Organizations

Art for Recovery, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://cc.ucsf.edu/afr/projects.html

The Healing Music Organization
http://www.healingmusic.org


Resources

Books
Benson, Stella. The Healing Musician - A Guide to Playing Healing Music at the Bedside.
Seattle: NewGrail Media, 1999

Borysenko, Joan. The Power of the Mind to Heal.
Carson, CA: Hay House, 1994

Campbell, Don (ed). Music, Physician for Times to Come.
Wheaton, IL: Quest Books,1991

Campbell, Don (ed.). Music and Miracles. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books,1992

Campbell, Don. The Mozart Effect —Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit.
New York: Avon Books, 1997.

Gaynor, Mitchell L. M.D. Sounds of Healing — A Physician Reveals the Therapeutic Power of Sound, Voice, and Music.
New York: Broadway Books, 1999

Lane, Deforia. Music as Medicine. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994

Journals
Pat Moffitt Cook (ed.). Open Ear Journal — Dedicated to Sound and Music in Healing and Education. Bainbridge Island, WA: 2000

Articles
Devlin, Mary. "Music and Healing," Early Music America, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 1999.

Gentile, Norma & Hadidian, Eileen. "Music and Healing II: Reflections and Resources," Early Music America, Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 1999-2000.

Leviton, Richard. "Healing Vibrations,"
Yoga Journal, Jan-Feb. 1994.

Riley, Laurie. "Music Heals," The Music for Healing and Transition Program, Hillsdale, NY.

Schroeder-Sheker, Therese. "Music for the Dying: A Personal Account of the New Field of Music Thanatology - History, Theories, and Clinical Narratives," ADVANCES: The Journal of Mind-Body Health, Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter 1993.

Websites
www.sound-remedies.com
A resource specializing in sonic solutions for health, learning and productivity. Maintains an online catalogue of audio products to enhance health and well being. Links to latest research in psychoacoustic music and sound application.

www.gaynoroncology.com
This site has a wealth of information on integrative cancer care and the use of healing music. Mitchell Gaynor is a highly respected mainstream New York oncologist who uses Tibetan bowls and chanting with his patients.

www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/special/a/11197.html
Art for Recovery, located at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, is dedicated to enabling people to express what they are feeling through their own creativity as part of a healing process. Family members, partners and friends may participate as well as create their own art relating to a loved one's illness.

To schedule Music for Healing in your health care facility or home, contact:

Suzanne Siebert,
Board President
510.843.2425
suzannesiebert@gmail.com

Patrice Haan
Muse
510.534.9250
patrice@tuxedorecords.com

Mailing address:
Healing Muses
1185 Solano Avenue,
PMB #153
Albany, CA 94706

Email:
healingmuses@comcast.net

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“Music is capable of enhancing immune function, lowering heart rate, lowering stress-related hormones like cortisol that raise our blood pressure and depress our immune system.”

—Mitchell Gaynor, MD
Director Medical Oncology and Integrative Medicine
Strong-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center
New York Hospital

“The music brings a calm, soothing element to a busy environment, enhancing quality of life for both patients and staff.”

—Steve Crawford, RN
Service Director for Patient Care
Kaiser Permanente
Oakland, CA

“Thank you for brightening my day with your beautiful music while I was in the hospital.”

—Patient