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Rethinking Music Practice: Helping Kids Build a Joyful Relationship with Music
At Modulations Therapies, we believe music is an accessible source of joy, exploration, and growth for everyone. It is both a skill and a pleasurable activity. To improve the skills involved in making music, many people utilize our services in the form of music lessons. Music lessons strengthen skills and can deepen our enjoyment and benefits. Yet somewhere along the way, that primary purpose can get lost. We start to believe that we have to practice because we take lessons,

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Oct 20, 20255 min read


Music for Healthy Aging
Music is an integral part of our lives from the time we are born. Across cultures, parents sing lullabies to their babies, children learn...

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Feb 6, 20233 min read


Music and the Adult Brain: Latest Research
As we age, adults often begin to worry about our brain health. Most of us know that exercise and eating right are beneficial to our...

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Apr 19, 20224 min read


2022 Community Music Programs
In 2022, Modulations Therapies will be providing a record number of therapeutic music programs in our community. Find out the when and where

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Jan 27, 20222 min read


Music Lessons with a Music Therapist
At Modulations Therapies, we provide both music lessons and music therapy services to people of all ages and abilities. What is the difference? Simply, our goal. Music therapy uses music as a tool to address challenges and goals that are not musical in nature, but rather are related to physical, cognitive, emotional, and social functioning and wellbeing. Clients may play instruments in sessions, but they also might not. Music lessons hold learning about music as the central g

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Nov 29, 20213 min read


Gift Guide for Music Lovers
Chances are there is a music lover on your shopping list. Music has so many benefits, from improving our mood and reducing isolation, to...

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Dec 2, 20205 min read


So This is Covid: A Songwriting Project
This song was created as part of the Jack Pine Project, a project at the University of Maine to capture the pandemic experiences of Maine re

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Oct 21, 20203 min read


Remote Music Therapy : FAQs about Virtual Tele-health
Providing safe, responsible music therapy practices during Covid-19 has become the primary mission of Modulations Therapies. Singing in...

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Sep 9, 20203 min read


Why the World is Turning to Music
All across the world, people are turning to music to help them cope and connect with others during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Mar 30, 20203 min read


What Happens in a Music Therapy Session?
A music therapy session is a bit like a Russian nesting doll. On the outside, it looks pretty straightforward - people are participating...

Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
Aug 27, 20194 min read
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