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Threshold Choir Offers Comfort in Final Days

An international organization of bedside singers brings solace to the dying and their families

The Threshold Choir (now an international organization spanning the United States, Canada and parts of Europe and Southeast Asia), began with Kate Munger, who found herself in 1990 singing at the bedside of a dear friend as he lay in … Continue reading

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How Can Music Provide Comfort in End of Life? An Interview with Kieran Schnabel, Part Two

A music thanatologist talks about providing comfort at the end of life

Today is the final installment of our two-part interview with Kieran Schnabel, a music thanatologist with SacredFlight (a not-for-profit charitable organization of certified music thanatologists). Kieran is located in Oregon, and grew up practicing and studying music. He is now a full time music thanatologist, and … Continue reading

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What is the Nature of Sound Healing? An Interview with Silvia Nakkach, Part 1

How sound and music can help to heal psychic wounds

This is the first of a two-part interview with Silvia Nakkach, an innovative, award winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, voice culturist and author. Her specialties include music to aid in the healing process. Founding director of the Vox Mundi Project, an organization … Continue reading

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