If Music Be the Food of Love - Second Edition

by Denise Elam Dauw

Overview

Full of romance, If Music Be the Food of Love tells the story of three generations of strong, loving women as well as the musical works that shaped their lives. Journey through time to relive the passion and romance of these three ailing women whose lives were forever altered through the powerful presence of music, opening gateways to true love. Is music enough to save them?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781932860108
Publisher:	Stellar Press
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Denise Elam Dauw is a music educator in west St. Louis, Missouri. She holds a M.M. in Music Education from the University of Missouri - St. Louis and a B.M. in Music Education from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Specializing in instrumental music as a band director, Ms. Elam Dauw also has experience teaching choir, orchestra, piano, music history and appreciation, guitar, jazz band, marching band, and color guard. She is currently a member of the St. Louis Writer's Guild, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Missouri Music Educator's Association (MMEA, 2014 Presenter & 2018 Conductor), Missouri Women Band Directors Association (MWMBA), volunteers for the Greater Missouri Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association as a Community Educator, and is an active community speaker. Her presentation, "Music & Memory: A Gateway to Lucidity," describes the power of music in the brain (including anatomy and our responses to music), memory-related brain research, in-home music therapies, and provides samples for a prescribed repertoire.

Editorial Reviews

"Ms. Elam Dauw taps her personal experience with a family member's dementia to guide us through a musical, multigenerational tale of love and commitment where even a cure for the despicable Alzheimer's disease seems like a believable possibility. Let us hope that as this book depicts the characters' life stories, its hope for a future without Alzheimer's may be fully realized." Janis McGillick, MSW, LNHA, Current Director of Community Engagement - Dolan Memory Care Homes; Former Education Director - Alzheimer's Association, Greater Missouri Chapter

"Through her excellent prose, Ms. Elam Dauw stimulates the reader to reach this emotional catharsis that, in addition to being thoroughly satisfying, may help to guide individuals and their families who are traveling down the path of Alzheimer's disease." Andrew E. Budson, MD, Chief of Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology - VA Boston Healthcare System; Professor of Neurology - Boston University School of Medicine; Associate Director - Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Lecturer in Neurology - Harvard Medical School; and, author of Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory: What's Normal, What's Not, and What to Do About It

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