Music Therapy
Is sound healing healthy or a hoax?
The popular podcast Healthy or Hoax hosted by Stacey Morrison is back for its fourth season. To kick the series off with a bang - or a gong - Stacey heads off for some sound healing. Can sound really… Video, Audio
Music is a “good addiction” which can displace teenage anxieties
AUT Radio Student Aimee Way discovers in songwriting a pathway out of the anxieties which affected her teenage years. Audio
Music Therapy Week: 'Giving people a voice through music'
Music therapist Ella Polczyk-Przybyla hopes Music Therapy Week, which runs from 15-21 November, will help demystify the profession. Audio
The power of music with Sarah Hoskyns
Music has the power to move people in ways both seen and unseen. Sarah Hoskyns, professor and music therapist talks about how music has the power to heal. Audio
The Cantabrainers Choir - more than just music
For people living with neurological conditions the Cantabrainers Choir offers singing, socialising, and speech therapy. In that order. Audio
A theatre show for babies
The good folk at Cubbin Theatre Company are on a mission to prove theatre is for everybody - even babies! Audio
Four amazing ways music can help you, your kids and your dog
It’s Music Therapy Week and this year's theme is mental health and wellbeing. We've put together a list of things you might not know about the amazing effects music can have on wellbeing for everyone!
…Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards 2019
On of this year's award winners, Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre, Auckland, was awarded the Arts Access Holdsworth Creative Space Award 2019, for the impact and vision of its Music Therapy programmes… Audio
New research shows music therapy helps children with autism
New research out of Victoria University has shown music therapy can help children with autism. Audio
Using music to develop skills
In a few days it'll be World Music Therapy Day - a day dedicated to the use of music to help those with learning or mental disabilities. Audio, Gallery
Music101 Pocket Edition 168: Spotify/Summer Jams
In this week's Pocket Edition, Melody Thomas speaks with Liz Pelly about what is behind Spotify playlists; BBC Future reporter Melissa Hogenboom shares the story of her father's dementia and his love… Audio
Music and my dad's dementia
BBC Future's Melissa Hogenboom shares the story of how her Dad's love of music helped to slow his onset of dementia and the research behind music's effects on the brain. Audio
The power of music and memories in cognitive therapy
Why do the songs we loved in our late teens and early 20s trigger such powerful memories? The power of music to prompt feelings, memories and even physical responses has led to it being used more and… Video, Audio
Finding your voice through music therapy
For just the second time Music Therapy New Zealand is holding an awareness week starting this Saturday. It’s a nationwide celebration under the Theme “Finding Your Voice”. Music therapy is tailor-made… Audio
Music therapy for those with Autism
New Zealand School of Music’s Dr. Daphne Rickson knows how music can truly change lives. The senior lecturer in Music Therapy has been awarded a $100,000 grant to explore the effectiveness of music… Audio
Claire Molyneux - Music Therapy
Claire Molyneaux has been working as a music therapist for more than 20 years - particularly in the field of children and adolescents. She joins Wallace to talk about why music therapy works, who it… Audio
Music helping to heal body, mind and soul
Art and science are two main elements behind Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre, New Zealand's only centre dedicated to music therapy. Carol White explains how introducing music can be a life changing… Audio
The Secret Life of Birth Music
In the Secret Life Of Birth Music, Yadana Saw meets the mums and midwifes, doctors and dads who push play on the soundtrack that greets the newly arrived. Audio
Dancing to Good Vibrations
How is music therapy helping new migrants settle into our largest city? Audio
Dancing to Good Vibrations
How is music therapy helping new migrants settle into our largest city?
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