| Jon Parr Vijinski
 Parr Vijinski, MS.c, Ph.D student
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Arthur Labatt Health Sciences Building
Aging and Community Health Research Laboratory, Rm 316
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6A 5B9
(519) 661-2111 ext. 80405
email: jparrvij@uwo.ca
Jon Parr Vijinski is doctoral student studying for a PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science, specializing in Health and Aging at the University of Western Ontario. Jon's interest in the emotive-cognitive aspects of music led him to the study of psychology. His interests include health psychology, cognitive neuroscience (especially music and the brian) and gerontology. Jon has also developed interests in the bio-psycho-social aspects of mood states - especially anxiety and depression amongst older populations.
He is also a composer, arranger and producer. His styles range from the Baroque to the modern tonal classical music, jazz and art rock. He is a member of SOCAN.
Musically, Jon co-presented in 2002 a small film with Caroline Le Navenec RN, PhD, of the University of Calgary at the Canadian Association of Gerontology conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has released three CDs: "The Musical Pharmacy", "Pastoral", and "Jon Parr Vijinski". He has also had his music featured on CBC radio. Jon's interest in music as a mode of healing, has led him to participate in various national and international conferences, including the Canadian Music Therapy Association's May 1996 Conference, presenting a paper with Dr. Le Navenec entitled: "What are the Salient Factors in Music that Move People Emotionally"?
 Conferences
2008 Canadian Association of Gerontology - London, Ontario - "The Effects of Music on Older Adults: A Review of the Literature" - Student Poster
2002 Play and Creative Therapies for Healing and Growth - Kitchener/Waterloo, Canada "Evidence Based Caring Practices: Just What Is The Evidence?" - Presenter
2001 International Conference on Gerontology - Vancouver, Canada - "A Video Soundscape: Using Music And Nature Scenes To Facilitate Well-Being" - Presenter
1999 4th Conference on Effectiveness and Quality of Health Promotion - Helsinki, Finland; Tallinn, Estonia - "The Musical Pharmacy" - Presenter
1998 Canadian Association of Gerontology - Halifax, Canada - "The Musical Pharmacy" - Presenter
Publications/Scholarly Works
2005 Vijinski, J. P., Pirner, D. & C. Le Navenec (2005). How music moves people: An analysis of the emotional responses of university students to a “musical pharmacy using Hevner’s mood wheel. In C. Le Navenec & L. Bridges (Eds.) Creating connections between.
Jon is also working on a number of classical works, including a tone poem. He can be reached at: jparrvij@uwo.ca
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Musical Pharmacy/Pharmacie Musical
An Ode to the Nightingales
| As
project director of a multimedia production for nurses and other
health professionals on the use of music in health promotion and
health care, I am pleased that Jon has agreed to compose, arrange
and produce the music for it. The timely release of this recording
(just prior to the Nurses June '97 meeting in Vancouver), will be
welcomed by the nurses from all over the world because of the glorious,
exquisite, and beautiful nature of these music narratives that Jon
has created and produced.
Carole-Lynne Le Navenec, RN, PhD |
As
someone who has researched the history of nursing, I would like to
commend Jon for this splendid recording that both nurses and those
in their care can use to promote health and healing. Indeed, if the
Lady with the Lamp, Florence Nightingale -- the founder of modern
nursing, was alive today, she would be pleased with this recording
given that back in 1959, she stated: "The effect of music upon
the sick has been scarcely at all noticed ... wind instruments, including
the human voice, and string instruments, capable of continuous sound,
have generally a beneficial effect" (Nightingale, 1969: Notes
on Nursing).
Diana Mansell, PhD History in Nursing |
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my work as a music therapist, I often say that Music Speaks When
Words Cannot. I am certain that Jon's music on this tape, and the
ones that are forthcoming, will help people in this way.
Jennifer Buchanan, MTA |
The
sounds produced in Jon's recordings are very health sounds.
Gaile Hayes, A.R.C.T. MTA |
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