Music: Music Therapy

Written specifically for music specialists working in school communities, including music therapists, classroom music teachers, instrumental teachers and generalist teachers.

Music therapist and teacher Hal Lingerman presents a wealth of resources for choosing just the right music for physical, emotional and spiritual growth and healing. This edition offers comprehensive listings of current recordings, including new and remastered CDs, with selections from the classics, contemporary and ethnic compositions, and music composed by and for women. It includes chapters on Women's Music, World Music, the Music of Nature, and Angelic Music.

This international collection examines the opportunities for using music-induced states of altered consciousness to promote physical and mental healing, treat substance dependence, and in spiritual and palliative care.