The Music Has PowerTM Award has been exclusively designed for the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. This Award recognizes significant accomplishments by exceptional individuals who have brought new understanding to the use of the power of music to awaken and heal. Recipients of the award reflect our mission to bring together the world of neuroscience and music; they include distinguished physicians and scientists, artists and performers and members of the music industry.


2005 Honorees


Arnold H. Goldstein, co-founder and director emeritus of the IMNF, veteran healthcare administrator and published songwriter and musician

Arnold Goldstein is a healthcare visionary who co-founded the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, a member of the Beth Abraham Family of Health Services (BAFHS). He currently assists in development and fundraising efforts for the Institute.

In his capacity as assistant vice president of Corporate Relations, he directs the Beth Abraham Annual Golf Classic, which in 2005 raised more than $300,000 for BAFHS and the people it serves.

Mr. Goldstein has served in several prestigious positions at university-affiliated medical centers including affiliation administrator at Montefiore Medical Center; deputy director and deputy assistant commissioner at Bellevue Medical Center; and deputy director at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He has held faculty appointments at the New York University School of Medicine as clinical assistant professor of Preventive Medicine; and at the State University of New York at Stony Brook as clinical assistant professor of Health Sciences in the School of Allied Health Professions. As a mentor, he instructed students enrolled in various health care administration programs that were supported by several universities and gtant agencies including Tulane, New York University, City University and John Jay College. Mr. Goldstein is the author and co-author of several articles addressing health care issues.

A musician in his own right, Mr. Goldstein is a published songwriter with songs recorded by various artists including Rita Coolidge, Jerry Reed and Razzy Bailey. He is also a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; the American Federation of Musicians; and the New York Academy of Sciences.


Mr. Goldstein holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the City College of the City University of New York and an M.B.A. in hospital administration from Wagner College. He was one of 18 candidates in the U.S. to be selected to attend an advanced management program in health care given by the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

For his vision, leadership, and service to the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, we recognize Arnold H. Goldstein with our 2005 Music Has Power Award.


Henry Z. Steinway, past president and chairman of Steinway & Sons, founding president of the Museum of Making Music and lifelong advocate of music education initiatives for people of all ages

Henry Ziegler Steinway is the great-grandson of Henry Engelhard Steinway, who founded Steinway & Sons, which handcrafts what many consider to be the world's finest pianos.
 

Henry's father, Theodore, never pressured his six children to enter the family business. That may explain why the younger Steinway graduated from Harvard University with a degree in history...not music or business administration. Of course even a business degree from Harvard probably wouldn't have spared Henry from his apprenticeship as a laborer in the Steinway factory yard, when he ultimately joined the company in 1937.To this day, Henry says working with skilled workers taught him more about the piano business than years of extra study in the halls of ivy could have accomplished.

After working at various craft positions at Steinway, Henry moved into factory management, only to have his career interrupted by World War II, when he joined the military.

Following three years of service, Henry returned to the family business as factory manager. He became the director of the company in 1947 and was named vice president in that same year. In 1955, he was appointed Steinway & Sons president. Like his predecessors, Henry Z. Steinway made many contributions to Steinway & Sons during his years at the helm of the company. Manufacturing operations at Steinway's Long Island City facility were renovated during his watch, and a number of improvements in the piano manufacturing process also are credited to him.
 

Henry remained at the helm of Steinway & Sons until 1977, after the company was purchased by CBS. He then served with Steinway & Sons as its chairman until his retirement in 1980. Since then, he has remained active as a consultant for the firm.

Henry Steinway has been married to Polly Zinsser since 1944. They have five children and seven grandchildren.

For his support of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function and his advocacy of music education for people of all ages, we recognize Henry Z. Steinway with our 2005 Music Has Power Award.


2004 Honorees


Karl T. Bruhn, Music Advocate

Throughout his long career in the music products industry, Karl T. Bruhn has distinguished himself as a leader and visionary. Active in both the retail and wholesale sides of the industry, he was Senior Vice President, Marketing, Yamaha Corporation of America, a position from which he retired in 1989. Later that year he was invited to become the first director of Market Development for NAMM, the International Music Products Association. He has also served as both the Executive Director and President of the American Music Conference, President of the National Piano Foundation, President of Piano Manufacturers Association International and Presidential Advisor to the American Music Therapy Association. He currently serveson the REMO, Inc. Board of Directors and as a trustee for the International Foundation for Music Research (IFMR). 

During his tenure with NAMM he worked with the music community educators, manufacturers, technicians and performers, to present the work of the National Coalition for Music Education to the attentionof decision makers on the national, state, and local levels. He also initiated and coordinated the Music Making and Wellness Project and is recognized world-wide as the "Father of Music-making and Wellness." He remains a respected and outspoken advocate for incorporating music making into healthcare. During the past several years, he has collaborated on music wellness protocols in collaboration with Barry Bittman, M.D., a leading researcher in the field of mind-body medicine. Together they are working on research projects focused on developing and scientifically testing the bio-psycho-social aspects of Recreational Music-Making that advances the concepts of wellness and music opening doors for hands on music making experiences for more people.

For his leadership in bringing global awareness to the importance of music making and wellness, and for his efforts to support research in music and healing, we recognize Karl T. Bruhn with our 2004 Music Has Power Award.
 



Moby, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist

In these days of fly-by-night musicians, Moby is somewhat of an anomaly. His first solo release, "Go," (voted one of Rolling Stones Top 200 Records of all time), was released in 1991. In the ensuing 14 years he has had what is arguably the strangest career in contemporary music...he has made dance records. and rock records. and ambient records. and heavy metal records. he has written classical music for movies and has platinum albums in almost every country in the western world. He has DJ'ed in clubs for 100 people and headlined glastonbury for 125,000 people. He has played punk rock in tiny bars in Germany and he has performed at the closing ceremonies of the olympics for an audience of 2 billion people. He has had albums that have sold less than 100,000 worldwide (1996's "Animal Rights"), and albums that have sold in the millions (1999's "Play" and 2002's "18").



 
 

He has remixed and produced everyone from David Bowie to Metallica to the Beastie Boys to Aerosmith to New Order, etc. He has played guitar on-stage with John Kerry. He has gone on tour with David Bowie. He has sung duets with Elton John, Bono, Michael Stipe, and many others. And yet he still makes all of his records at home in his bedroom. Yes, Moby has without a doubt had one of the strangest careers in contemporary music.

For his advocacy and support of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, and for his dedication to the Music Has Power Club Recording Studio Program, we recognize Moby with our 2004 Music Has Power Award.



Concetta M. Tomaino, D.A., MT-BC, Director, Institute for Music and Neurologic Function

"Music Therapy is a vital adjunct in the treatment of patients with a wide range of disorders, and no one has played a greater role in advancing this field than Connie Tomaino. She is not only a pioneer in music therapy, but has played a crucial role in bringing together therapists and basic researchers to better understand the power of music." - Oliver Sacks, M.D.
 


 Photo credit: Ken Brown

Dr. Concetta Tomaino is the Director of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function and Vice President for Music Therapy at Beth Abraham Family of Health Services, where she has worked for the past 25 years.

During these years, with support from Beth Abraham's leadership and financial assistance from the state, federal and private grants, she helped lay the groundwork for the creation of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function and built a world class Music Therapy program at Beth Abraham Family of Health Services. To learn more about Dr. Tomaino, please click here.

For her outstanding contributions to the field of music therapy and for her vision, leadership, research, and service to the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, we recognize Dr. Concetta M. Tomaino with our 2004 Music Has Power Awards. 
 


2003 Honorees 


Mickey Hart, Grammy® Award winning percussionist

Mickey Hart is best known for his nearly three decades as an integral part of an extraordinary expedition into the soul and spirit of music, disguisedas the rock and roll band the Greatful Dead. Long a social activist, he appeared in August of 1991 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging, speaking on the healing value of drumming and rhythm on afflictions associated with aging. As a board member of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, Hart is continuing his investigation into the connection between healing and rhythm, and the neural basis of rhythm. Hart was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress where he heads up the subcommittee on the digitation and preservation of the Center's vast collections. This has evolved into "Save our Sounds," a fund raising effort that will continue to develop.

For his advocacy and commitment to raising public awareness of the positive effects of music, we recognized Mickey Hart with our 2003 Music Has Power Award.



photo credit: John Werner

 




Lorin Hollander, Renowned Concert Pianist

Lorin Hollander is in the fifthdecade of a continuous professional career that began with a Carnegie Hall debut at the age of eleven. He was an infant child prodigy who composed music at age three and performed the Well-Tempered Clavier of Bach at five. For more than 30 years he has led community outreach and university residencies giving master classes, conducting youth orchestras, counseling students, guiding the gifted, holding seminars on stage fright and training mentors for the arts and sciences. Hollander also lectures on, and leads explorations of, human consciousness and creativity, transpersonal psychology, transformational education and mentoring, spiritual and personal growth and integral health. He investigates how we may end and prevent the violent, criminal and suicidal dysfunctions of our children, while empowering our senior citizens to become true mentors and Elders. He works with corporate leaders on the process of transformation in the workplace and explores in depth a multi-cultural understanding of the nature of being human.

For his support of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function and advocacy for music and healing, we recognized Lorin Hollander with our 2003 Music Has Power Award.

 


Remo D. Belli, Founder and CEO, Remo Inc.

Remo Belli is best known the world over for the innovative percussion products he created and the companythat he founded. His products today are sold in more than 80 countriesaround the world. He became a professional drummer at age 16 and in 1946, after serving in the Navy during WW II, he headed for Hollywood where he was soon performing with the leading musicians and entertainers of the day. Having the heart of a drummer, Remo was interested in far more than just making products. In 1963, he helped found the Percussive Arts Society to promote education and the enhancement of Percussive Arts. He also took an active role with the National Association for Music Therapy -- encouraging drumming as a therapeutic activity for children, patients with physical and/or emotional disorders, and as a recreational activity for the "well elderly" community. Strong believers in the power of music making, both he and his wife, Ami Belli, MD, have supported and funded scientific drumming research projects, and are powerful advocates for Recreational Music-Making.

For bringing global awareness to the importance of music making and wellness, and for his support of scientific drumming research, we recognized Remo Belli with our 2003 Music Has Power Award.


 

2002 Honorees

Robert Zatorre, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Matthew H. Lee, M.D., Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York

Joel Thome, Grammy® Award winning composer, conductor



2000 Honorees

Oliver Sacks, M.D., Distinguished neurologist, lecturer, prolific author, and autobiographical subject of the Oscar®-nominated movie "Awakenings"

Michael Greene, Past President and CEO of The Recording Academy®