Music to heal
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Image 1: Music to Heal provides music therapy to patients of all ages, especially children. Here, UCI medical students teach 6-year-old Catherine Ordaz a song on the piano at CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange.
Image 2: Music to Heal founder Matt Fradkin plays "Let It Be" with CHOC patient Erik Loza, 17, on the mobile Jam Station, which holds a guitar, bass, keyboard, digital drum set, mini amps, microphones and a silent rehearsal mixer for bedside group performances.
Image 3: Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, Catherine Ordaz spends 28 days at a time at CHOC before she can go home for a week. Strumming a guitar is a welcome respite.
Image 4: CHOC patient Erik Loza shows a keyboard tune to Fradkin, who believes that playing and listening to music can help ease the pain and boredom of hospital stays.
Image 5: An elated Catherine Ordaz tries out her third musical instrument of the day: conga drums. Music to Heal also provides MP3 players with vouchers for downloading favorite songs.
Image 6: Fradkin enjoys watching patients such as 3-year-old Matthew Seabourne, foreground, collaborate during jam sessions he helps orchestrate.
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Getting in tune with patients
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