Music Faculty Present ‘Music for Parkinson’s Patients’ at Conference

Dr. David Berry, Don Scott, and Liz Eggerding presented ‘Music for Parkinson’s Patients: One Melody, Many Rhythms’ at the Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association in April 2022. The three-day virtual conference offered opportunities to learn and connect with music colleagues.
Their presentation explored the concept that music helps stabilize the gait of individuals with Parkinson’s Disease. Their experiment utilized original music they composed, with instrumental accompaniment set to five different rhythm pattern styles: Waltz, Rag, March, Swing
and Latin.