Music is good for the soul. At least that’s what philosophers like Plato and music legends like Elton John have been saying for years now, and it seems like Canadian organizations are starting to agree, as they’ve started a new incentive called ‘social prescribing’, allowing physicians in Montreal to prescribe concert tickets to patients.

“The real benefit of this program is really the concept of social prescribing, it’s about getting people to interact with their environments, to not be socially isolated and when you use music therapy it calms people down, it makes people feel good, it can help deal with stress, so there’s a lot of benefits to it,” said Dr. Christopher Labos, a cardiologist.

Leading the new phenomenon that’s slowly expanding across Canada is the Montreal Symphony Orches

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