Songs for Music Therapy
By Wade M. Richards, LCAT, NMT, MT-BC
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Podcast Description
A Time for Music Podcast
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Songs for Change and Celebration in the New Year | Episode 31 includes 3 original songs for the new year. “Happy, Happy New Year” is a song especially for children to work on learning the new year and counting backwards from 10. The song “2011” and “This Year, I’ll Make a Change” provide students an opportunity to input their own ideas for change into the lyrics of the song. | 12/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Birthday Bash | Episode 30 includes songs and ideas for birthday-based sessions. Songs include “It’s Your Birthday”, “Birthday Wishes”, and “This Time Next Year”. Ideas for songwriting experiences, group discussions, creative movement, and sensory items are included. Listen at the end of the podcast for a special birthday present giveaway! | 7/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Songs for Telling Time | Episode 29 includes songs and strategies for helping students learn to tell time. Included are the songs “The Clock Shop”, “Big Hand, Little Hand”, “The Counting by 5’s Rag”, “The Big Hand Doesn’t Stop”, and “Seconds, Minutes, Hours”. | 3/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Magic of Spring | Episode 28 features two songs to celebrate the coming of spring! “Songbirds of Spring” includes ideas for creating colorful artwork and initiating a group discussion about the birds of spring. “The Wishing Tree” is in the style of an Irish folk song and includes ideas for song writing and lyric analysis. | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Songs for Stories | Episode 27 includes two original songs intended to be used with two different story books. The first song, “Hush!” is to be sung while reading the book “Hush! A Thai Lullaby” by Mingfong Ho. The second is a companion song called “I Am Me” created to be used with the book “My Travelin’ Eye” by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw. Jenny Sue is the sister of Joe Kostecki. Joe is currently a music therapist at the Hochstein School of Music & Dance. | 2/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Shape of Things | Episode 26 includes “I’m a Circle” and “Solid Shapes”. These songs help children recognize and label 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Also included is a sample instrument activity involving polyrhythms and symbolic music reading using shapes. | 2/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Songs for Haiti and Valentine’s Day | Episode 25 includes the songs “We Send You Hope” and “Valentine’s Day”. “We Send You Hope” is an inspirational song submitted by intern Megan Resig to bring awareness to the events in Haiti. The Story Behind the Song is also narrated by Megan where she shares the translation of some of the Haitian phrases featured in the song. “Valentine’s Day” is a simple song to use when opening a session centered around Valentine’ Day. | 2/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Songs for Special Events in February | Enjoy two original songs for two February events- Groundhog’s Day and Super Bowl Sunday. “Mister Groundhog” is a great song to share the legend of the groundhog predicting spring with children and young adults. “Super Bowl Sunday” can be used with young adults and adults to get ready for Super Bowl XLIV and join in with songwriting, acting, and group discussions. | 1/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Songs for Inspiration and Thankfulness | Episode 23 includes two songs; “This Bowl” and “We Are Thankful”. “This Bowl” is an inspirational song that can be paired with an artwork project. “We Are Thankful” is a great song for group participants to share what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving and sing about the Pilgrims and Native Americans who shared the first Thanksgiving. | 11/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Start A Session with a Latin-style Opener | Two new “hello” songs are introduced- both have a Latin feel. “Oh Ay Ah” is a vocal echo song. “All Together in Music” calls for colorful major seventh chords and a Bossa Nova picking pattern for guitar. | 10/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Summer Fun Series- At the Ocean | The last installment of our Summer Fun Series includes songs about spending time at the ocean. The first song, “Let’s Go Down to the Beach” was written by a student and includes a list a items to bring to the beach. The second piece, “Ocean Breath” is a wellness song written in the Lydian mode. Learn how to improvise on the piano in the Lydian mode and then recreate the piano accompaniment heard in the song. | 8/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Summer Fun Series- Camping | In episode 20 ideas and songs for a camping theme are shared. “We’re Camping” includes strategies for fill-in-the-blank songwriting. “Gather ‘Round the Campfire”, written by music therapist Lisa Townsend, is a great song to open a group experience centered around singing everybody’s favorite campfire songs. | 7/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Summer Fun Series- Summer Sports | Episode 19 launches our summer fun series. Today we talk about a game to play with your groups to initiate discussions about different summer activities. Summer sports is our first topic. Included are the songs “Summer Fun” and “Summer Sports”. | 7/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Songs for Father’s Day | Included in episode 18 are two songs celebrating Father’s Day. “My Dad” and “Every Day is Father’s Day”. The song “My Dad” is played in DADGAD tuning for guitar and a listen/play challenge is included. For “Every Day is Father’s Day”, ideas for fill-in-the-blank lyrics are shared. | 6/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Flag of Freedom | In this episode we will explore songs about our nation’s flag. The first is “My Flag”, a song to use with an art and music project. The second is “The Flag of Freedom”, a new patriotic song to share with a variety of ages or populations. | 6/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
FINALLY ! ! !
I haven't waited a long time for a great Music Therapy podcast. Others have come and gone, but this one is off to a great start. Keep up the great work!
YOU ROCK~!
Hey! I am so glad to see that you have done this! What a wonderful asset to our profession! YOU ROCK! With great appreciation from ND! Emily Wangen, MT-BC
Excellent source material
I am a board-certified music therapist working with children with special needs. I have a slightly different population than Wade, but his ideas and songs have been extremely valuable for me in planning music materials for my groups. He describes how he uses his songs in his groups and offers some suggestions for modifying these to meet the specific needs of other clients. Thank you!
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