"In Music as Care: Artistry in the Hospital Environment, Sarah Adams Hoover conducts a rare piece of reflection on musical soundscapes in clinical settings and how these might affect the performer, participant and audience. In these hard days of a pandemic, with fear in the air, and our hospitals struggling to find their way through mounting workloads, the pleasures of music should not be understated, nor the work of those who bring it to clinics, bedsides and corridors, without applause. Music is different kind of medicine. Music can be care. Music as Care will be of interest to scholars and postgraduates in health humanities, medical humanities, arts for health, arts in hospitals and community arts."
Paul Crawford, Professor of Health Humanities, The University of Nottingham, UK
"Everyone who teaches music performance in one of Americas many colleges and universities should read Music as Care. In this book, Sarah Hoover provides a compelling vision of a future where professionally-trained musicians capably bring the healing power of music into our hospitals and hospices. It is high time for development of musical-medical partnerships to enter the mainstream, and Hoover successfully points the way forward."
Patricia Lambert, Professor of Arts Management, University of Oregon, USA
"In Music as Care: Artistry in the Hospital Environment, Sarah Adams Hoover conducts a rare piece of reflection on musical soundscapes in clinical settings and how these might affect the performer, participant and audience. In these hard days of a pandemic, with fear in the air, and our hospitals struggling to find their way through mounting workloads, the pleasures of music should not be understated, nor the work of those who bring it to clinics, bedsides and corridors, without applause. Music is different kind of medicine. Music can be care. Music as Care will be of interest to scholars and postgraduates in health humanities, medical humanities, arts for health, arts in hospitals and community arts."
Paul Crawford, Professor of Health Humanities, The University of Nottingham, UK
"Everyone who teaches music performance in one of Americas many colleges and universities should read Music as Care. In this book, Sarah Hoover provides a compelling vision of a future where professionally-trained musicians capably bring the healing power of music into our hospitals and hospices. It is high time for development of musical-medical partnerships to enter the mainstream, and Hoover successfully points the way forward."
Patricia Lambert, Professor of Arts Management, University of Oregon, USA
"Music as Care provides a fascinating overview of a rapidly growing field. But what struck me most was the way it reimagines the arts experience. For many arts organizations "art" is so central that performers and listeners are barely considered, and the arts are suffering for it. Even though it is not its intent, Music as Care offers an invaluable perspective and concrete guidance for community engagement in the arts."
Doug Borwick, CEO, ArtsEngaged, USA
