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Five years after Harlan Snow's Alzheimer's diagnosis, his wife Joy Snow has watched what she calls the "slow, depressing process" of seeing her husband withdraw into a different world.
The former conductor and music educator has lost his ability to speak and to walk. Once a great tenor, he can't sing anymore. When Joy misses a visit to his nursing home, her husband seems unaware of her absence.
But last summer, Snow watched the television competition show "America's Got Talent" with his wife at Salt Lake City's Veteran's Nursing Home. One of his former students, opera soprano Barbara Padilla, competed throughout the season, singing Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro," Francesco Sartori's "Time to Say Goodbye," and then "Ave Maria" in the semifinals and finals.
The music he heard on television brought back memories of the time he had spent in Guadalajara training Padilla. Music had awakened something inside him, Joy said.
Although Harlan is unable to leave the nursing home, his wife will be one of the participants in "Making Sense of Alzheimer's Month," a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Utah Symphony, Utah Opera and the Utah chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Throughout May, USO is offering discounted concert tickets, Abravanel Hall tours and special programs for those with the disease and their caregivers. Musicians will also perform at seven assisted-living centers during the month. Read more: sltrib.com

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