Medical offices can be sterile, intimidating places—environments that make the already-unpleasant task of waiting to see a doctor even more stressful.
Young classical musicians, faced with a difficult economic reality that has seen the bankruptcy of numerous orchestras, are looking for new places to hone their art, and new ways to connect with an often indifferent community.
Two distinct problems, but newly published researchdescribes an innovative initiative that may help solve both: live classical music in the waiting areas of medical facilities.
In the journal Musicae Scientiae, Michael Silverman and Jon Hallberg of the University of Minnesota describe a small program they created and implemented in which music students—specifically, classical pianists and guitarists—spent time performing in a primary care clinic waiting area.
[For more of this story, written by Tom Jacobs, go to http://www.psmag.com/health-an...o-the-medical-clinic]
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