Medical Music Programs Reach Out to Recuperating Vets
North County Times . July 15, 2011
The music of ukuleles backed by guitars and suffused with horns will soon flow from a corner of Camp Pendleton that silence once commanded.
Might even hear a keyboard and a drum set, if a benefactor or two comes through.
A partnership between the Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club and Camp Pendleton's Rotary Club is putting the instruments into hands at the Wounded Warrior Battalion at the base.
Sponsored by the nonprofits Resounding Joy Inc. and the Semper Fi Fund, the music therapy program is a first for the battalion that opened in 2007. (Music lessons have been offered on base to the Wounded Warriors, but this focused music therapy program is new). . . Read entire article.»
Give the Gift of Music to Wounded Warriors
Newport Beach Independent . June 24, 2011
Newport Sunrise Rotary Club member Laura Dietz is on a mission to collect each and every unwanted and unused musical instrument she can find in our good city, to help bring the healing gift of music to the Wounded Warrior Battalion-West. She suspects, and I am guessing she's right, that there are probably untold numbers of perfectly good, forgotten or unused and unwanted musical instruments taking up space in just about every closet, garage and storage unit in Newport and beyond. . . . . . Read entire article.»
SOCIAL SCENE: Musical Sock Hop sounds right note for veterans
North County Times . June 5, 2011
The mission statement of the Foundation for Brain Injured Veterans, a project of the Alara Advocacy Foundation, establishes the deep connection between this charitable group and music. Its special events, such as the third annual "Celebrity Sock Hop" on April 16, thus far have been built around the nostalgia for the music of the '50s, '60s and '70s, and are building interest in therapeutic value of music in the rehabilitation of our wounded troops . . . . . Read entire article.»
Wounded Warriors Get Rhythm
DVIDS . March 3, 2011
Wyatt and Petty Officer 3rd Class Tina A. Leet, are Wounded Warriors. The group is the neurologic music therapy group at NMCSD where they play music to aid the healing process . . . . . Read entire article.»
Sound Minds:
Musical Bonding for Teens and Their Babies
Imagine Vol.1 No.1. October, 2010
Resounding Joy's Sound Minds is an
early-intervention program which uses goal-directed music
experiences to encourage and teach teen parents how to bond with
their babies and increase school readiness for infants 0 to 3 years
old. This program was started through an "Innovative Grant" funded
by First 5 San Diego from November 2008 - January 2010 to provide
music equipment and direct services twice a week for children and
teens. . . . . . Read entire article.»
Reaching For a New Approach:
The music therapy applications of Sansula and Kalimbas
Therapy Times . October 11, 2010
Music therapists utilize the kalimba as a vehicle to improve communication, increase group cohesion, encourage creativity through spontaneous music making, and to use as an alternate form of self-expression . . . . . Read entire article.»
Dowling joins Resounding Joy board
Del Mar Times . July 29, 2010
Joseph D. Dowling, former president of a San Diego biotech company, has joined the board of Resounding Joy Inc., a nonprofit agency that provides programs and services throughout San Diego County and beyond . . . . . Read entire article.»
Power drum song: military members find rhythm in a drum circle
Making Music . March / April 2010
Military life is stressful. Deployment, long periods of separation from family, and adjusting upon return to civilian life, are all concerns that are unique to members of the military and the people who . . . . . Read entire article.»
Music therapy program founder honored
Solana Beach Sun . November 26, 2009
The president of Healing Notes, a Carmel Valley-based nonprofit that promotes music therapy for hospitalized children, was honored on Nov. 13 by the American Music Therapy Association. Allison Barkley, who .
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entire
article.»
Resounding Joy: Healing Hearts with Music international outreach
Imagine Early Childhood Newsletter . Fall 2009
Resounding Joy, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in San Diego that provides music therapy, recreational and supportive music services to under-served populations. Through networking opportunities . . . . Read entire
article.»
Organization brings joy through music
Carmel Valley Leader . August 27, 2009
Resounding Joy, a therapeutic music organization, held a Junior Joy Givers camp last week to teach children the art of healing through music. The two-day camp concluded with a trip to entertain residents at . . . . Read entire
article.»
Summer music camp to be held Aug. 21–22 in Carmel Valley
Carmel Valley News . August 13, 2009
A summer camp, to be held Aug. 20 and 21 in Carmel Valley will teach young people from 8 to 18 how to use music to help others. The training will be lead by Resounding Joy Inc., a nonprofit agency . . . . Read entire
article.»
San Diego lawyer joins board of Resounding Joy
SD Backyard.com . August 2009
A San Diego woman recognized as one of the top lawyers in the region has joined the board of a nonprofit agency that uses music to help adults and children with special needs. Renée Schor, a partner in . . . . Read entire
article.»
Joy Giver training classes in Solana Beach
North County Voice. July 3, 2009
July 11 is the deadline to sign up for a class to learn how music can help adults and children with special needs. Resounding Joy Inc., a nonprofit agency based in Carmel Valley, . . . . Read
entire
article.»
Salsa beat flavors Resounding Joy fundraiser
The Coast News . May 2009
A nonprofit group that uses music to help adults and children with special needs will hold a benefit dinner and concert from 6 to 9 p.m. May 2 featuring Mexican cuisine, live Cuban music and lots of room to dance . . . . Read entire
article.»
Resounding Joy dinner dance draws a crowd
Rancho Santa Fe Review . May 14, 2009
More than a 100 people listened and danced to live Cuban music May 2 at a dinner and concert that benefited Resounding Joy Inc., a nonprofit group that uses music to help adults and children with special needs . . . . Read entire
article.»
Joy Giver training classes in Solana Beach
San Diego Backyard . April 1, 2009
April 12 is the deadline to sign up for a class to learn how music can help adults and children with special needs. Resounding Joy Inc., a nonprofit agency based in Carmel Valley . . . . Read entire
article.»
Escondido man is new treasurer of Resounding Joy
San Diego Backyard . February 13, 2009
An Escondido man has joined the board of a nonprofit agency that uses music to help adults and children with special needs. Matt Dolman, who owns Dolman & Associates, an accounting . . . . Read entire
article.»
Human Trafficking
World Federation of Music Therapy . 2009
Barbara Reuer, Ph.D. MT-BC of Resounding Joy, Inc. in San Diego, CA, has been working with women affected by human trafficking. She offers this information: Resounding Joy, Inc., a nonprofit based in . . . . Read
entire
article.»
Local music therapist honored
San Diego Backyard . November 20, 2008
Local music therapist Barbara Reuer has been honored twice by fellow health care professionals. The American Music Therapy Association gave her its Lifetime Achievement Award . . . . Read entire
article.»
Resounding Joy gets $75,000 grant to expand music program to three more San Diego schools
San Diego Backyard . October 1, 2008
Resounding Joy, a non-profit agency based in Carmel Valley, will begin implementing the program November 1 at Garfield High School and Victoria and Lindsay community day schools in . . . . Read entire
article.»
Resounding Joy party fetes volunteers
Rancho Santa Fe Review . September 18, 2008
Resounding Joy Inc., a nonprofit organization that uses music to improve the lives of needy people, hosted a party Aug. 9 in Rancho Santa Fe to thank many of the volunteers . . . . Read entire
article.»
Resounding Joy gets $8000 grant
Carmel Valley Leader . July 31, 2008
Resounding Joy Inc., a nonprofit group that uses music to help adults and children with special needs, has been awarded an $8,002 grant, its director announced this week . . . . Read entire
article.»
April 19 benefit will help nonprofit agency continue and expand its efforts bringing music to the needy
Rancho Santa Fe Review . June 19, 2008
Around 250 spectators, volunteers and performers recently crowded a local church to raise money for Resounding Joy, the nonprofit agency whose volunteers use voice, drums, and other musical instruments . . . . Read entire
article.»
Students brighten lives at brighton
Carmel Valley Leader . May 23, 2008
A group of Carmel Del Mar third graders shared music and fun with seniors at Brighton Gardens last Wednesday afternoon. Called the Junior Joy Givers, the students beat drums and sang old favorites . . . . . Read entire
article.»
Music therapy: healing withmusic is both art and science
CSA Spirit . May 2008
"Including music therapy is no luxury, it's essential. Nothing is more expensive than having patients disorganized, agitated, in need of total care, restrained, and medicated." Read entire
article.»
Michael Tiernan’s music is empowering the musician as well as his fans
Carmel Valley News . April 10, 2008
The musician called it his perfect storm. Only a couple of short weeks into spring, he was facing his busiest weekend of the year to date: two benefit shows, a couple church gigs, a wedding and a funeral . . . . Read entire
article.»
Children give back through music
Carmel Valley Leader . February 29, 2008
It all started with a news article. As part of an assignment from her teacher, Cathie Hays, Carmel Del Mar School third grader Stella Roth told her class about an article the local music therapy organization . . . . Read entire
article.»
Organization touts healing power of music
Carmel Valley Leader . January 25, 2008
Barbara Reuer believes in the healing powers of music. For her, music is more than just background noise, more than just a jumble of notes. It is a tool that has the ability to energize as well as calm, and
most importantly . . . . Read entire
article.»
Volunteers
use music therapy to reach people,
offer comfort
The San Diego
Union-Tribune . December 19, 2007
Intensive-care nurses at
Scripps Memorial
Hospital-Encinitas were unable
to wake a patient
who remained comatose for days
after surgery. They summoned
music therapist Barbara Reuer
. . . . Read entire
article.»
Carmel Valley resident helps bring the therapeutic power of music to people in need through Resounding Joy, Inc.
Carmel Valley News . March 29,
2007
English poet and playwright William Shakespeare had it right yet again when he wrote the phrase, "If music be the food of love, play on." Studies have shown that music has a calming effect on the
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article.»
Resounding Joy concert raises funds for adults and children who are homebound, have special needs
Carmel Valley News . March 15,
2007
Volunteers wanted A nonprofit agency whose volunteers use voice, drums and other musical insruments to help adults and children who are homebound or have special needs raised more than $27,000 at
. . . . Read entire
article.»
Music therapy ministry aims to be a resounding success
The Lutheran . May 2004
Some 30 volunteers from two churches in northern San Diego County began meeting one night a week in March to learn some basic principles of music therapy and brush up on counseling skills. By April, they
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