SBCO Involves with the Study on the Benefits of Classical Music to Elderly People Having Dementia

Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra (SBCO) has conducted research and study about the impact of live classical music performances to people who are suffering cognitive and neurological impairment. The entitled "Classical Connections" that includes effort chamber music performances for elderly mental disorder patients.

Lead researcher Lori Sunshine, a board-certified music therapist for more than 35 years stated that live classical music helps a greater therapeutic value to their patients. 95 percent of the study participants gained positive effects in terms of social, emotional and physical responses to their performances; the SBCO is now planning to launch a follow-up study. She believes that the result will need more attention to our society with people who are now facing elderly dementia. Ms. Lori Sunshine recently works in St. John's Regional Medical Center and Livingston Memorial Hospice.

Lori Sunshine released a statement in Broadway World that classical music deliberates unique therapeutic benefits to those who suffer dementia. It brings joy, beauty, memory, community, and socialization back into them. An old person who lives in assisted care residences suffers neurological declination missing their connections to their loved ones and friends that lead to a world of isolation.

"We are proud to be in touch in this important study," said SBCO Board Chair Joe Campanelli.

SBCO Board Chair Joe Campanelli stated that their organization is now striving not to play great classical music but to help and do great things. They are now planning with Ms. Lori Sunshine to move into phase two this spring regarding the study that has conducted. The initial study that they have done can lead to a real funding to bring this to a significant level. The study "Classical Connections" was supported by the James S. Bower Foundation, the Rotary Club of Montecito Foundation, Williams-Corbett Foundation, and Union Bank.

Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra (SBCO) will extend their performances of Robert Schumann's "Dichterliebe" featuring Maestro Heiichiro Ohyama at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on Feb. 14, 2017, according to their official site SBCO. Former and current SCBO musicians will also perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, Santa Barbara Symphony, and Pacific Symphony.

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