The course examines the roles of music and specialized sound in diverse cultural contexts of healing, health and wellbeing.  By drawing upon a broad range of literature from music and the arts, the health and social sciences, and medical ethnomusicology in particular, we explore the subject from an interdisciplinary and holistic perspective.  We consider the historical and cultural views, theories, and methods of musical healing, human health and wellbeing, and investigate contemporary practices that enlist music's potential to effect changes in health and wellbeing at the individual, community and societal levels.  The course aims to empower students with a new understanding of what music is and how it can influence our health and wellbeing.  To do this, we explore key theories and concepts within a few select contexts, including students' experience of music.  Ethnomusicological principles guide our study to bring music and culture to the nexus of our inquiry.  Students will become conversant with this field of research, practice, performance and experience.