ABOUT US
Harps of Comfort offers remote music to patients and their loved ones.
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Experience calm and relaxing harp music anytime with 45-60 minute videos of music.
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Learn about or schedule a live, virtual music session with one of our harpists.
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About Us
Harps of Comfort harpists are certified music-thanatologists and other therapeutic musicians. As practitioners with years of experience in medical settings, we know first-hand how powerful music can be as a tool for symptom management, comfort, and even meaning-making in the face of suffering. We offer music sessions at no cost to patients and families. Harps of Comfort is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives and receives funding from individual donations, the Froedtert Hospital Foundation, a Project Music Heals Us Vital Sounds Initiative grant. Circle of Love, a music-thanatology nonprofit, provided initial funding to our musicians.
“The Harps of Comfort is a wonderful resource for our critically ill patients isolated with COVID-19. It makes me feel better as a nurse knowing that we are providing our patients with the added layer of support and comfort during this difficult time.”
— ICU nurse
“After I had finished playing the patient sat up, introduced himself, and said, “Thank you, that music helped me with my anxiety today.”
— Dia Walker, CM-Th, harpist
As a physician, incorporating music into my patients’ lives is vital to their overall well-being and health. Much research has showed the benefits of music from our heart to our brain and promoting it through a project like Harps of Comfort has been an incredible endeavor for our ICU patients at our hospitals.
– Dr. Jennifer Mackinnon, MD, MM
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