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About

PROJECT: MUSIC HEALS US is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide encouragement, education and healing through bringing high-quality live music performances and interactive programming to marginalized communities with limited ability to access it themselves, with a focus on elderly, disabled, rehabilitating, incarcerated, and homeless populations.

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“There are very few things in this world [that can] transcend time and place, and [...] music is one of those things. It adds a level of humanity to a situation that I think this virus has taken away.”
— Dr. Rachel Easterwood (from the New York Times piece on the Vital Sounds Initiative)

Projects

 
Projects
Vital Sounds Initiative - Virtual Bedside Concerts
Vital Sounds Initiative - Virtual Bedside Concerts

In order to continue our mission amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, since early April 2020 PMHU has been offering its programming through one-on-one concerts via video livestream platforms to society's most isolated and vulnerable: COVID patients hospitalized across the country….

Prison Outreach Residencies
Prison Outreach Residencies

In 2019, PMHU launched two year-round prison outreach residency programs while continuing to offer musical tours and workshops into prisons and jails across the country. With the onset of COVID….

Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project
Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project

The Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project is a project designed to give voice and visibility, through music and film, to the lives and struggles of both local and international refugee communities….

Young Artist Mentorships
Young Artist Mentorships

PROJECT: MUSIC HEALS US recognizes the importance of providing young musicians with the opportunity to share their talents and grow as artists through performing for new and supportive audiences, and incorporates a Young Artist Performance into each of its ticketed concerts every season….

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“Thank you for reminding me that even behind razor wire and locked inside of walls made of concrete, I can still find strength, beauty, and hope for a better tomorrow.”
— Inmate at Radgowski Correctional Center (from Prison Outreach Residencies)

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“I have to make sure my patient finds out about your concert only the day-of - otherwise, if he finds out early, he won’t sleep for days leading up to the concert because he’s so excited!”
— Nursing Aide at Arden House Nursing Home

The Team

 
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Molly Carr, Founder & Co-Director

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Andrew Janss, Co-Director

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Lynne Carr, Administrative Director

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