11am SYN News Friday August 2 2013

Caption: Music Therapy volunteers at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Picture: Julia Gorton

A hospital is not a place where you’d normally expect to hear the chorus of song.

But music therapy is now starting to become a bigger part of the way medical professionals approach the task of treating patients as they battle illness.

One of the leading programs in music therapy is in Melbourne’s own backyard at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

ANDREW PRICE has the story.

Andrew James Price