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SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY NEWS: Music Therapy Student Nets Research Award
July 19, 2017 Ray Leone ’86, ’17 MT-BC, was awarded the Mid-Atlantic Region (MAR) Graduate Research Award for his research, “The Impact of Two Music Therapy Interventions on Vital Signs, Pain, and Anxiety for Adult Patients in an ICU.” “We do believe that this may be the largest study ever using live music in an…
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Loudoun Now: $64K Donation Targets Suicide Prevention in Loudoun Schools
Jan 17, 2017 With an eye on preventing suicide and other mental health concerns among young people, the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation and Inova Loudoun Hospital are teaming up to bring two touring mental and physical health awareness theatrical productions to Loudoun County’s public schools. The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation has committed to donating $32,444…
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Loudoun Now: Year In Review: Loudoun’s Parents, Teens Partner to Prevent Suicide
December 29, 2016 Loudoun rates among the best places to live. Its families, on average, bring home some of the biggest paychecks in the nation. And its schools boast graduation rates and SAT scores that are head and shoulders above state and national averages. But, this year, the county has also had to stomach a…
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Loudoun Now: ‘A Will to Survive’: Music Therapists, Teen Rockers Take on Suicide in Rock Opera
Sep 29, 2016 When Ann-Charlotte Robinson’s son Will committed suicide in January at the age of 17, her longtime friend Tom Sweitzer felt a call to reach out to teens with a message of hope through music. With Robinson’s participation, Sweitzer, a well-known local music therapist and his colleague Cedric Dimapilis created a rock opera,…
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Loudoun Times-Mirror: Musical touring Loudoun County schools addresses suicide prevention
September 22, 2016 After reading aloud a letter Loudoun Valley High School student Will Robinson’s parents wrote to him at the teen’s funeral and seeing a crowd of his peers mourning his suicide in January, Middleburg music therapist Tom Sweitzer had an epiphany. He realized he had to create something that could bring hope to…
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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…