the mental health of healthcare workers has been launched by Simon Fraser University and Music Heals. The study will focus on the healing effects of music on healthcare workers who are at a higher risk of developing PTSD, trauma, depression and other mental health …
Mar 23
Support for live music
Artists in Healthcare are delighted and grateful for the Zita and Mark Bernstein Family Foundation’s gift to fund George Bajer-Koulack’s music at Misericordia Health Centre. George is able to play inside, fully PPE trained, for residents, making a profound difference in their quality of life with his joyful, engaging presence. Our sincere thanks for this most …
Feb 05
9 Health Benefits of Music
“Music can improve mood, decrease pain and anxiety, and facilitate opportunities for emotional expression. Research suggests that music can benefit our physical and mental health in numerous ways. Music therapy is used by our hospice and palliative care board-certified music therapist to enhance conventional treatment for a variety of illnesses and disease processes – from …
Jan 26
Papa Mambo Video for AIHM and MB Chamber Orchestra
Please find the most recent link to the Artists in Healthcare/MB Chamber Orchestra virtual music program, and share widely with your patients and staffs! We will continue to post new recordings every week until we can resume outside, and eventually inside music to your hospitals and long-term care.
Jan 20
Why Being Creative is Good for You
By Beverley D’Silva 5th January 2021 “What is the key to creativity, and how does it help our mental health? Beverley D’Silva speaks to Artist’s Way author Julia Cameron and others about ‘flow’, fear and curiosity. Creativity, according to Maya Angelou, is a bottomless pit: “The more you use it, the more you have,” said …
Jan 13
18th Century Music and Medicine
Medicine musica: the eighteenth-century rationalization of music and medicine Daisy Fancourt London, United Kingdom “Legends of music’s healing powers on both the mind and the body are estimated to go as far back as Paleolithic times, when music was believed to be a magic that could drive away the angry spirits that caused illness. It …
Jan 06
Music as Therapy in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Music Therapy “Music has been used as a mean of therapy through the centuries to counter all kinds of disorders by various peoples. Physicians and musicians in the Ottoman civilization were aware of the music therapy in continuation of previous Muslim similar practices. There are numerous manuscripts and pamphlets on the influence of sound …
Jan 05
Art and Recovery at CAMH
While art in hospitals is believed to provide comfort and promote recovery, it’s still a donor-driven effort. WENCY LEUNG HEALTH REPORTER TORONTO, PUBLISHED DECEMBER 25, 2020 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-while-art-in-hospitals-is-believed-to-provide-comfort-and-promote/ Please refer to Artists in Healthcare’s annual report to read about our Art in Hospital Donation program which has recieved $359,000 of donated art given to Manitoba hospitals over …
Dec 22
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Videos
Please find a link to our newest project, another wonderful collaboration with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Thanks to grants from Dave Johnston of the Johnston Group and The Winnipeg Foundation, musicians are recording live/virtually from their homes to create a concert series free to all patients and staffs. Currently posted are three videos of holiday music …
Help Artists in Healthcare Manitoba!
