TodaysWoman.2013
One of the challenges that we musicians, music therapists, and
clinical musicologists have is publicity. In the past, unless one
had a very healthy marketing and advertising budget, it was just not
possible to let the world know what all of the possibilities were
for healing with music, how music affects the brain, and the
tremendous benefits of music with surgery. Now, much of that has
changed!
Robert
Gupta
talks
about
music as
medicine
By now
ou have
heard me
say
hundreds
of times
that
music is
medicine,
good,
powerful,
healing
and
non-addictive.
The
awareness
that
music is
a type,
a form,
of
medicine
is
ancient.
The
Greeks
and
Romans
knew
about
the
power of
music;
the
Bible
talks
about
the
power of
music
over and
over.
The
story of
little
David,
playing
on his
harp for
the
depressed
and
morose
King
Saul is
one of
the
all-time
favorite
Bible
stories
for me.
Now
you’ve
probably
also
heard of
the “Ted
Talks.”
These
are
fascinating
lectures,
from
every
possible
discipline,
covering
everything
from
practical
advice
about
what to
do if
you are
having a
stroke,
to the
most
visionary
and
imaginative
concepts
known to
humans.
In this
post, I
want to
share
with you
an
excerpt
from a
“Ted
Talk” by
L.A.
Philharmonic
violinist,
Robert
Gupta.
Robert
Gupta,
violinist
with the
LA
Philharmonic,
talks
about a
violin
lesson
he once
gave to
a
brilliant,
schizophrenic
musician
— and
what he
learned.
Called
back
onstage
later,
Gupta
plays
his own
transcription
of the
prelude
from
Bach’s
Cello
Suite
No. 1.
If you do not see the video, Click Here
Violinist
Robert
Gupta
joined
the LA
Philharmonic
at the
age of
19 — and
maintains
a
passionate
parallel
interest
in
neurobiology
and
mental
health
issues.
He’s a
TED
Senior
Fellow.
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I
am one of the world's only clinical musicologists and hold
a Masters degree in piano performance, a Ph.D. in
musicology and a Master of Social Work in clinical social work. I
am also a licensed clinical social worker. I work with people and
diagnoses of all kinds, enabling them to find healing, acceptance and
hope.
