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MUSIC PROGRAM at the Center of Family Love
The MUSIC program is one of the highlights of the residents at both the ICF and the Loosen Geriatric Center. In this outstanding program, residents enjoy weekly 'lessons' in music and social interaction in a group setting. Groups include the Okarche Singers, the Okarche Rhythm Band and last, but not least, the Center of Family Love's Handbell Choir. Led by Dr. Miho Fisher, the groups have performed concerts at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, our own Anniversary Celebrations and a benefit concert at Christ the King Catholic Church in Oklahoma City.
To view a complete photo album of our outstanding MUSIC program, please click here.
WHY MUSIC THERAPY?
The Association of Professional Music Therapists has produced a leaflet entitled ‘Music Therapy for People with Learning Disabilities’ which gives a number of short case examples. These and other case studies cite a number of different potential aims and achievements of therapy. These include:
Improve attention span.
Decrease difficult behaviours.
Improve social skills.
Increase self-esteem.
Improve communication verbally or non-verbally.
Deal with anxiety and anger.
Tolerate closeness.
Develop ways of using music interactively and expressively.
Develop confidence in day to day interactions.
Music Therapy is both the art of music and the science of healing, working in tandem. It involves techniques and interpretations, bridging the gap between arts and science, towards a balanced approach. It is an application of broad range of music with procedures, protocols, techniques or methods adopted for application in clinical set ups. Music therapy is based both in culture and context and music therapy interventions involve assessment of various factors before treatment planning. Benefit of music therapy depends on determining the patient's music preference and necessitates a music therapist to develop an efficient means of determining such preference. Factors like musical upbringing, cultural background, personality, musical training and musical taste in family lineage influence musical preferences, music listening pattern and musical selection which are vital with regard to music therapy. Based on these factors, it becomes important to adopt appropriate approaches to be tried to achieve the desired goals.
In the December issue of Music Therapy Today, they published Lucanne Magill’s response to Michael Mayne at the World Congress in Oxford, July 26, 2002. She reflects on what she believes is really the heart of what musical therapists do, music therapy in spirituality. As she says, “So much of what we do is beyond words and it is really because of this transcen-dental nature of music that important healing in music therapy can and does occur”.
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