Commemorating 9/11 with Music

September 10, 2011

As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 is marked, many people find themselves overwhelmed by all kinds of memories of that day, some of them very personal as well as painful. We live just north of New York City.  Lynne was driving to her office in the City that morning when she was stopped in upper Manhattan [...]

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Dr. Oz and YouBeauty.com cite Music and Happiness

July 20, 2011

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the noted cardiovascular surgeon who has become a major health expert in America regularly featured on Oprah, has opened a fascinating new website, YouBeauty.com, as of July 1st this year.  He and Dr. Michael Roizen are the authors of You: Being Beautiful, You: Staying Young, and many other books on diet and health, all [...]

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The Magic Power of the Virtual Choir

July 16, 2011

The power of music to connect human beings and elevate their spirits is as old as mankind itself. Music is essential to our nature as social animals, our need to bond with others. It can take many forms–a mother cooing to her baby, work songs on chain gangs, protest marches, marching bands, people singing in [...]

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Play, Play, Play!

July 2, 2011

This is for those of you who don’t know much about music. Or who would like to know more about it than you do now. Let’s start off by having some fun. Have you seen a Virtual Keyboard? Even if you have never played an instrument, you can experience making music yourself with this wonderful [...]

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Would You Believe It? The Surprising Benefits of the Ukulele

June 17, 2011

Hawaii has been in the news a lot lately.  President Obama released the long form of his birth certificate, and A Singular Woman, Janny Scott’s biography of his mother, Ann Dunham, was recently published. But Hawaii is also offering something even more newsworthy, in larger numbers than ever before–an instrument through which almost anyone can [...]

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