Music and Healing: Progress Towards Elysium

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dc.contributor.advisorCoghlan, Michael
dc.creatorWilson, Catherine Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-26T15:31:02Z
dc.date.available2017-07-26T15:31:02Z
dc.date.copyright2016-05-31
dc.date.issued2017-07-26
dc.date.updated2017-07-26T15:31:02Z
dc.degree.disciplineMusic
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores some of the many roles music, as a healing and nurturing art, plays in support of health and wellness. The fundamental question is how does music nurture, revive, animate, and inspire us to lead healthier and richer lives? Historical and modern sources, ranging from ancient philosophical works to reports of laboratory-based investigations, suggests that music is a remarkably positive and therapeutic element in the development of happier, healthier individuals, and well-adjusted societies. This study is the outcome of three deeply personal impulses: a) the experience of one who has personally benefited from music as a healing balm; b) the performer's desire to better understand the positive reactions, both emotional and physical, of audiences to specific musical selections and genres; and c) growing evidence that society is weakened and dulled (nor can foot feel, being shod) by the loss of the collective experience of live music due to the proliferation of digital technologies that facilitate access to a complexity of recorded music choices. There is compelling scientific documentation that experience listening to and creating live music when very young is especially beneficial. If the positive seeds of music are not planted in youth, the continued disintegration of the long-standing cultural musical institutions that serve a vital role in maintaining the social fabric is threatened. The dissertation documents the authors own response to the diminution of opportunities for participation in live music: the establishment of Euterpe, a non-profit charitable organization that presents live interactive classical and jazz performance programs for children in the public school system. The work is captured and analyzed in several ways: video recordings; art work produced by the children during Euterpe programs, and analysis extracted from previously published Qualitative Research Studies which were designed by leading scientific researchers in the field.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33347
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectPhilosophy of education
dc.subject.keywordsMusic
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and healing
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and mysticism
dc.subject.keywordsEuterpe
dc.subject.keywordsEnsemble Vivant
dc.subject.keywordsLive music of classical and jazz and related popular styles
dc.subject.keywordsMusic education
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and the mind
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and Plato
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and ancient cultures
dc.subject.keywordsMusic healing and ancient cultures
dc.subject.keywordsMusic healing and neuroscience
dc.subject.keywordsOliver Sacks and Musicophilia
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and angels
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and subtler bodies
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and child development
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and self-esteem
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and spiritual health
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and physical health
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and emotional health
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and mental health
dc.subject.keywordsMusic is the Key DVD euterpemusicarts.com
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and elysium
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and happier healthier individuals
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and happier healthier communities
dc.subject.keywordsMusic and happier healthier well-adjusted societies and nations
dc.subject.keywordsTherapeutic benefits of live music and music education
dc.subject.keywordsCatherinewilson.com
dc.titleMusic and Healing: Progress Towards Elysium
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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