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Music Therapy and Neuroscience
with Dr. Connie Tomaino, MT-BC
Sunday, October 18, 2015
10 am -12 pm and 1:15-3:15 pm
Where: Concordia University, Visual Arts Building
Creative Arts Therapies Department - Music Therapy
1395Lévesque Blvd. West, Room VA-023. Montréal, QC
* Workshop given in English with French translation if needed
* Reserved for people with music therapybackground
Description
Active music making, improvisation and neuroscience – implications for neuro-rehabilitation
Individuals recovering from stroke or Traumatic Brain injury (TBI) have many barriers to recovery. Some have damage to the frontal cortex which is responsible for executive function i.e. task planning. Endurance, on-task behaviors, and motivation may also be impaired. Clinical observation and research indicate that those with stroke and or TBI can and do benefit from prolonged engagement in active music making and music based improvisations. Additionally, neuroscience research is beginning to reveal the underlying brain mechanisms that are activated during musical improvisations. Presenter will draw examples from both clinical music therapy practice as well as current neuroscience research to explain therapeutic benefits of duration of active music engagement and improvisation in neuro-rehabilitation.
Music, the Brain and Therapy: How and Why Music Therapy benefits people with Neurologic Conditions.
Although music has been used in healing for thousands of years and the profession of Music Therapy has been established in the US since 1950 – it is only in the past few years that we have been able to get a better glimpse into how the human brain perceives and responds to music. What does contemporary neuroscience tell us about music and the brain? How do these finding support clinical applications of music therapy in child development as well as recovery or maintenance of function in adults with brain injuries? This presentation will focus on recent studies from cognitive neuroscience that inform the practice of music therapy and bring new understanding to how music can be applied therapeutically to address a range of clinical needs. Issues related to motor timing and expectation; improvisation and disinhibition; attention and memory; and, language processing will be addressed.
Instructor
Dr. Concetta M. Tomaino, D.A., MT-BC, LCAT
Executive Director/Co-Founder
Institute for Music and Neurologic Function
Senior Vice President for Music Therapy
CenterLight Health System
A pioneer in the field of music therapy, Dr. Concetta Tomaino is both the Executive Director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF) and the Senior Vice President for Music Therapy atCenterLight Health System, (formerly Beth Abraham Family of Health Services) Internationally known for her research in the clinical applications of music and neurologic rehabilitation, Dr. Tomaino has lectured on music therapy throughout the United States and in Argentina, Australia, South Africa, Italy, England, and Canada. A past president of the American Association for Music Therapy, Dr. Tomaino was honored at the United Nations with the Music Therapists for Peace Award of Accomplishment. Committed to fostering the broadest access to music therapies for people in need the world over, Dr. Tomaino’s work with the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function has advanced the state of the art and science of music therapy for individuals suffering the effects of brain trauma including stroke, or who are afflicted with such degenerative neurological diseases as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Dr. Tomaino’s work has been featured on national programs including 48 Hours and 60 Minutes; on international programs including the BBC; and in books on health and healing, including A Matter of Dignity, by Andrew Potok; The Mozart Effect, by Don Campbell; Age Protectors (Rodale Press); Sounds of Healing, by Mitchell Gaynor, M.D; and An Anthropologist on Mars, by Oliver Sacks, M.D. Dr. Sacks' book Musicophilia is dedicated to her.
Prior to earning a Masters and Doctor of Arts in Music Therapy from New York University, Dr. Tomaino was graduated with a BA in Music Performance (with a minor in psychology and sciences) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She joined the Bronx, NY-based CenterLight Health System in 1980 and soon became one of the foremost proponents of the emerging field of Music Therapy. Fifteen years later, Dr. Tomaino helped found the IMNF. Today, in addition to her work with CenterLight Health System and the IMNF, Dr. Tomaino is on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the ATTP II team of the National Parkinson’s Foundation and the New York State Geriatric Education Consortium. A founding board member of the International Association for Music and Medicine; Dr. Tomaino was a Super Panelist for the GRAMMY in the Schools program and has served on the Certification Board of Music Therapists, the Journal of Music Therapy, and on the advisory boards for the Center for Alternative Research at the Kessler Institute, and the International Journal of Arts Medicine.
INFORMATION AQM:. 514- 264-6335
Fees AQM:
Member:$60 / Non-member:$90
Member MTA for less than 2 years, students*, and interns:$45
Non-member student*: $75
*Full time student status proof required.
Cancellation policybefore October 11th: $25 non-reimbursable.
No reimbursement after October 11th.
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