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Dakota Midday: Music As Medicine With SDSO

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Jennifer Boomgaarden explains expansion of the Music as Medicine program, a partnership with Avera Health and South Dakota Community Foundation. Highlights include a new "memoir" pilot program, how grant money and individual donations fuel the orchestra, and plans to travel Music as Medicine beyond the Sioux Falls region.

Lori Walsh is a special correspondent with SDPB and host of the "In the Moment" podcast.
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