About a year ago, as I arrived in the waiting room for another radiation treatment for cancer, a woman was playing guitar for someone who went in for another treatment. She was going to put her guitar away with tears in her eyes when I thanks her for coming to play. She played one more piece for me. I gave her a business card. It was an awkward moment for some reason. As the end of this video played, I thanked God for giving me a little more time here on Earth School to enjoy some more music, even though I'm sure when we get Home again, the music is great there, too.
I had a mother just like you. Believe it or not, she majored in music at Pepperdine University. At church, she played the piano while a young Marvin Gaye sat beside her as his mother directed the choir. And 50 years on I have her piano and the memories to keep me still.
Today is Dec 25, 2020 and I just found this video featuring Robin's talk about music therapy. Back in 1996 I was dealing with serious lung problems. I had been a fan of piano music my whole life. It was very helpful to me to listen to Robin play the piano on CD's during my hospital stay and recovery. I had her whole collection. Robin gave a performance several years ago on Martha's Vineyard and while I was not there at the time, my friends were. They were able to meet Robin and purchase her latest CD for me. Thank you, Robin, for bringing peace of mind into my life. Barbara E Foster
I just learned of music therapy & took recorded songs to my 86 yr old father who is in memory care. The day prior he was babbling and incoherent. Within minutes of starting music, he was smiling, laughing, clapping singing & leading the music as there were an audience of singers! What a blessing. Other memory care patients were so intrigued and responding in small ways too. What a great day.
Greg, I was thinking of doing that the next time I go take care of my 88 year old dad. These few days, he's more weak (got prestrokes) lately. I will put on healing music for him.
This presentation was very moving to me, especially when she talked about the man who was rescued from the prison of his mind through music. I immediately went to Spotify to hear some of Robin´s music, thank you for the wonderful and moving talk.
I have add. Im in my 50's. When need to get things done i have to have music on and my headphones with super bass! I get so much more done and I am happy!
A related story: I was in the waiting room for a doctor's appointment where there happens to be an upright piano. I started playing some music (a lot of it Robin's) and was thanked for it from two people in the room. It was surprising because I always assumed I shouldn't play the piano and that it would annoy people who were upset/headaches/whatever the situation. But yes, I am definitely a believer in Music Therapy and the healing power of music. Spread the word ;)
When I was in Baltimore I went to the hospital to play the piano to make people feel better, but the clerk kicked me out very agressively before I could even touch it as he shouted GO TO PEABODY!!! GO TO PEABODY!!
My buddy sidles up next to me and says I don't know what I have done. See the little blonde girl bouncing around right there? I said, yes and what is your point? He said that she was deaf and has never danced in her life. She could physically feel the concussion that my bass drum made well enough to let her dance. Mom made it a point to make sure that Jhon told me that I have done a good thing. Watching this just made me realize how important what I do really is. I must keep building.
The 20 minutes that it took to watch this eloquent presentation, changed my day. Ms. Spielberg did an amazing job in presenting the unique qualities that music has in our lives through her own personal story. Thank you also for confirming the importance of research and study and practice being done by the American Music Therapy Association and it's music therapists.
Thank you so much for 21 minutes of peace and love. I am a musician too and I see that this beautiful general medicin effects everything and everyone. In a choire where I sing since several years I have seen a lot of youth with mental problems or pain and damage in relations but are changed to happy peaceful persons who dare to be thereselfs and dare to share there real light to the world. I see this as a mission to help especially people in most painful situations to give them a glimpse of hope by let then listen to music or letting them playing it! Music featuring you is an organisation a collegue and I started for youth in Holland to use music in the youththerapy. Please pray that we can help every child who needs love.
What a beautiful shared experience. There is so much spirituality and magic in music. On so many levels. How fortunate that this little girl had a musician as a mother. So much to explore in this field. Exciting and promising.
WOW!!!!!!The stories and music have brought me to tears! What amazing stories. I totally believe that music heals. Your music touched me to my core! Thank you for sharing. It is evident that you are a gifted healer.
@@RobinSpielberg Thank you so much for sharing your story with us, your music says things words cannot say. As soon as you started playing I was sent somewhere else for a little bit.
So thankful Val had a nurse who put love ahead of rules. We all, at some point in our lives, need someone to "put a thumb" on our scale of life. Your daughter's moment just came a little earlier than most.
This is so beautiful! My daughter was asked what song was important to her, and why.. when she told me, I was floored. I had listened to our neighbor play Dust in the wind..the whole time I was pregnant with her!
I learned the impact of music on my children - one was also a preemie (born at 26 weeks in 1988). I still attribute their enhanced IQs to the introduction of music early on in their development. My father and two of my uncles were entertainers so this was natural for me to use music to help me through difficult and challenging times. One of my sons loved Jazz and the other Classical music. They both also found ways to communicate to me through music too... Today, I am a teacher. I have withnessed how music calms students down and cheers students up... and, can now say that your music has helped me as well. Thank you for this post.
Hi Leslie. You were ahead of your time. 26 weeks of gestation back in 1988---wow. That is something else. Kudos to you for being forward-thinking and introducing music so early.
Robin I gave you a standing ovation just watching this. I'm sure that yous music likely saved your daughter's life. I loved your talk and message and the song you played magnificently. I agree with everything you said. Even though I have never played on instrument I have enjoyed music immensely since I was 5 years old. It did something magical for me. It filled me with joy. I don't listen to radio talk shows instead I play music in my car and home. I have a huge music collection over the past 60 years of 500 LP's 2,500 CDs, 500 cassettes including 250 party cassettes I recorded of radio or LP for listening or parties. I was even the DJ at my own wedding because I recorded three 90 minutes cassettes for my brother to play on his stereo at my wedding. Listening to music of many types has given me tremendous joy my whole life. I also studied healing frequencies for music such as 528 Hz, 7.8 Hz and many more and that they can alter our brain waves into more healing brain waves. So music for me is a much more enjoyable life and when I attended many parties I brought my music with me and it made the party a success. So music is a gift from God for us to enjoy.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I am sorry i am just seeing it now. I am so happy that you derive so much pleasure from music. I am convinced it contributes to your wellness also.
Beautifully done presentation. Thank you for willing to share your story about your daughter, Valerie. I didn't realize the "wholistic" nature of music until now. I enjoyed the story you shared about the nursing home and about the birth of your daughter. The effect of music--not just psychologically but also medically--is more far-reaching than I had realized. Thank you very much for your presentation.
Yes, Robin, I worked as an RN for many years and in many instances I realized how music could help healing. Thank you for sharing your personal story, a very beautiful story! You are so special and so is your daughter Valerie!
I have the honor of working as a hospice musician. Your story about playing in the nursing home resonated. I have lived that experience of feeling like nothing got through, only to hear afterwards the impact the music had, the memories it brought back, and the hearts and lives it touched. That impact may have been more internally realized than externally communicated in ways we have come to expect, but it was there. Thank you for your inspiring story, both yours and Valerie’s.
Thank you so very much for sharing your musical story. You are an extraordinary advocate for Music Therapy and Music Therapists everywhere. Lisa Kauffman, MT-BC
I just watched this video with my grandparents and during it, we all had tears in our eyes. Robin touches on the fact that music lights up the brain and is so good for us. The stories of Valerie and the older man who sang to moon river are amazing. It really is amazing, like Robin discusses, how music can heal/aid in so many circumstances. From preemies, brain injury patients,Alzheimer patients, people with autism, people with learning disabilities, those in mourning - music helps. There is one area she didn't mention that strikes a chord for me. Mental health. I have been listening to Robin's music since my eleventh grade in high school. However, before that, I was removed from school for two weeks in ninth grade. I did not understand what for but I absolutely could not be in school. In early August of 2012, I was officially diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Had I been asked when I was 14 if I was depressed, I really can't remember if I was asked, my answer would have been "no". It was just called hypomania. I didn't even know what depression was! By the time I found Robin's music, I had been through the ups and downs of depression and mania. All that horrible stuff. Even as a kid, I would bring my CD player into the hideout under by bed and sing away to songs to find comfort but also just for fun. Robin's music allowed me to - usually on the two miles home from school - listen to music and think and work through certain things. Because her music doesn't have lyrics, it was different than anything else I would listen to. Anyhow, this carried over into playing the piano myself. I stopped piano lessons when I was eleven. After receiving her sheet music as a gift, I began to play again. I really had no idea what a true gift it was.
Dev---your post brought tears to *my* eyes. Thank you for sharing your personal experience. You have certainly been through many things and have seen that music can have a profound effect on our well-being. There are a lot of studies and articles on the subject of music therapy and mental health. I believe you can find some at musictherapy.org Best, Robin
This is beautiful. I can’t tell you how many times playing music has saved my life. I use it as a coping/ healing mechanism for my learning challenges.
When we connect with each other spiritually however we are able to do so is a step out of darkness of ignorance into the light of knowledge and a step up the ladder of evolution! Blessing to All !
I am 58 y-o and five or so years ago I found out I could sing going out to karaoke joints. About a year later an important change came into my life and family and friends chose to exclude me completely so I ended up alo... buying myself all it takes to record myself at home so in the end, I am very lucky cause I found out I could sing. Thank you Miss Spielberg, thank you for the reminder and the inspiration.
🎼"Music carries emotion, adds layers of the stuff to the moment, charges memory, invigorates, exhausts, comforts and changes you. That's why it's worth your while to choose your soundtrack. "🎼 This is written on a guitar of a guy who belongs to a very famous band. I have remembered this because it describes music to me and I realised the power of music.
In the Masaru Emoto water and rice experiments it's been demonstrated that telling a jar of sealed cooked rice that it is loved, will preserve the rice for some time. Rice that is ignored in a separate container will rot quicker than rice which is disliked by the observer. Words carry intentions and energy can be good or bad. Robin is so full of Love that when she played the piano the notes were full of her love and it brought a tear to my eyes. 💜
You have made my morning with this beautiful video. Later in my life I am trying to learn piano because it does indeed bring peace to me. But on a larger note - I was a 17 year NICU nurse and the story of your daughter was heartfelt and brought back so many memories of caring for 26 weekers (and their parents). Thank you again and God bless.
+Cathy McQuillen Bless you and the work you did as a NICU nurse. There is not a day that goes by when I don't think of the nurses who helped us during our 4 month NICU stay
Oh Yes Dear Lady! You are Very much a household name! As well as an Amazing Mother, Musician and huge Inspiration to millions!! God Bless You All and Thank You from here to Forever for your Music and Strength you have given ME!!! 🎹🎼🎶🎵💞💖💕
This wonderful talk brought back a special memory of my Mother in the assisted living facility. She was "dancing" with her walker to music played by another caring pianist. Thank you!
Robin I just came across your clip. I am a pianist, composer, arranger and recently I feel the strong connection with music as therapy and for healing- Onaje Allan Gumbs
love your story, so reminds me of her sharing "why can't they teach us all they want us to know with a song, i remember all of them , but when they start talking? it in one ear and out the other . . . now i am to the point of thinking, if they can't teach ir in a song, it ought be voluntary. . . and only if wanting because of its resonating with them
music has paved the way for my healing and transformation. i send blessings to everyone on the musical journey. use it to bring peace and love to those in need.
As always, Robin holds nothing back in demonstrating to the public how powerful music can be...especially that of the pianoforte! I admire my dear friend, Robin, in her ability to teach both musicians & non-musicians alike, and hope that the youth become inspired to open that door, step foot within, & marvel at all the positive that music brings.
Wow got tears here.! Like the music team to "Medicen Man"..! Well done took me on a jorniey and ended where it started beautiful.. Love music like that a sophisticated Journey with many layers..! Organize like a great poem with a closing statement where it began..!
As a Californian, a San Franciscan from Burlingame, I am in London and have many years experience as a musician and artist, 2 full-time callings. I've had similar if not identical experiences performing in institutions all over England and the continent and with catatonic patients just like you have. One woman hadn't spoken for many years until our music awakened her as she sang along with her son holding her handscabd cuddling I couldn't keep my tears from running down my face. Another time after playing the Brahms Trio with Britain and the world's finest cellist and pianist, two elderly women came up to me and held my hands with eyes full of tears and running down their faces to thank me. I had no words but was still and transfixed by the feelings of humanity and the fullness of life filling me with gratitude, humility and love. This has been my life all of my life in spite of poverty, monarchical class-system, envy, cruelty, unkindness, despair but joy and love in my heart and beauty. Neoliberalism and populism, race hatred, bigotry and fear throughout Western civilisation saddens me but I am personally blessed and share my music and the wisdom with everyone I come into contact with, especially the ones who are oblivious, cold, unawake and dead inside. Serious high art music and music-making makes people better human beings. Science is proving that more and more as we begin to scratch the surface of the most complicated thing in the universe/multiverse/cosmos: the brain.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Music can surely transform lives. I have seen this first hand, not just in my own daughter, but in working with the elderly. I now do a "music and memory" program for dementia patients. It is amazing to see the "awakening" that occurs.
Your daughter has been blessed with music from your heart ❤ I have no doubt that she will have the same gift. The gift of healing one's heart, mind, body and spirit.
I had preemie identical twins born at 31 weeks due to TTTS & preeclampsia. Your talk really brought back a flood of emotions. I also played piano music for the littlest one. He has autism now (6 years old) and I can see he loves music. He loves to sing and I’ve always wanted to guide him into music somehow but I can’t play myself 😭
I played your America the Beautiful in a Celebration of Life service this morning for a friend of my family. He had a very decorated career in the US Navy. This is a wonderful talk.
Wonderful presentation on the healing power of music! Thanks for sharing, Robin! There are places like the Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX that have been hiring pianists to bring the healing aspect of music. I was so blessed to work there as a musician for a year. It changed my life.
What an inspiration Robin. Thank you for sharing such wonderful insight, for sharing your heart wrenching stories, and for the beautiful music. I know first hand the truth of what you say. The power of music cannot be understated, and thank you for being brave enough to share! I hope your message is well heard and well heeded.
For the past two years I have been listening to and enjoying your music on iheartradio. I've always thought that you composed the most beautiful, moving, and relaxing music to complement the joys and sorrows of life. After listening to your TEDX talk, I realized that you are a wonderful person as well! Thanks for sharing your story! It was really inspiring and I plan on using music in the future with my career in healthcare.
Dear Robin, I happened upon this wonderful video via Piano World and boy am I glad I did. Amazing story and so well-shared. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I needed this today. Now I'm going to the iTunes store to buy one of your CDs. with much appreciation, Carol Logen
Thanks for your wonders through music to heal your child and your own internal self . We need people open to this depth of understanding.. Love your harmonics piece called Dream. Thanks for sharing you wonderful world. Growing up with music is life changing.. Never let it leave you.
Participating in the TEDx event was life changing. Yes, it helped me work through a lot of pain from the trauma ... and ultimately it helped many people who watched it. I have heard from many people who discovered the power of music therapy as a result.
your music is for real, really authentic, dreamy but also for here and now, can,t explain it, gives a special peace, has a special silence...the other day i red silence is the language of god...music requires a triple silence, before, during and after sound...you have it
Such an elequant exposition of the power of music. I knew this, but have never heard it explained quite so powerfully as this. I also learned piano young and also sang but didn't realize just how much therapy it supplied till looking back at time I got the most devistating news of my life to that point and I "processed" it by playing the piano for a solid hour plus - started out playing very loud and angry tones but eventually got to playing more peaceful and softly... and was able to walk out of the piano room seeing and thinking clearly instead of being traumatized. I have also read about stroke victims who lost their speech who were able to regain communication by switching to singing as that uses a different part of the brain. I have also heard of research into how harp music is especially healing for the heart. I have been encouraged by this to re-focus my efforts in creating music.
I worked in a geriatric facility in Stockton in the early 80's and would work on my compositions on the piano in the lunch room and the residents would come in and listen, so I made a habit of it. Great memories...
This is one of the best TED talks I have watched. Robin has a special way of telling the story, the same way she composes. More importantly, the story and music is from her heart. Though different people have different feelings toward music, Robin's approach is a very positive one. I hope more people can watch and share this TED Talk.
Robin - Thank you for sharing your inspiring story and sweet soulful music! The world is blessed to have your awakened presence! Keep sharing your healing musical gifts. I feel you!
Thank you for such beautiful life shared with everyone. Music is hopeful with dreams for us starting from today to tomorrow to "When I get better and get to go home" kind of way.
She is the essence of music and music is the essence of her soul,music is the universal language of the souls of all creatures,it is the language of life and the Como's If music be the life force then play on Beautiful and eloquent
My twin girls Rachel and Amanda were pre-mie's too. 21oz and 23oz and around 13 inches at birth. With a lot of love they grew up healthy and happy. We celebrated their 29th birthday recently.
Music is emotions and emotions run's everything... The impact is exponential when the clarity and the purity is not altered. I am an Hi-Fi audio manufacturer and i can confirm you how much my level of happiness increase since i am listening more often our new amplifier... took's us 10 years to develop it. My first goal was to make money... It change quickly to only listen to it. I deeply understand what you are meaning here.
An extremely important topic treated in an artistic and meaningful way. This is a beautiful video that will help so many people. Music has always been magic, but thanks to the efforts of music therapists and artists like Robin Spielberg, music has also become an accepted way to guide us through life's most challenging moments.
This is a wonderful, moving and genuinely personal TEDx -- huge congrats to Robin, who is an exceptional musician, a brave artist to share her own journey with others and now an accomplished orator! Well done, and I think very important work.
Carnegie hall isn't famous!?? An absolutely wonderful talk, so inspiring and sad at the same time.i have a niece, Chelsea, who works in NICU in a teaching hospital in Northern England. Thank you so very much for sharing this and and all of your wonderful work. May you and your family have a lovely Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year, from a friend in England.❤️🎄🎶🎸x
I have been watching you tube videos for the past 5 yers religiously for about 8 hours a day and this is one of the Best youtube/Tedx talk that I've watched...love that she talks and connects music to helping with motor skills and how she was able to teach her daughter remember her school lessons...I used a similar method to teach kids learn soccer skills to young kids at a faster rate by singing or counting the beats while they perform their technical skills.
This was beautiful! Thank you for sharing your story, I am a college student and I will be using it to show the importance of music in our lives! God bless!
A profound and critical message... Thank you, thank you, Robin for sharing this intimate and heart-warming story - and "Dreaming of Summer"... just exquisite... Brava! Keep sharing your wonderful message :)
Without looking at the release date I think I've been listening to "Mother" for 20 years ? I sent dupes to 2 friends with radio shows, who then introduced it to national audiences. It remains one of my favorite and moving pieces of music on a 100K system. Gordon
About a year ago, as I arrived in the waiting room for another radiation treatment for cancer, a woman was playing guitar for someone who went in for another treatment. She was going to put her guitar away with tears in her eyes when I thanks her for coming to play. She played one more piece for me. I gave her a business card. It was an awkward moment for some reason. As the end of this video played, I thanked God for giving me a little more time here on Earth School to enjoy some more music, even though I'm sure when we get Home again, the music is great there, too.
💜sending meaningful sounds🎶 to you.
@@JnTmarie i survived...still kicking. Thank you!
hugs to you..
Amen 🙌🏾😇
@The Incomplete Skeptic look at that!!!! Happy for you hope you're still kicking
I had a mother just like you. Believe it or not, she majored in music at Pepperdine University. At church, she played the piano while a young Marvin Gaye sat beside her as his mother directed the choir. And 50 years on I have her piano and the memories to keep me still.
That is awesome!
WOW. That is really great. I played at Pepperdine University a few times myself!
People who make music that touch your soul are true angels on earth 💙
Today is Dec 25, 2020 and I just found this video featuring Robin's talk about music therapy. Back in 1996 I was dealing with serious lung problems. I had been a fan of piano music my whole life. It was very helpful to me to listen to Robin play the piano on CD's during my hospital stay and recovery. I had her whole collection. Robin gave a performance several years ago on Martha's Vineyard and while I was not there at the time, my friends were. They were able to meet Robin and purchase her latest CD for me. Thank you, Robin, for bringing peace of mind into my life. Barbara E Foster
I am sorry I am just seeing this now! Thank you for your kind comment. I hope you are well.
wow...that song she played on piano was performed FLAWLESSLY...amazed at her grace and delivery of each note...we all just witnessed perfection.
Thank you so much. I think I was so relieved to have the talk completed, that the playing part was a breeze!
@@RobinSpielberg lol that's awesome...thnx for your service as a musician, hope all is well with you much love!
I just learned of music therapy & took recorded songs to my 86 yr old father who is in memory care. The day prior he was babbling and incoherent.
Within minutes of starting music, he was smiling, laughing, clapping singing & leading the music as there were an audience of singers! What a blessing. Other memory care patients were so intrigued and responding in small ways too. What a great day.
You made it happen, you earned it!
Greg, I was thinking of doing that the next time I go take care of my 88 year old dad. These few days, he's more weak (got prestrokes) lately. I will put on healing music for him.
This presentation was very moving to me, especially when she talked about the man who was rescued from the prison of his mind through music. I immediately went to Spotify to hear some of Robin´s music, thank you for the wonderful and moving talk.
Thank you David, for your kind words. Music is powerful indeed!
I have add. Im in my 50's. When need to get things done i have to have music on and my headphones with super bass! I get so much more done and I am happy!
A related story: I was in the waiting room for a doctor's appointment where there happens to be an upright piano. I started playing some music (a lot of it Robin's) and was thanked for it from two people in the room. It was surprising because I always assumed I shouldn't play the piano and that it would annoy people who were upset/headaches/whatever the situation. But yes, I am definitely a believer in Music Therapy and the healing power of music.
Spread the word ;)
Yes, public music is always an odd thing to know if you should do but I've been well received playing a silly jaw harp even.
When I was in Baltimore I went to the hospital to play the piano to make people feel better, but the clerk kicked me out very agressively before I could even touch it as he shouted GO TO PEABODY!!! GO TO PEABODY!!
Great story. Thanks for sharing, Dev Hans.
My buddy sidles up next to me and says I don't know what I have done. See the little blonde girl bouncing around right there? I said, yes and what is your point? He said that she was deaf and has never danced in her life. She could physically feel the concussion that my bass drum made well enough to let her dance. Mom made it a point to make sure that Jhon told me that I have done a good thing. Watching this just made me realize how important what I do really is. I must keep building.
WOW
One of my favorite Ted Talks. This is a beautiful testimonial of the power of sound. I loved it!
Thank you so much.
Renao e rai
The 20 minutes that it took to watch this eloquent presentation, changed my day. Ms. Spielberg did an amazing job in presenting the unique qualities that music has in our lives through her own personal story. Thank you also for confirming the importance of research and study and practice being done by the American Music Therapy Association and it's music therapists.
Thank you so much for 21 minutes of peace and love. I am a musician too and I see that this beautiful general medicin effects everything and everyone. In a choire where I sing since several years I have seen a lot of youth with mental problems or pain and damage in relations but are changed to happy peaceful persons who dare to be thereselfs and dare to share there real light to the world. I see this as a mission to help especially people in most painful situations to give them a glimpse of hope by let then listen to music or letting them playing it! Music featuring you is an organisation a collegue and I started for youth in Holland to use music in the youththerapy. Please pray that we can help every child who needs love.
What a beautiful shared experience. There is so much spirituality and magic in music. On so many levels. How fortunate that this little girl had a musician as a mother. So much to explore in this field. Exciting and promising.
Thank you for your kindess, Barbara
So wonderful. Thank you, Robin. I know the healing power of music. My Dad was one of the Sherman Brothers. :)
WOW!!!!!!The stories and music have brought me to tears! What amazing stories. I totally believe that music heals. Your music touched me to my core! Thank you for sharing. It is evident that you are a gifted healer.
Thank you so much. - Robin
@@RobinSpielberg Thank you so much for sharing your story with us, your music says things words cannot say. As soon as you started playing I was sent somewhere else for a little bit.
@@kaeta5833 How kind of you to take the time to comment. I always tell audiences to please feel free to daydream while listening!
So thankful Val had a nurse who put love ahead of rules.
We all, at some point in our lives, need someone to "put a thumb" on our scale of life. Your daughter's moment just came a little earlier than most.
I think about her DAILY!
This is so beautiful! My daughter was asked what song was important to her, and why.. when she told me, I was floored. I had listened to our neighbor play Dust in the wind..the whole time I was pregnant with her!
WOW!
The true title of this TED Talk. Music is life. God, who cut the onions. ( Happy tears)
Music is life (for me!)
@@RobinSpielberg as it is for me. Really trying to make this my life's work.
@@everydayshowday5151 Bravo. Valerie is now in grad school and studying ARTS IN MEDICINE at Univ of Florida
Awe Inspiring Senora.. Muchos Amor por V & the eternal Spielberg Tribe ... :)
I learned the impact of music on my children - one was also a preemie (born at 26 weeks in 1988). I still attribute their enhanced IQs to the introduction of music early on in their development. My father and two of my uncles were entertainers so this was natural for me to use music to help me through difficult and challenging times. One of my sons loved Jazz and the other Classical music. They both also found ways to communicate to me through music too... Today, I am a teacher. I have withnessed how music calms students down and cheers students up... and, can now say that your music has helped me as well. Thank you for this post.
Hi Leslie. You were ahead of your time. 26 weeks of gestation back in 1988---wow. That is something else. Kudos to you for being forward-thinking and introducing music so early.
Robin I gave you a standing ovation just watching this. I'm sure that yous music likely saved your daughter's life. I loved your talk and message and the song you played magnificently. I agree with everything you said. Even though I have never played on instrument I have enjoyed music immensely since I was 5 years old. It did something magical for me. It filled me with joy. I don't listen to radio talk shows instead I play music in my car and home. I have a huge music collection over the past 60 years of 500 LP's 2,500 CDs, 500 cassettes including 250 party cassettes I recorded of radio or LP for listening or parties. I was even the DJ at my own wedding because I recorded three 90 minutes cassettes for my brother to play on his stereo at my wedding. Listening to music of many types has given me tremendous joy my whole life. I also studied healing frequencies for music such as 528 Hz, 7.8 Hz and many more and that they can alter our brain waves into more healing brain waves. So music for me is a much more enjoyable life and when I attended many parties I brought my music with me and it made the party a success. So music is a gift from God for us to enjoy.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I am sorry i am just seeing it now. I am so happy that you derive so much pleasure from music. I am convinced it contributes to your wellness also.
Beautifully done presentation. Thank you for willing to share your story about your daughter, Valerie. I didn't realize the "wholistic" nature of music until now. I enjoyed the story you shared about the nursing home and about the birth of your daughter. The effect of music--not just psychologically but also medically--is more far-reaching than I had realized. Thank you very much for your presentation.
Yes, Robin, I worked as an RN for many years and in many instances I realized how music could help healing.
Thank you for sharing your personal story, a very beautiful story! You are so special and so is your daughter Valerie!
Thank you so much and thank you for being a nurse. Not an easy job! -Robin
I have the honor of working as a hospice musician. Your story about playing in the nursing home resonated. I have lived that experience of feeling like nothing got through, only to hear afterwards the impact the music had, the memories it brought back, and the hearts and lives it touched. That impact may have been more internally realized than externally communicated in ways we have come to expect, but it was there. Thank you for your inspiring story, both yours and Valerie’s.
Thank you, and blessings to you for all you do!
My favorite TedTalk. Thank you Robin!!!
WOW. Thank you so much.
Thank you so very much for sharing your musical story. You are an extraordinary advocate for Music Therapy and Music Therapists everywhere.
Lisa Kauffman, MT-BC
I just watched this video with my grandparents and during it, we all had tears in our eyes. Robin touches on the fact that music lights up the brain and is so good for us. The stories of Valerie and the older man who sang to moon river are amazing. It really is amazing, like Robin discusses, how music can heal/aid in so many circumstances. From preemies, brain injury patients,Alzheimer patients, people with autism, people with learning disabilities, those in mourning - music helps. There is one area she didn't mention that strikes a chord for me. Mental health.
I have been listening to Robin's music since my eleventh grade in high school. However, before that, I was removed from school for two weeks in ninth grade. I did not understand what for but I absolutely could not be in school. In early August of 2012, I was officially diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Had I been asked when I was 14 if I was depressed, I really can't remember if I was asked, my answer would have been "no". It was just called hypomania. I didn't even know what depression was!
By the time I found Robin's music, I had been through the ups and downs of depression and mania. All that horrible stuff. Even as a kid, I would bring my CD player into the hideout under by bed and sing away to songs to find comfort but also just for fun.
Robin's music allowed me to - usually on the two miles home from school - listen to music and think and work through certain things. Because her music doesn't have lyrics, it was different than anything else I would listen to. Anyhow, this carried over into playing the piano myself. I stopped piano lessons when I was eleven. After receiving her sheet music as a gift, I began to play again. I really had no idea what a true gift it was.
Dev---your post brought tears to *my* eyes. Thank you for sharing your personal experience. You have certainly been through many things and have seen that music can have a profound effect on our well-being. There are a lot of studies and articles on the subject of music therapy and mental health. I believe you can find some at musictherapy.org Best, Robin
Yes. Music has absolutely helped saved my life (along with family,friends,doctors). Nothing else like it. All the best to you too, Devon
Dev Hans I was moved to tears too. Her presentation, her music... so soul stirring.
Thank you, Robin Spielberg, for your very moving talk, and for the courage that it took to reveal your intensely personal story.
This is beautiful. I can’t tell you how many times playing music has saved my life. I use it as a coping/ healing mechanism for my learning challenges.
Music is what has saved me through life.
When we connect with each other spiritually however we are able to do so is a step out of darkness of ignorance into the light of knowledge and a step up the ladder of evolution! Blessing to All !
I am 58 y-o and five or so years ago I found out I could sing going out to karaoke joints. About a year later an important change came into my life and family and friends chose to exclude me completely so I ended up alo... buying myself all it takes to record myself at home so in the end, I am very lucky cause I found out I could sing. Thank you Miss Spielberg, thank you for the reminder and the inspiration.
🎼"Music carries emotion, adds layers of the stuff to the moment, charges memory, invigorates, exhausts, comforts and changes you. That's why it's worth your while to choose your soundtrack. "🎼
This is written on a guitar of a guy who belongs to a very famous band. I have remembered this because it describes music to me and I realised the power of music.
Yes!!! May I ask which musician?
In the Masaru Emoto water and rice experiments it's been demonstrated that telling a jar of sealed cooked rice that it is loved, will preserve the rice for some time. Rice that is ignored in a separate container will rot quicker than rice which is disliked by the observer. Words carry intentions and energy can be good or bad. Robin is so full of Love that when she played the piano the notes were full of her love and it brought a tear to my eyes. 💜
Thank you for your kindness.
@@RobinSpielberg you're welcome! And thank you! 🙏
You have made my morning with this beautiful video. Later in my life I am trying to learn piano because it does indeed bring peace to me. But on a larger note - I was a 17 year NICU nurse and the story of your daughter was heartfelt and brought back so many memories of caring for 26 weekers (and their parents). Thank you again and God bless.
+Cathy McQuillen Bless you and the work you did as a NICU nurse. There is not a day that goes by when I don't think of the nurses who helped us during our 4 month NICU stay
Yes, Thank you, Robin Spielberg, for your very moving talk, and for the
courage that it took to reveal your intensely personal story.
Bravo! (inspiration with tears of joy and peace)
Oh Yes Dear Lady! You are Very much a household name! As well as an Amazing Mother, Musician and huge Inspiration to millions!! God Bless You All and Thank You from here to Forever for your Music and Strength you have given ME!!! 🎹🎼🎶🎵💞💖💕
Thank you so much
The Valerie song is Stunningly BEAUTIFUL! Thank you so much for this presentation!
Thank you so much. I appreciate your kind words.
Let's work together to make music more of a part of our lives. We all know how important it is.
Beautiful, moving, soul stirring TED talk! Bravo Robin!
The healing power of music indeed and more specifically, your music, Robin. Thank you.
Robin has always been a sharer of her gifts. I appreciate her gifts of friendship and of music. Congratulations on this presentation. Wonderful!
This wonderful talk brought back a special memory of my Mother in the assisted living facility. She was "dancing" with her walker to music played by another caring pianist. Thank you!
Robin I just came across your clip. I am a pianist, composer, arranger and recently I feel the strong connection with music as therapy and for healing- Onaje Allan Gumbs
love your story, so reminds me of her sharing "why can't they teach us all they want us to know with a song, i remember all of them , but when they start talking? it in one ear and out the other . . . now i am to the point of thinking, if they can't teach ir in a song, it ought be voluntary. . . and only if wanting because of its resonating with them
The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Music is the key to everything.
Thank you, Robin Spielberg, for your very moving talk...
Thank you, Naresh. It was definitely difficult to do ,but I am glad I mustered up the courage.
So beautiful and heartwarming. God bless her. Thank you.
I found myself really liking this lady, not just her incredible story. One of my favorite TED'S.💛🎹
Thank you !
So enjoyed listening to Robin sharing from the heart. Agree with her comments on the healing effects of music.
Congratulations, Robin Spielberg on a beautifully presented and important TED talk. Dreaming of Summer is beautiful too. Thank you.
Thank you Steven and thank you for sharing the video!
music has paved the way for my healing and transformation. i send blessings to everyone on the musical journey. use it to bring peace and love to those in need.
Thank you for sharing. Best wishes to you and your loved ones.
As always, Robin holds nothing back in demonstrating to the public how powerful music can be...especially that of the pianoforte! I admire my dear friend, Robin, in her ability to teach both musicians & non-musicians alike, and hope that the youth become inspired to open that door, step foot within, & marvel at all the positive that music brings.
Wow got tears here.! Like the music team to "Medicen Man"..! Well done took me on a jorniey and ended where it started beautiful.. Love music like that a sophisticated Journey with many layers..! Organize like a great poem with a closing statement where it began..!
As a Californian, a San Franciscan from Burlingame, I am in London and have many years experience as a musician and artist, 2 full-time callings. I've had similar if not identical experiences performing in institutions all over England and the continent and with catatonic patients just like you have. One woman hadn't spoken for many years until our music awakened her as she sang along with her son holding her handscabd cuddling I couldn't keep my tears from running down my face. Another time after playing the Brahms Trio with Britain and the world's finest cellist and pianist, two elderly women came up to me and held my hands with eyes full of tears and running down their faces to thank me. I had no words but was still and transfixed by the feelings of humanity and the fullness of life filling me with gratitude, humility and love. This has been my life all of my life in spite of poverty, monarchical class-system, envy, cruelty, unkindness, despair but joy and love in my heart and beauty. Neoliberalism and populism, race hatred, bigotry and fear throughout Western civilisation saddens me but I am personally blessed and share my music and the wisdom with everyone I come into contact with, especially the ones who are oblivious, cold, unawake and dead inside. Serious high art music and music-making makes people better human beings. Science is proving that more and more as we begin to scratch the surface of the most complicated thing in the universe/multiverse/cosmos: the brain.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Music can surely transform lives. I have seen this first hand, not just in my own daughter, but in working with the elderly. I now do a "music and memory" program for dementia patients. It is amazing to see the "awakening" that occurs.
Yes, it's always amazing to me also. That's part of the many reasons that society and governments do everything to trivialize, kill and destroy music.
Wonderful talk, Robin. So heartfelt and moving. You're simply the best!
Fantastic TED talk Robin! Thank you!
Your daughter has been blessed with music from your heart ❤ I have no doubt that she will have the same gift. The gift of healing one's heart, mind, body and spirit.
Incredibly moving. What a legend you are Robin.
I had preemie identical twins born at 31 weeks due to TTTS & preeclampsia. Your talk really brought back a flood of emotions. I also played piano music for the littlest one. He has autism now (6 years old) and I can see he loves music. He loves to sing and I’ve always wanted to guide him into music somehow but I can’t play myself 😭
I played your America the Beautiful in a Celebration of Life service this morning for a friend of my family. He had a very decorated career in the US Navy. This is a wonderful talk.
Thank you, Geoff. May your friend rest in peace.
Wonderful presentation on the healing power of music! Thanks for sharing, Robin!
There are places like the Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX that have been hiring pianists to bring the healing aspect of music. I was so blessed to work there as a musician for a year. It changed my life.
What an inspiration Robin. Thank you for sharing such wonderful insight, for sharing your heart wrenching stories, and for the beautiful music. I know first hand the truth of what you say. The power of music cannot be understated, and thank you for being brave enough to share! I hope your message is well heard and well heeded.
For the past two years I have been listening to and enjoying your music on iheartradio. I've always thought that you composed the most beautiful, moving, and relaxing music to complement the joys and sorrows of life.
After listening to your TEDX talk, I realized that you are a wonderful person as well! Thanks for sharing your story! It was really inspiring and I plan on using music in the future with my career in healthcare.
Thank you so much Jessica. That means a lot to me. xo Robin
Dear Robin, I happened upon this wonderful video via Piano World and boy am I glad I did. Amazing story and so well-shared. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I needed this today. Now I'm going to the iTunes store to buy one of your CDs. with much appreciation, Carol Logen
Thanks for your wonders through music to heal your child and your own internal self . We need people open to this depth of understanding.. Love your harmonics piece called Dream. Thanks for sharing you wonderful world. Growing up with music is life changing.. Never let it leave you.
Participating in the TEDx event was life changing. Yes, it helped me work through a lot of pain from the trauma ... and ultimately it helped many people who watched it. I have heard from many people who discovered the power of music therapy as a result.
wise soul...plays so lovingly...muses all around...robin is an invisible saint...thank you
You are very kind. :)
your music is for real, really authentic, dreamy but also for here and now, can,t explain it, gives a special peace, has a special silence...the other day i red silence is the language of god...music requires a triple silence, before, during and after sound...you have it
Beautiful...absolutely beautiful! Well spoken Robin - both verbally and musically!
Simply WOW! I was touched by the song and the story. It's a message that I see as hope for us all.
This touched my heart in so many ways, thank you for connecting and sharing this incredible message. MUSIC IS LIFE!
Such an elequant exposition of the power of music.
I knew this, but have never heard it explained quite so powerfully as this. I also learned piano young and also sang but didn't realize just how much therapy it supplied till looking back at time I got the most devistating news of my life to that point and I "processed" it by playing the piano for a solid hour plus - started out playing very loud and angry tones but eventually got to playing more peaceful and softly... and was able to walk out of the piano room seeing and thinking clearly instead of being traumatized.
I have also read about stroke victims who lost their speech who were able to regain communication by switching to singing as that uses a different part of the brain. I have also heard of research into how harp music is especially healing for the heart.
I have been encouraged by this to re-focus my efforts in creating music.
Thank you for your kind comments and feedback. Much appreciated. Music is a powerful resource for ALL of us.
I worked in a geriatric facility in Stockton in the early 80's and would work on my compositions on the piano in the lunch room and the residents would come in and listen, so I made a habit of it. Great memories...
This is one of the best TED talks I have watched. Robin has a special way of telling the story, the same way she composes. More importantly, the story and music is from her heart. Though different people have different feelings toward music, Robin's approach is a very positive one. I hope more people can watch and share this TED Talk.
Thank you Robin for sharing your story.....it brings hope. Lots of love and blessings to Valerie.
Very moving thanks Robin Spielberg.
Robin - Thank you for sharing your inspiring story and sweet soulful music! The world is blessed to have your awakened presence! Keep sharing your healing musical gifts. I feel you!
What a Truly inspiring woman and talk! Thank you for your heartfelt presentation! 🌻♥️
I posted this video on my music consciousness blog, Whole Music Experience. I too believe in the healing power of music.
Moving & inspiring, Robin -- thank you for this beautiful presentation.
Thank you for such beautiful life shared with everyone. Music is hopeful with dreams for us starting from today to tomorrow to "When I get better and get to go home" kind of way.
She is the essence of music and music is the essence of her soul,music is the universal language of the souls of all creatures,it is the language of life and the Como's
If music be the life force then play on
Beautiful and eloquent
My twin girls Rachel and Amanda were pre-mie's too. 21oz and 23oz and around 13 inches at birth. With a lot of love they grew up healthy and happy. We celebrated their 29th birthday recently.
Wow! So wonderful to hear that Rachel and Amanda are doing so well. They are amazing
Music is emotions and emotions run's everything... The impact is exponential when the clarity and the purity is not altered. I am an Hi-Fi audio manufacturer and i can confirm you how much my level of happiness increase since i am listening more often our new amplifier... took's us 10 years to develop it. My first goal was to make money... It change quickly to only listen to it. I deeply understand what you are meaning here.
It’s wonderful see the world of possibilities through Music. Thank You 🙏🏽 💜💛❤️🌈
I agree. It is amazing.
I'd love to listen to it again and again, it's so beautiful.Watching her playing the piano sets me to tears.
An extremely important topic treated in an artistic and meaningful way. This is a beautiful video that will help so many people. Music has always been magic, but thanks to the efforts of music therapists and artists like Robin Spielberg, music has also become an accepted way to guide us through life's most challenging moments.
This is a wonderful, moving and genuinely personal TEDx -- huge congrats to Robin, who is an exceptional musician, a brave artist to share her own journey with others and now an accomplished orator! Well done, and I think very important work.
Bravo! Awesome! I can't tell what is more inspiring, the talk or the song...
i really love this song at the end. she is wonderful human being great talented gifted. thank you
Carnegie hall isn't famous!?? An absolutely wonderful talk, so inspiring and sad at the same time.i have a niece, Chelsea, who works in NICU in a teaching hospital in Northern England. Thank you so very much for sharing this and and all of your wonderful work. May you and your family have a lovely Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year, from a friend in England.❤️🎄🎶🎸x
I have been watching you tube videos for the past 5 yers religiously for about 8 hours a day and this is one of the Best youtube/Tedx talk that I've watched...love that she talks and connects music to helping with motor skills and how she was able to teach her daughter remember her school lessons...I used a similar method to teach kids learn soccer skills to young kids at a faster rate by singing or counting the beats while they perform their technical skills.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate them.
Beautiful story. Beautiful music. Thank you for sharing your heart.
This was beautiful! Thank you for sharing your story, I am a college student and I will be using it to show the importance of music in our lives! God bless!
So nice to see this sharing at Tedx!
A profound and critical message... Thank you, thank you, Robin for sharing this intimate and heart-warming story - and "Dreaming of Summer"... just exquisite... Brava! Keep sharing your wonderful message :)
Without looking at the release date I think I've been listening to "Mother" for 20 years ? I sent dupes to 2 friends with radio shows, who then introduced it to national audiences.
It remains one of my favorite and moving pieces of music on a 100K system.
Gordon
You have a rare album. It was released and then off the market just like that!
Gary Girouard recommended this video through Google+ and this morning was wonderful one with your message and music. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your lovely experiences, aloha from Hawaii Island…mahalo nui loa.