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NEW! The Handbook of Harp Therapy $26
Also available as a PDF download – email laurie@laurieriley.com
A reference book to enhance your training – covers Terminology, Accreditation Standards, Using Modes, a review of Clinical Ethics, Basic Music Terms, Lever and Key Changes, a review of Frequencies and Entrainment, Caring for Your Harp, and much more!
Also available as a PDF download. (you save postage!) TO ORDER the download, email laurie@laurieriley.com
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Why Music Heals
$26
Also available as a PDF download – you save postage – email laurie@laurieriley.com
The science behind the practice of therapeutic music: cosmology, fractals, cymatics, Pythagorean geometry, and music structures, in language everyone can understand.
This book also contains updated material from the former book “Singing the Universe Awake”.
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Body, Mind and Music
$30
Also available as a digital download – you save postage – email laurie@laurieriley.com
“I just finished your book, Body, Mind and Music. Laurie, this book should be a required reading for every music education student and every therapy music program candidate. You wrote an amazing book.” – Melanie Sandrock, therapeutic music student
Contains: Music is a Language; Practice As Passion; Focus and Relaxation; Expression; Overcoming Blocks to Musical Progress; What is Talent; Memorizing; The Five ways of Learning; Basic Music Terminology; Key Changes and the Succession of 5ths; Ergonomics; Using Modes and Other Scales; Improvisational Music; Beneficial Resonant Frequencies; Effects of Toning and Chant; Music in Medical Settings …and much more! 134 pages.
“5 out of 5 stars! How Come Nobody Ever Taught Me That? There are so many pearls in this book. I only wish I had purchased it earlier.”
L. M. Rhea – 5 out of 5 stars – “this book is a must read for anyone preparing to work as a therapeutic musician.”
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Composing Healthcare Music
$14
This book covers what makes certain music therapeutic, elements of composition, the categories of patients for whom music is helpful, and also contains information on certification training programs. For all musicians who feel the call to use their music in therapeutic settings.
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How to Start a Music Program in Your Local Hospital or Hospice
$14.00
UPDATED EDITION
This book is for those who wish to bring therapeutic music into clinical settings and the process by which this is accomplished.
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Play the Therapy Harp
$15
A beginner book for small harps – includes how to hold the harp, how to tune, how to read basic music notation, plus exercises and simple tunes to learn (composed by Laurie just for this book). Includes remarks on therapeutic playing.
Play the Therapy Harp is also available in a format for the blind. Email laurie@laurieriley.com
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The Pre-Training Guide for Aspiring Therapeutic Musicians
Wondering what to expect in a training program?
This pre-training guide is offered as a digital download (hard copy on request) is by Laurie Riley, CCM, CMP, CME. It walks you through everything you need to know before starting your Therapeutic Musician certification. Learn what makes the medical environment unique, how certified Therapeutic Musicians differ from Music Therapists, what a professional certification program actually covers, and what musical and personal skills will set you up for success.
Subjects Covered
- Why training is necessary for medical environments — patient safety, clinical sensitivity, ethical responsibilities, and institutional credentialing
- Roles in music and healthcare — Therapeutic Musician vs. Music Therapist, including a comparison overview
- What to expect from certification — program formats, curriculum areas (music & medicine, entrainment, clinical environment, scope of practice, ethics, and practicum)
- Skills you will develop — appropriate repertoire, entrainment techniques, tonal/modal awareness, clinical observation, care team communication, and professional growth
- Resources
- Optional program comparison chart
9 pages – digital download $12 – payable by PayPal, credit card, or check.Hard copy available on request.Email laurie@laurieriley.com to order
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