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We seek to bring music and medicine together by 1) making music and rhythm an integral part of treating illness, and 2) improving the health of musicians.

Music as Medicine. Medicine for Musicians.

10/05/2026

October is shaping up to be a busy month for the Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine team! 🍂🎶

We’re excited to share our work across two upcoming annual neurology meetings, including two concurrent sessions:

🧠 American Neurological Association | San Diego
📅 October 17–20
Special Interest Group Session on Music Interventions in Neurology
Posters on BEATs-PD and Music for Alzheimer’s Disease

🎵 Neurocritical Care Society | Seattle
📅 October 20–23
Concurrent session on Music Therapy in Neurocritical Care
Poster on patient and family perspectives of music therapy in the Neuro ICU

We look forward to connecting with colleagues and sharing the growing work of our center in the areas of music therapy and music-based interventions across neurology and neurocritical care!

ID: Beige watercolor graphic promoting upcoming October conference presentations and posters by the Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine. The design features the heading “October Meetings” and highlights the 151st Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association in San Diego, October 17–20, 2026, and the 24th Annual Meeting of the Neurocritical Care Society in Seattle, October 20–23, 2026. Listed presentations include music interventions in neurology, BEATs-PD and music for Alzheimer’s disease, music therapy in neurocritical care, and patient and family perspectives of music therapy in the Neuro ICU. Meeting logos are included, along with the JH Music Medicine logo (top right) and handle (bottom center).

09/28/2026

BEATs-PD is back! 🎶💃🏾

We’re excited to announce the return of BEATs-PD: Boosting Education and Awareness Together for People with Parkinson’s Disease this fall! This class series builds on what we learned from our summer pilot, with participant feedback continuing to shape the program moving forward.

A special thank you to our incredible Dance & Bmore instructor team and to the Parkinson’s Foundation for their support of this fall semester of classes. We’re looking forward to moving, singing, and learning about PD in community together this fall.

The details:
📅 Mondays from October 5–November 23
🕚 11:00 AM–12:15 PM
📍 The Y in Druid Hill
🎶 Music • Movement • Singing • Community
📚 Select classes (10/19 & 11/16) also include refreshments and PD education

Free registration here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf348UnP9zmmPzPabYf74oxM1f5F8oimyPeT9t8zCV2Z1bJiA/viewform

09/23/2026

Excellent to see the expertise of Drs. Alex Pantelyat and Kyurim Kang featured in National Geographic’s latest story on how music and rhythm are being studied as tools for neurological care. From individualized rhythmic cues to the emerging concept of an “acoustic prescription,” the article highlights the growing science behind using music’s therapeutic components to support movement and rehabilitation.

Read the full story: National Geographic: How songs may help reduce pain—and even treat stroke symptoms

ID: Navy graphic with white JH Music Medicine logo in top right corner. 3 text-dense screenshots from a National Geographic article are featured across the graphic. These include the article’s title – How songs may help reduce pain and even treat stroke symptoms – and quotes from Drs. Pantelyat and Kang. Yellow music notes line the bottom left of the graphic with handle bottom right corner.

09/14/2026

New publication from Dr. Kang and the CMM team in Movement Disorders! 💪

We are excited to share our new study on music-based neurorehabilitation for corticobasal syndrome (CBS), a rare neurodegenerative condition with very limited treatment options.

These findings provide preliminary support for Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT®), alone and combined with HD-tDCS, for improving upper-limb motor performance in CBS. Most importantly, this work highlights the need for more music-based intervention research in rare neurological diseases, where rehabilitation options remain especially limited.

https://movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mdc3.70734

ID:Graphic with Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine logo. Large quote reads: “BOTH NEUROLOGIC MUSIC THERAPY (NMT) ALONE AND NMT COMBINED WITH HIGH-DEFINITION TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION WERE FEASIBLE AND ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVEMENTS IN UPPER-LIMB MOTOR PERFORMANCE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CORTICOBASAL SYNDROME.” KANG ET AL., 2026. Screenshot of Movement Disorders Clinical Practice research article, open access: “A Randomized Controlled Trial of Dual Upper-Extremity Training [DUET]: Combining Neurologic Music Therapy® with Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Upper-Limb Performance in Corticobasal Syndrome.” Authors: Kyurim Kang PhD, Isabella Sterner BS, Shriya Bakhshi BS, Chris Bedell BS, Alexander Pantelyat MD. First published: 12 July 2026. DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.70734. .

08/31/2026

Mindful music moment: How often do we truly listen to music? 🎧

In honor of National Wellness month, we invite you to try something that won't take more than 5 minutes of your time. Choose one song, set aside distractions, and listen with your full attention. What do you notice? Share your experience with us in the comments below.

ID: Graphic from the Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine encouraging mindful music listening. Large navy text reads “Music Listening Challenge,” followed by the instruction: “Choose one song and give it your full attention.” Three white text boxes list prompts: “Notice what you hear,” “Notice what you think,” and “Notice what you feel.” The Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine logo appears in the upper right. Decorative musical staff lines frame the top left and bottom of the graphic, and a smiling cartoon brain wearing headphones with music notes appears beside the title. The handle appears in the lower right.

08/27/2026

And that’s a wrap on our BEATs-PD pilot!

A huge thank you to:
💃🏽 The incredible instructor team from Dance & Bmore for bringing so much creativity and joy to every class
🏠 The Y at Druid Hill for welcoming BEATs-PD into your space and hosting our pilot
🕺🏽 Every person who came, moved, and helped shape BEATs-PD this month AND for the future

We couldn’t end the pilot series without a group photo! 📸 💙
This picture captures the community behind BEATs-PD: class participants, research team and community advisory board members, and dance instructors all together.

ID 1: Class participants engage in seated movement and stretching with scarves
ID 2: Class participants sit and stand as they move throughout a dance studio
ID 3: Large group photo from the final BEATs-PD pilot class today

08/24/2026

Our team spends a lot of time thinking about music professionally, but we're also people with our own unique relationships with music. This week, members of the Center for Music and Medicine team are responding to the question: How do you use music to support your own well-being?

ID 1: Graphic asking, "How do you use music to support your own well-being?" featuring three members of the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine team. Alex shares that playing the violin is his "respite and stress relief" and that losing track of time while playing a Bach partita is a favorite. Kerry says she loves finding time for mindful music listening, especially to new albums by artists she loves. Kyu shares that she uses rhythm to reset throughout the day by walking to a steady beat, tapping along to music, or moving to a favorite song.

ID 2: Graphic featuring three more members of the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine team. Jason shares that he feels most alive when pushing himself to grow and is practicing electric bass daily because "consistency beats intensity." Jamie says she makes playlists for their morning and afternoon commute depending on what she needs in that moment. Ali shares that she intentionally carves out time to make music by herself to keep her relationship with music "fresh, alive, and inspired."

08/17/2026

New open access publication from the CMM team!

In this article, Alex and Kyu highlight the exciting transition from evidence-based music rehabilitation to precision music therapeutics. By identifying the active ingredients of music, they hope to better understand what works, for whom, and why — bringing us one step closer to personalized music-based interventions.

Read it here: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/advancing-music-and-rhythm-based-therapies-for-neurorehabilitation/212666/

ID: Image description: Graphic announcing a new publication from the Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine. Large navy text at the top reads “New Publication,” alongside the Open Access Government logo and the Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine logo. Centered is a screenshot of the article titled Advancing music and rhythm-based therapies for neurorehabilitation, featuring an infographic on precision music therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases. Green text on the left reads “By Dr. Kyu Kang & Dr. Alex Pantelyat,” with a hand-drawn arrow pointing toward the article. At the bottom, a quote reads: “Ultimately, the future of the field lies not in simply incorporating existing music into rehabilitation, but in understanding how specific musical components interact with individual neural systems to maximize function, participation, and quality of life for people living with neurodegenerative diseases.” The handle appears in navy text in the lower right.

08/10/2026

People often ask, “What kind of music is the most relaxing?” But our music therapists know that the answer to this question is nuanced because music isn't one-size-fits-all. The same song may feel calming to one person, energizing to another, or bring up difficult memories for someone else.

Rather than asking, "What music is best?" we suggest: "How is this music impacting me right now?”

ID: White and blue split graphic with JH Music Medicine logo in top right. Cursive text reads “Myth” and “Fact” over text reading “There is a ‘best’ type of music for relaxation. How music affects us depends many factors like personal preference, memories, culture, context, what we need in that moment. The music you like best tends to be the most relaxing!” A cartoon person with headphones on is surrounded by blue, yellow and beige music notes in the bottom left of the graphic. handle is bottom right.

08/06/2026

Our first BEAT PD Music & Dance class was something special. 💙 It was a joy to connect through music, movement, song, and conversation. Thank you to for facilitating and to all who joined us!

Missed the first class? There's still time! We have 3 classes remaining in August, and new participants are welcome to join for one or all remaining classes. We'd love to dance with you.

📅 August 13, 20, & 27�🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/BEATS-PD-REGISTRATION

Photos shared with permission.

ID 1: BEATs PD class participants move while seated in chairs. Participants and facilitators from Dance & More are depicted smiling, each with with one arm stretched over their head.

ID 2: 9 BEATs PD class participants, facilitators, and team members stand and sit in a circle in a dance studio with windows. All are moving and gesturing energetically with both hands.

ID 3: Flyer with the Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine logo and decorative musical notes at the top, featuring the headline "FREE MUSIC & DANCE CLASS." The flyer reads, "For People with Parkinson's Disease and Related Conditions in Baltimore City." Logos for Dance & Bmore, Dance for PD, Boosting Education and Awareness Together for people with Parkinson's Disease (BEAT PD), and the Johns Hopkins Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center are displayed. At the bottom, the flyer includes the social media handle and the registration information: "VISIT HTTP://TINYURL.COM/BEATS-PD-REGISTRATION

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