Recordings of the HELP-MD Symposium Key notes’ presentation: Emmanuel Bigand and Benjamin Koen Music and EmotionMarie Cousin: Piano comping in ballet class: between catharsis and refinement of emotional palette, the generation by the music of an “emotional yoga” Nathalie Abou Jaoude: Cognitive differentiation of the emotional colorings of the Levantine modal scales by Lebanese children and adolescents Susana Sors Rodríguez: “That’s me and that’s okay”. Self-understanding through musical memory. Music, healing rituals, and tranceBernd Brabec de Mori: The construction of efficacy: musical ritual spaces, times, and beings Tamara Turner: There is no closure, no transcendence: why music and trance dancing in Algeria function as affective maintenance rather than “healing” Cosima Lanzilotti, Remy Dumas, Massimo Grassi, Daniele Schön: Prolonged exposure to highly rhythmic music affects brain dynamics and perception Music TherapyAurore Seraye: Inquiry into the history and evolution of music as a healing technique in Turkey Ongoing Field ResearchFilippo Bonini Baraldi: Envy and corporeal lockdown in Maracatu de baque solto (Brazil) Giorgio Scalici: Playing together to heal together: healing, music making and playfulness among the Wana people of Morowali