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The Healing Power of Music

Ken Gilman, PhD, discusses the healing power of music for our mental, physical, and spiritual health. In doing so, he spotlights a book from Daniel J. Levitin titled “I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music in Medicine” and shares why he recommends it for every church musician’s reading list.

Video content by Ken Gilman, a retired music director and an obbligatist on a variety of instruments – mandolin, bouzouki, violin, octave viola, bass mandolin, etc. As a semi-retired psychologist and mediator, he works with first responders on topics of teamwork, communication, and burnout.

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