Category: Music Got Me Here

Classical Voice: A New Documentary Reveals the Healing Power of Music

November 30, 2020 Is it a music miracle, or simply science? It is both, although there is nothing simple about Forrest Allen’s arduous emergence from a traumatic brain injury that had silenced his singing voice at age 18 and left him unable to utter a sound or walk for almost two years. Emmy and Peabody…

November 30, 2020
Variety: ‘Music Got Me Here’ Trailer – How Music Therapy Saved a Snowboarder’s Life [Video]

Nov 12, 2020 “Music Got Me Here” is a new documentary from filmmaker Susan Koch and looks at the extraordinary power of music and how it helped save the life of snowboarder Forrest Allen. At the age of 18, Allen had a snowboarding accident and was trapped inside himself, and unable to speak or walk…

November 12, 2020
NBC: Music Therapy Helps Man Regain Voice After Snowboarding Accident

October 20, 2017 Watch the video

October 20, 2017
Loudoun Times-Mirror: Music soothes the soul and heals the body for these two Middleburg men

August 27, 2017 Forrest Allen seemed to have it all — sporty, smart and loved by family and friends in Middleburg. He was doing well in school and had ambitions to become a veterinarian. But in 2011, Allen’s life took an unexpected turn at age 18 during a snowboarding outing. After striking clumps of ice,…

August 27, 2017
Washington Post: Snowboarding accident robs a Virginia man of his voice. Music helps bring it back

August 2, 2014 Friends draped arms across one another’s shoulders and swayed as they listened to Forrest Allen sing. Some joined in softly, not wanting to drown him out. Some blinked back tears. They never expected him to survive the accident. They knew the effort it took that afternoon for Forrest to sing each note…

August 2, 2014