"Music is my Endorphin Engine."

"Breathe from a Place of Balance"

Selected Bibliography

 

 

Adventures in Kinship with All Life, J. Allen Boone, Tree of Life Books, 1990-2007

a philosophy of music, Bennet Reimer, Prentice Hall, 1970

BRASS EMBOUCHURE, Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embouchure

Childhood Music Lessons May Provide Lifelong Boost in Brain Functioning

The Effects of Music on Energy and Health , Judy Sue Christianson, R.N.B.S

Effect of Rock Music onthe Mind, Alfred Mulegna

Emotion and Meaning in Music, Leonard B. Meyer, The University of Chicago Press, 1956

Evidencing Transferable Skills in Undergraduate Music Education, Allen Moore, University of Surrey, Ruth Dockwray, University of Surrey, http://www.palatine.ac.uk/development-awards/1314/

The Faith Instinct, How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures. Nicholas Wade. Penguin Books. 2009. (Description of the origins of music and its role.)

The Gift of Fear, Gavin De Becker, Dell Publishing, 1998. (for mature readers)

Groundbreaking Research Links Music Making with Stress Reduction at the DNA Level. An Interview with Terry Lewis, Karl T. Bruhn and Barry Bittman, MD, http://www.google.com/search?q=groundbreaking+Research+Links+Music+Making+with+Stress+Reduction+at+the+DNA+level+yamaha&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

ON HABIT FORMATION, AND THE TIME IT TAKES:

http://www.spring.org.uk/2009/09/how-long-to-form-a-habit.php

http://www.willpowerengine.com/?p=645

http://sbinfocanada.about.com/b/2010/01/05/how-long-does-it-take-to-form-a-habit.htm

http://www.creating-better-habits.com/goal_setting.html

Handbook of Music Psychology, Ed. by Donald A. Hodges, National Association for Music Therapy, 1980

Is Music the Most Important Thing We Ever Did? Music, Development and Evolution. Ian Cross, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, West Road, Cambridge England http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/~ic108/MMS/index.html

Music and the Mind, Anthony Storr, Ballentine Books, 1992

Music the Brain and Ecstasy, How Music Captures Our Imagination, Robert Jourdain, Avon Books, 1997

Music Physician for Times to Come, An Anthology Compiled by Don Campbell, Quest Books, 1991

Musicophilia, Tales of Music and the Brain, Oliver Sachs, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007

Parallels and Paradoxes, Explorations in Music and Society, Daniel Barenboim and Edward W. Said, First Vintage Books Edition, March 2004

Primitive Man as Philosopher, Paul Radin, Dover Publications, 1985

Psychology of Music, Carl E. Seashore, Dover Publications, Inc. 1967

Psychological Foundations of Musical Behavior, Rudolf E. Radocy, J. David Boyle, Charles C. Thomas, 1979

The Brain that Changes Itself, Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Science, Norman Doige, M.D. Penguin Group, 2007

The Joy of Music, Leonard Bernstein, A Frieside Book, Published by Simon and Schuster, 1959

The Mind and the Brain, Neuroplasticiy and the Power of Mental Force. Jeffery M. Schwartz, M.D. and Sharon Begley. Harper Perennial. 2002.

The Music Lesson, Victor L. Wooten, Berkley Books, New York, 2006

The Nature of Music, Beauty, Sound and Healing, Maureen McCarthy Draper, Riverhead Books, 2001

Music Psychology and Mental Health, Association for Natural Psychology

National Standards for Civics and Government, Center for Civic Education

The Poetics of Music, In the Form of Six Lessons, Igor Stravinsky, Harvard University Press, 1970

The Tao of Music, Sound Psychology, Using Music to Change Your Life, John M. Ortiz, Ph. D. Weiser Books, 1997

The Way of Song, A Guide to Freeing the Voice and Sounding the Spirit, Shawna Carol, S. Martins Press, 2003

This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession, Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, Published by Penguin Group, 2006

The Trombone, Trevor Herbert, Yale Musical Instrument Series, Yale University Press, 2006

Transferable Skills, Michele D. Gefell, MS Counseling, Jefferson Community College, The Jules Center, Watertown, NY 13601, http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:w5OnNSnmvHUJ:www.sunyjefferson.edu/support_services/counseling/TransferableSkills.pdf+transferable+skills+jefferson+college&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShzgJV2xs8Enxx2MCpLqfrJae4ydkkq5LvcvQ0NZoyOMb13F3_qOgZV9e4KmZmvvMAq2cXrNUFeddZ0tYEbpS9lxdK2xWI2u3gFSTeDfzTtZwE0jA6flxftaCZH5bNO3jI4HkIx&sig=AHIEtbQMC5SI-VdH_y2n9MbmAnAUQkd_Xg

Trombone Technique, Denis Wick, Oxford University Press, 1971

the art of BRASS playing, Philip Farkas, Wind Music, Rochester, New York, Edward Brothers, Inc Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1962

What to Listen For in Music, Aaron Copland, A Mentor Book, 1985

Why Genes Aren't Destiny, John Cloud , Time Magazine, January, 2010

The World in Six Songs, How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. Daniel Levitin, Dutton 2008

 

VIDEOGRAPHY

Brain Trauma: PBS

How Music Can Change the Brain PBS

The Importance of Early Musical Training PBS

The Music Instinct: Interviews (PBS)

The Music Instinct: Music and the Brain (PBS)

The Music Instinct: Music and Medicine (PBS)

The Music Instinct: The Physics of Sound (PBS)

The Music Instinct: The Music Instinct and Performance (PBS)

The Physics of Sound - PBS

A Conversation with V.S. Ramachnadran, Leading Brain Researcher (Charlie Rose)

A Discussion about Memory with Benedict Carey of The New York Times and Daniel Schacter of Harvfard University (Charlie Rose)

Ben Zander: Classical Music with Shining Eyes

The Teenage Brain