Crescent Hill Counseling

09/30/2024

Two years ago Julie and I played this beautiful Lili Boulanger Nocturne for violin and piano.

The "Nocturne" is the first of two beautiful solos for violin and piano. Lili Boulanger was the younger sister of the famous composition teacher, Nadia Boul...

09/29/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2raKGTt8YM Today, my daughter Julie and I played at Highland Presbyterian Church. We played Elgar's beautiful Salut d'Amour and a friend recorded it. Hope you'll enjoy it. Not sure why this link doesn't open up automatically? Anybody understand that?

06/17/2024

I've had a satisfying career as a professional musician and a therapist. Being in the hospital is scary and I've learned to use music to calm myself and avoid anxiety meds! I created 5 very different playlists that can help you too!

Patient, after a colonoscopy, enjoying serene music that entrains with a healthy resting heartbeat

05/27/2024

Today, on Veteran's Day, I'm thinking about all of the VA Hospitals that have adopted Surgical Serenity Solutions playlists for their Veterans who are having surgery, chemo, testing, or perhaps suffering from PTSD.
Now there are 3 ways to get our music including a mobile app!

www.surgicalserenitysolutions.com/calm
www.surgicalserenitysolutions.com/MP3players
www.surgicalserenitysolutions.com/hospitalheadphones

Of course ANY hospital or patient can purchase any of these items!!

05/19/2024

Of course all hospital patients could use some soothing music but the VA hospitals have been familiar with music therapy from almost a century and employ music therapists routinely. Our therapeutic music players are for when a music therapist isn't available. They are being used not only in surgery now, but also in chemotherapy, dialysis, infusions, ICU, and memory care units. 5 different genres to choose from , all with soothing, calming music through earbuds. Click below to learn more!

Veterans in the USA have had access to music therapy and music medicine since the late 1940's after World War II ended. Thanks largely to the Veterans Hospitals, the modern-day field of music therapy was born. When World War II was

05/08/2024

Just found out that our Surgical Serenity Solutions app is live again on the Google Play Store! Choose any one of the 5 playlists for $9.99! If you are an Android user, go here:

Listen to samples from all of our playlists here! Classical Jazz New Age Lullabies Memory Care

04/20/2024

It was great to finally meet in person my dear friend, Dr Michael Peck from Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. He's been consulting with me for 10-12 years about music as an adjunct to anesthesia. We had such a great time catching up!!