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Episode 3: Reclaiming Inner Narratives Through Music: DISASTERSHOCK - Reporter's Notebook
Join host Reji Mathew, PhD, LCSW, REAT with guest Dr. Alan Turry, DA, LCAT, MT-BC, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapist
Topics discussed in this episode of Disastershock - Reporter's Notebook:
- The history of the Nordoff-Robbins approach to Music Therapy
- The vastness of the musical vocabulary for personal expression
- Improvisation as a landscape of hope
- What engaging in music can do for people
Music Therapy Remote Work
Music Therapy Developing Engagement
Music Therapy in Aphasia Rehabilitation
Music Therapy as a mode of communication
Music Therapy for emotional well-being
Music Therapy as a celebration of achievement
Alan Turry collaborated with Elizabeth Flores, Director of the New American Youth Ballet, to score a new ballet titled, "The Life Of A Dancer". Flores describes this as a classic work with 16 movements to express emotional memories of life. Hollywood film arranger Tim Simonec (Inside Out, Jurassic World, Rogue One) arranged all the compositions for a full 46 piece orchestra.
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Best Friend Is You
Collaborating with lyricist Elizabeth Flores, co-founder and director of New American Youth Ballet, this song was written by Alan Turry to bolster the spirits of a child struggling to fit in with her peer group. Arrangement by Tim Simonec; sung by Andrea Miller.
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