In 2023, the D Jones Family Charitable Foundation was proud to fund Perfect Health Harmony’s free virtual therapeutic community choir open to anyone with a Parkinson’s diagnosis (& their caretakers!).
According to Perfect Harmony, research in music therapy and neuroscience has shown that music synchronizes neural activity—and can improve patients’ cognitive motor, sensorimotor, and speech/language symptoms. Neurologic Music Therapists® designed the Parkinson’s Choir to address limitations and struggles with the disease and culminate in a staged community concert! Patients report that participation in singing activities and music with a strong rhythm has improved their gait, breath support, mood, motor control, and ability to perform consecutive tasks. Individuals at any stage of the disease are welcomed to the choir and can benefit.
Neurologic Music Therapists provide individual and group music therapy services in the Metro Atlanta area. Programs include adaptive music lessons, NICU services, early intervention, Bloom in Music (children’s developmental community music program), mental health support services, developmental delay, memory care, and therapeutic support of individualized goals. They serve people of all ages that have Autism, Down’s Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Mitochondrial Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cognitive Delay, Speech Delay, Apraxia of Speech, Communication Disorders, Sensory Processing Disorder, Physical Disabilities, Emotional and Behavior Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Grieving Children and Families, Substance Abuse/Addiction, Mental Health Disorders, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia. Learn More