Music hath charms to soothe the injured brain

A free UQ public lecture on music therapy research directions with patients with neurological damage will be held on Thursday, September 22 at 5.30pm in The Mayne Centre, St Lucia Campus.

As part of UQ Research Week 2005, Dr Felicity Baker will present a lecture for the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies entitled: Can Rock Music Really be Therapy?

Dr Baker will present an overview of her music therapy work with traumatically brain injured young adults.

She will discuss the benefits of music and music therapy as a therapeutic tool and will illustrate her presentation with clinical examples.

She will describe a study she conducted which examined how singing songs enhances the mood, and vocal expressiveness of people who have a monotonal voice following neurological trauma.

Dr Baker is head of the music therapy training program in UQ’s School of Music. Her research interests are in the area of music therapy and the rehabilitation of people with traumatic brain injury, particularly in the area of communication.

Members of the university community and the general public are invited to attend this free lecture with refreshments to follow. Parking vouchers are available.

For further information, please contact: Ms Rebecca Ralph, Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies telephone.(07) 3346 9764, email: admin.cccs@uq.edu.au