The mission of the institute is to develop and apply music-based therapies emanating from new discoveries and educational collaborations within the international research and treatment communities.

[1] Its aim is to restore, maintain and improve the physical, emotional and neurologic functioning in people who have been debilitated through stroke, trauma, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's and other processes through the systematic use of music.

It is directed by music therapist Dr. Concetta M. Tomaino and was provided scientific guidance by neurologist Oliver Sacks, now deceased.

In 2017, the organization partnered with Wartburg (retirement community) to bring music to those with brain injuries, diseases, and other ailments.

Oscillo founder and Chief Science Officer (CSO) Edward Large, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Connecticut, states that despite $42.5 billion spent on research since 1995, there is still no cure for Alzheimer's: "This disease is growing at an alarming rate, and time is of the essence.