Feel good music? Forum seeks links
Michael Schroeder | The Journal Gazette
Published: September 11, 2008 6:00 a.m.
Scientists and sound engineers alike are converging on Fort Wayne this week seeking the secrets of soothing music.
Part piano concert, part physics lesson, the conference is all intellectual collaboration. It’s bringing together physicians and musicians to address a central question: How can music heal? Answers, organizers say, are elusive.
The conference Friday and Saturday at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne stems from a research effort that joins music departments at IPFW and the University of Arizona. The resulting non-profit Alliance for Research in Music Medicine, or ARIMM, draws researchers from around the world in various disciplines.
“We need to take a look at the cellular symphony that’s going on within our body,” says Dr. Angela LaSalle, co-founder and chairwoman of ARIMM, who practices with Fort Wayne Endocrinology. "Everything vibrates," she says. “How do we listen to that?” more>>
A healthy body from music?
Scientists, musicians meet at IPFW to share research.
Jennifer L. Boen | The News-Sentinel
Posted on Sat. Sept. 13, 2008 - 08:01 am EDT
Ever think of your body as a symphony, its tiniest cells producing waves of energy, sending signals and messages that work in synchrony to keep the body healthy – or to repair it when something goes awry?
That was the talk among some 40 researchers, doctors, physicists, musicians and music therapists who gathered at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne for the national Alliance for Research in Music Medicine conference. IPFW has a music therapy program, which made the school a good fit, organizers said.
“The goal is to bring scientists and musicians together to explore the healing effects of sound and music,” said Dr. Angela LaSalle, a Fort Wayne endocrinologist and co-founder of the 3-year-old alliance. more>>
"The body is a complex symphony of different parts, but they all communicate"
- Claude Swanson, Ph.D., Physicist
Mission Statement
The non-profit Alliance for Research in Music Medicine provides a forum for scientific, medical, music, and computer science professionals and students to discuss and apply the scientific and mathematical relationships of music to the questions regarding cellular communication, diagnosis, and treatment of medical issues.
Our focus is the collaboration of multi-disciplines in the development of comprehensive research and education for the scientific community and general public. The ARIMM conference provides an environment where subject matter experts present lectures, paper presentations, and participate in panel discussions that encourage and enable interaction between presenters and attendees.
The ARIMM Conference
The ARIMM Conference 2008 was co-sponsored and hosted by the
IPFW Department of Music and the
Music Therapy Program. The 2006 and 2007 conferences were held at the University of Arizona. This was the first time the conference was held on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Alliance for Research in Music Medicine, Inc.
P.O. Box 15594 | Fort Wayne, IN 46885-5594 | info@a4rimm.org
