Erin Hade Lunde, MT-BC, music therapist in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area
I heard on the local news tonight that Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment has been audited, and that there are “inconsistencies in the structures and procedures used to oversee the Legacy Amendment funds” (Source, MPR). Hence, the controversy over using half of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund money to pay toward a [...]
Wed, November 30 2011 » News » No Comments
I know from my internship experience that with the holidays and the end of the year, many people in our care die. In my internship, I worked mostly with people in hospice care. Now, the majority of my work is in a care center where I have recently been astounded by the number of deaths [...]
Tue, November 29 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
My list of podcasts is quickly becoming just as full as my Google Reader. I have been subscribed to The Music Therapy Show with Janice Harris for a bit, and though I read the blogs of Rachel Rambach, Michelle Erfurt, and Kimberly Sena Moore, I had yet to subscribe to their joint podcast, Music Therapy Round Table. I really liked their [...]
Mon, November 28 2011 » Resources » No Comments
I had the privilege to participate in a Thanksgiving prayer service and hymn sing this afternoon at work. I provided some violin music and vocal leading of some of the hymns. I do enjoy using my violin whenever I can, and I was even able to play with the other music therapist in the facility. [...]
Wed, November 23 2011 » Reflections » 2 Comments
I just listened to Friday’s podcast “NewsPod” from the BBC, and the last story describes how Yorkshire’s anthem, “Ilkla Moor Baht’At,” is dying out. A music teacher uses the tune to teach intervals, and has noticed that in the past three years, fewer and fewer of his students know the song. (Should you like to [...]
Tue, November 22 2011 » News, Reflections » No Comments
Mon, November 21 2011 » News » No Comments
Another great piece on music therapy’s and caregivers’ roles in Representative Gabrielle Giffords’ recovery. Caregivers Spotlight
Fri, November 18 2011 » News » No Comments
I am sorry to be missing the American Music Therapy Association National Conference this year, but alas, I simply will not be there. *** Here in Minneapolis, though, I have been reading up (however briefly) on some information I’ve been given. On Monday, one of my co-workers at the care center brought in an article [...]
Thu, November 17 2011 » News, Reflections, Resources » 1 Comment
I listened to the most recent podcast of “This American Life” this evening, and was intrigued by one of the stories that followed a music teacher who teamed up with a cancer researcher to find ways to use sound, or rather electromagnetic waves in this case, to kill cancer cells. If that’s not one important [...]
Wed, November 16 2011 » News, Reflections » No Comments
A few months ago, the care center where I work decided to trial mneme therapy. Mneme therapy “uses everyday pleasurable experiences such as singing, movement, story-telling and painting in a unique combination to stimulate sustained attentive focus(SAF)” (Source). Since then, my care center has hired a mneme therapist to come once a month and see [...]
Tue, November 15 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
