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Thomas Schoenberger to Join Board of Miracles of Mozart

Thomas Schoenberger, award winning composer and innovator, has joined the board of Miracles of Mozart, a non profit organization committed to fostering music in child centric special needs communities.” Its a perfect fit” says Schoenberger, who has done extensive work with autistic children since 1992. Miracles of Mozart is busy developing a classical music concert series that can be ” exported and performed” to a global audience, since, as Schoenberger states “Music has no borders, no border guards, and no time zone”
James Nederestek, founder of Miracles of Mozart said, “We are pleased to bring Thomas Schoenberger on board. Thomas was the pioneer of infant music in the 1990’s and his composing skills are astounding” Thomas brings a special brand of prolific creativity to the fore, and we are delighted with this development.”
Plans for a 2013 concert series featuring special needs children in a performance environment are under way. Visit the miracles of Mozart website located at http://miraclesofmozart.com/wordpress/?page_id=58
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Does Listening to Music Relieve Pain?

Hi Thomas Schoenberger here.  As confirmed again last month, it seems there may be a role for music in managing pain depending on the individual’s response to music.  I’m looking forward to researching this area a bit more.

In December 2011, The Journal of Pain (which is quite an odd name for a journal don’t you think?) published an interesting article on a study done on pain response and listening to music.  The title of the article is Individual Differences in the Effects of Music Engagement on Responses to Painful Stimulation.  In summary, the study found marked response differences between subjects listening to music with pain stimulation and those without.  However, they also found that some individuals have a higher pain management effect than others. Additional studies apparently are planned.

Apparently there was another article in 2006 in the Journal of Advanced Nursing that looked at the management of pain through music that demonstrated benefits in a controlled study.  An article discussing the results may be found here.

Signing off for now –

Thomas Schoenberger

 

Sources: Siedlecki, Sandra L. and Good, Marion. “Effect of music on power, pain, depression and disability.” Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 54.5. June, 2006: 553-562.
Journal of Advanced Nursing Press Release, 5/24/06

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What is a Polymath?

From the wonderful thousands of people contributing to Wikipedia:

A polymath (Greek: πολυμαθής, polymathēs, “having learned much”),[1] sometimes (if male) referred to as a Renaissance Man, is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. In less formal terms, a polymath (or polymathic person) may simply be someone who is very knowledgeable. Most ancient scientists were polymaths by today’s standards.[2] The term was first used in the seventeenth century but the related term, polyhistor, is an ancient term with similar meaning.

The common term Renaissance man has been used historically to describe polymaths or persons who aspired to be polymaths.[3]

 

Thomas Schoenberger

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