Posted by Marissa Baecker | July 19, 2011 | Comments: 0
Working as a music photograher and entertainment columnist, I met some great people in the music world. Patrick Zulinov, formerly of Sony Music now the Assistant Program Director of The Shore radio station in Vancouver, and publicist Teresa Trovato – both now working with the Music Therapy Ride sent this press release – definitely worth a read and mark September 17, 2011 in your calendar now for the Music Therapy Ride.
WHAT: PRESENTATION OF “BAND WAGON 1” TO BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
WHERE: BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL’S MAIN LOBBY AT 4480 OAK STREET IN VANCOUVER
*WHEN: TUESDAY, JULY 26 AT 2:00pm
*Media must arrive by 1:30pm and check in with Teresa Trovato in the main lobby of BC Children’s Hospital. Once all media is checked in, they will be escorted to the event.
The Music Therapy Ride Committee in Vancouver, with the generous support of Variety – The Children’s Charity, has spent the last year working with legendary producer Garth Richardson and Nimbus School of Recording Arts to create a mobile recording studio for BC Children’s Hospital.
Known as the Band Wagon Legacy Project, this innovative Music Therapy program has been designed to provide hospital patients the ability to create a permanent record of the music composed during their therapy sessions. The mobile recording studio, operating under the name “Band Wagon 1”, will enable Music Therapists within the hospital to visit patients at bedside.
Band Wagon 1 pictured here is the first prototype in Canada and will be presented to BC Children’s Hospital, located at 4480 Oak Street, on Tuesday, July 26 at 2:00pm.
Accredited Music Therapist Brooke Angus works in the Child Life Department at BC Children’s Hospital and says, “Music is the medium that is attractive to children of all ages and it’s a therapeutic form of self-expression when words sometimes fail. With the skills of an accredited Music Therapist and the versatility of the Band Wagon 1, patients from the Oncology, Youth and Intensive Care units will be given the opportunity to express feelings around their difficult treatment regimes and hospital stays using high tech recording equipment, professional microphones, a midi keyboard and various types of guitars. Having access to this innovative streamlined technology allows us to offer tailored musical experiences at bedside and allows patients to seep the benefits of music therapy.”
Shaw Saltzberg, on behalf of the Music Therapy Ride Committee, says: “Our long term ambition is to develop a nation-wide Band Wagon program within three years. We are grateful to our local partners and BCCH for the opportunity to work on the prototype and provide a unique tool for self-expression in combination with patient therapy”.
THE RIDE: September 17, 2011
The Music Therapy Ride Committee is comprised of members of the Vancouver music industry with representatives from booking agencies, radio stations, record labels, talent managers, concert promoters and recording artists. The Music Therapy Ride is a charity ride from Vancouver to Whistler designed to raise funds for the community-based music therapy services in British Columbia.
The 10th annual Music Therapy Ride will take place on September 17, 2011. All motorcycles and cars will roll out from the River Rock Casino Resort at 9:30am and will be escorted by the VPD’s Motorcycle Drill Team to the Garibaldi Lift Company in Whistler, where a barbeque lunch and live auction will take place.
As a result of ten years of dedication, support and generosity, the Music Therapy Ride has raised over $350,000 for the Music Therapy Trust Fund.
For more information on how to join this year’s ride or to make a donation, please visit http://www.musictherapyride.org.
Black only, light weight, v-neck
Professional stylist, Sam Shakura, is an avid rider but just because us ladies love our bikes doesn’t mean we can’t go from biker chicks to biker chic!
