AIMH offers a series of workshops and training programs, developed by a professional orchestral conductor and a medical doctor to harness music’s healing properties to benefit patients, musicians and healthcare professionals.
Within the area of the Health Humanities, Music can offer those in healthcare a new perspective into their own profession. As the importance of burnout in the workplace is now fully recognized, music, uniquely among the arts, is ideally suited as a pathway to foster connection, creativity and compassion.
The programs of AIMH build resilience within musicians by awakening their inner gift to heal and self-heal through the power of their music. When music is performed appropriately in healthcare settings, both patients and staff receive the healing benefits.
“I used to play music until I had my stroke. I haven’t heard or felt those songs played live in many years.”
- a patient who, at first, was reluctant to hear us play. Nurses reported this patient’s mood improved drastically the rest of day as did his willingness to work with caregivers.