Musical Healing for Refugees and Immigrants

By Sheilah Kast,

Published December 26, 2017 at 10:00 AM EST

Because music transcends language barriers and evokes emotion, it’s the tool one of this year’s ‘Open Society Institute Baltimore’ fellows intends has singled out: Amy Tenney plans to harness music’s therapeutic potential with her project, ‘Healing and Community Integration through Music for Refugees and Immigrants.’

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