When Sundiata Kata first began his career as a children’s music teacher 45 years ago, many didn’t see the drum as the therapeutic tool it is known to be today in the field of music therapy. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. “When I first started out, it was very challenging to get ...

Group drumming and drum circles are valuable tools often used by music therapists to help a variety of individuals heal and improve their quality of life. So how is group drumming used in music therapy, and what are a few of its remarkable benefits? Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. In a 2007 ...

In collaboration with the Santa Clarita-based drum manufacturer Remo, Inc., an Alabama musician has turned his passion for drumming into a variety of rhythm programs designed to help people improve their quality of life. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. John Scalici, creator of Get Rhythm in Birmingham, Alabama, began his career as ...

What is music therapy? Many of us may think we know how to answer this question, but for those who have never had any direct experience with it, the methods behind music therapy and its potential benefits remain a mystery. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The American Music Therapy Association defines music ...

“Extraordinary” is the word Reverend Jim Billington used to describe the progress his students have made through drum therapy at the Solvang-based school for autistic young adults, Hidden Wings. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. As co-founder of Hidden Wings and the father of two autistic children, Billington has seen firsthand the remarkable ...

Arts & Services for Disabled, Inc. in Long Beach is helping improve the lives of individuals with disabilities by harnessing the power of a new drum technology designed to be accessible to the disabled community, Comfort Sound Technology. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Created by the Santa Clarita-based drum and drumhead manufacturer ...

 A music therapy program in Norfolk, Virginia is using the power of rhythm to help improve the lives of seniors living with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by utilizing a new drum technology designed to be accessible for individuals with disabilities, Comfort Sound Technology. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Released earlier this year ...

The Santa Clarita drum company Remo Inc. is launching a digital magazine called The Comfort Sound in order to provide free educational resources for a new drum technology designed to make drumming accessible to individuals with disabilities. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Called Comfort Sound Technology and developed by Remo, a drumhead ...

Recent research testing a new drum technology’s benefits to individuals with autism is challenging conventional knowledge about sound sensitivity and autism, according to officials from the Valencia-based drum company Remo Inc. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. In trials conducted over the last two years, counselors, music therapists and educators across the United ...

The Santa Clarita-based drum company Remo, Inc. has been a pioneer in the field of music and medicine since the early 1990s, when the drum wholesale company first partnered with the music therapy community during the 1991 Senate Special Committee on Aging, according to company officials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Neuroscientist ...