Medicine Music: Casper music therapists make sounds for healing, comfort
CASPER, Wyo. — Mikayla Fulwider holds a small, black acoustic guitar as her audience gets situated in comfortable chairs set in a semi-circle around the room on a recent weekday afternoon.
She gets feedback almost immediately after performing John Denver’s gentle classic “Sunshine on my Shoulders.”
“I like the way you sing,” said a woman in back. It’s not much longer before others in attendance are talking as well, recalling long-buried memories about school, work, childhood and old flames.
By Dan Cepeda Oil City News/READ MORE October 20,2023
VIBES FINE & Performing ARTS provides free music enrichment classes for teens.
CASPER, Wyo. – (KTWO TV) Teens explore creating music through VIBES Tribe Program.
“KTWO TV stopped by last week to talk about VIBES TRIBE, a free after-school music enrichment program funded by the Nita M. Lowey 21st CCLC of Natrona County.”
KTWO TV/See Video-August, 25th 2021
VIBES Fine & Performing ARts provides music therapist as a mental physical health resources
CASPER Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) Vibes Fine & Performing Arts music studio hired the only music therapist in 2019. Music therapy sessions aren’t like music lessons.
“We can help support by developing their theory and their skills on instruments or vocals in a private lesson. If they are looking for medical/therapy treatment that’s more music therapy,” Munsell said.
She adds people without any musical background can participate in music therapy.
Wyoming News Now/See Video -June, 1st 2020
YOUNG GUEST MUSICIANS BRING ‘TOYS’ TO WSO PERFORMANCE THIS WEEKEND
CASPER, Wyo. – Children are usually encouraged to leave their toys at home if they attend a symphony performance.
On Saturday night, however, some children have not only been invited to bring toys, they’re expected to play with them during the performance.
Vibes Fine & Performing Arts students, ranging from pre-school to high school age, will be playing actual toys, such as bird and cuckoo whistles, ratchets and triangles, during a performance of Leopold Mozart’s “Toy Symphony.”
By Dan Cepeda Oil City News/READ MORE January 25, 2020
VIBES Students Perform Music from ‘The Greatest Showman’
"Teach them while they are young" is the way the saying goes, and what better time for our local children to learn about music than right now?
Vibes Fine & Performing Arts does just that.
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VIBES Drumline vs the denver nuggets skyline at David St. Station
See VIBES Fine & Performing Arts on KTWO NEWS- Aug. 6th 2018
Drum roll kicks off music at David Street Station
“The David Street Station’s inaugural musical lineup began Friday with a drum tap off and cymbals crashing. A crowd lined the astro-turf step seating and gate as the drum battle started.
The outdoor performance and gathering venue opened earlier this week, in time for the Wyoming Eclipse Festival drawing what could be up to 35,000 visitors to Casper.”
Elysia.Conner@trib.com/READ MORE Aug 18, 2017
Casper elementary schools shift band and orchestra instruction as state grapples with funding reductions
“"We know statistically that music positively impacts the development of the whole student, including their physical, emotional, social, and intellectual abilities," Munsell added in an email.”
Elysia.Conner@trib.com/ READ MORE -Oct 25, 2017
LOCAL MUSIC STUDIO MAKES SPLASH IN DENVER (PHOTOS)
“VIBES drumline battled the Denver Nuggets Skyline Drumline on Monday, March 13, at the Denver Nuggets vs LA Lakers game at the Pepsi Center. The Drumlines battled during the halftime show, with the VIBES Drumline from Casper winning by audience applause.
“Our students were the first ever to battle the Nuggets Skyline and first to get to play with them during a game,” says Amy Munsell at VIBES. “We also got a rehearsal and masterclass with the group the day before.”
Oil City News/SEE MORE -March, 20th 2017
Positive vibes: Casper studio helps kids explore music
"We use music as an avenue to teach the whole child: their fine and gross motor skills, social and emotional interaction, cognitive development ... all of these things are going to help the child be successful in everything they do," she said.
Carol Seavey/Read Full Article- June,6th 2014
From a cowboy community to the Kindermusik community
“Music can both bring an existing community together and create a new community. Director, Musician, and Kindermusik Educator Amy Munsell understands the power of music to make connections between people of all ages and all backgrounds.
When she opened her studio in Casper, Wyoming, late last year, many people in her area questioned the need for music classes for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and families. Now after growing from 20 families to over 200 (and still growing!), people no longer question it. Well, local pediatricians do. They contact her to find out what she teaches in Kindermusik class, because they can tell the developmental difference during well-child checkups!”
Lisa Camino Rowell/Read Full Article -May, 21 2014