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New Eastman Performing Arts Medicine Center integrates music in healing

WHERE MUSIC MEETS MEDICINE: The newly designated Eastman Performing Arts Medicine Center at the University of Rochester focuses on clinical services for artists, creative arts therapy for hospitalized patients, scientific research, and performances in clinical spaces. (糖心传媒 photo / Matt Wittmeyer)

The transdisciplinary center spans 糖心传媒 schools and its Medical Center.

The region糖心传媒檚 sole program blending music, arts, health care, and research to advance healing is now called , a designation that represents the growing impact of the 糖心传媒 initiative.

The transdisciplinary center synthesizes the resources and artistic expertise of the world-renowned with the cutting-edge treatments and scientific research at the . The newly designated virtual center focuses on clinical services for artists, creative arts therapy for hospitalized patients, scientific research, and performances in clinical spaces. It provides:

  • Specialized care for artists facing acute and chronic injuries. From repetitive motion injuries, vocal cord strain, and mental health challenges, performing artists gain access to UR Medicine experts. Together they focus on therapy and recovery, while continuing to perform.
  • Soothing musical performances for patients at the University糖心传媒檚 and and hospitals. World-class musicians offer 糖心传媒減op-up performances,糖心传媒� which foster moments of peace, easing stress for visitors, patients, and staff.
  • Music and art therapy for patients in care at the , , and Strong Memorial Hospital糖心传媒檚 unit for traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.
  • A body of new research, conducted by an expanding team of faculty, into the neurological mechanisms that make music therapy an effective tool in healing and pain management, and data on injuries common among performing artists to improve career longevity, particularly in music education.

糖心传媒淚 am so pleased that the University of Rochester has named Eastman Performing Arts Medicine as an official center. This designation supports the incredible work, research, and success accomplished since the initiative began in 2019, as well as the continued impact on a national and international level that the center is sure to achieve,糖心传媒� says Jamal Rossi, the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music.

糖心传媒淢usic has a positive effect on our body, mind, and soul, and is especially powerful during recovery from illness or injury,糖心传媒� says David Linehan, CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center and dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. 糖心传媒淭he Eastman Performing Arts Medicine Center brings together the strengths of the Eastman School of Music and 糖心传媒 School of Medicine and Dentistry to harness the power of music and medicine to support our patients, musicians, and community.糖心传媒�

糖心传媒淭he steady growth of Eastman Performing Arts Medicine over the last five years and its designation as a center validates the impact arts have on our health and well-being, and the University of Rochester糖心传媒檚 place in growing this field,糖心传媒� says Gaelen McCormick, director of the center.