March 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

SAVE THE DATE! October 22, 2011

Categories: Music, Music Care, music care community, Music Care Conference

It’s official!  The next Music Care Conference will be held on Saturday October 22 in Waterloo ON at Wilfrid Laurier University.  In partnership with the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community, the Music Therapy Association of Ontario, Baycrest Hospital and the University of Windsor School of Music, Room 217 will present its second Music...

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Monday, March 7, 2011

Songs, Connections & Nanny Gross

Categories: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Music, Music Care, music care community
Nanny Gross

Music played an enormous role in my connection with Nanny Gross, my grandma.  As a child, she would come and straighten my shoulders as I practiced the piano. When I was a music student, she would come to my recitals – she was interested in what I was studying and learning.  Music was a natural...

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