Watch and Listen
Harps of Comfort marks 2 Years and 200 music sessions with
An Evening of Music and Poetry
June 2021
Harps of Comfort project director Jennifer Hollis discusses our work on a panel hosted by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, “Accompanying the Dying and the Dead in the Time of COVID“
April 21, 2021
Harps of Comfort participated in the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab’s “Music for the Soul” series, hosted by Dr. Michael Skaggs. Click here to view this lively conversation about music and spirituality, and listen to harp selections, singing, and a song from divinity school band Divine Intervention on the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab’s website.
March 31, 2021
This one-hour webinar introduces Harps of Comfort and marked our first year with stories, gratitude and harp music. (Sound begins 1:50)
February 2021
Our project director, Jennifer Hollis, and harpist Claudia Walker were featured on the podcast Life in the Liminal, hosted by Julia Reimann, former field education student and operations manager.
In the News
May 2021
The Medical College of Wisconsin wrote about Harps of Comfort in “Innovative Programs Helps COVID-19 Patients Find Comfort with Music.“
November 2020
The Medical College of Wisconsin Office of Community Engagement poster session, “Bringing COVID-19 Patients Comfort: Virtual Music Sessions in the ICU” by Jennifer C. Mackinnon, MD, MM; Jennifer Hollis, CM-Th, MDiv; Julia Reimann
November 2020
“Harps of Comfort at Froedtert Hospital: A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic” published in Transformational Times.
Presentations
May 13, 2022
“Harps of comfort: Virtual music sessions for Covid-19 patients” by authored by Jennifer Popies MS, RN, CCRN-K, ACNS-BC, Jennifer Mackinnon, MD, MM, and Jennifer Hollis, CM-Th, podium presentation at the 24th Annual Building Bridges to Research-Based Nursing Practice. Friday, May 13, 2022 Milwaukee, WI 53203.
April 6-9, 2022
“Harps of Comfort: Virtual Music Sessions for COVID-19 Patients” authored by Jennifer Popies MS, RN, CCRN-K, ACNS-BC, Jennifer Mackinnon, MD, MM, and Jennifer Hollis, Cm-Th, MDiv, SGIM Society of General Internal Medicine meeting, Orlando, FL April 6-9, 2022.
March 4, 2022
Medical College of Wisconsin Division of Medicine Research meeting March 4, 2022, Milwaukee, WI.
January 20, 2022
Catharine Delong presented at the Art of Dying Institute at the New York Open Center, “Music as Medicine at the End of Life,” January 20, 2022 7-9 ET
November 10, 2021
Jennifer Hollis presented at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music Colloquium, “Healing at the Threshold, Music-Thanatology, Grief and Accompaniment.”
September 2021
Dr. Jennifer Mackinnon presented at the American College of Physicians presentation Annual Wisconsin Chapter Meeting (oral and poster) on Harps of Comfort, Wisconsin Dells, WI.
November 21, 2020
Catharine Delong presented at the Art of Dying Institute at the New York Open Center, “Music as Medicine at the End of Life,” January 20, 2022 7-9 ET
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