Sharing Music with the Power to Overcome
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Warwick Terrace
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Rancho la Puerta,
Mexico
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Bridgeville Rehabilitation Center
Mexican Community, La Palapa
Jewish Assn. for Aging
Living with ALS
"It was as if I were in a place more beautiful than I could ever describe."
-Laura W. 5th grade
"The concert held them spellbound and the beauty stayed with them as they returned to their rooms."
--Activities Director
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May 14
"Thank you for giving me an experience I didn’t know should have been on my bucket list."
--Mara
You played into our hearts and souls.
--Juanita Villegas
"I felt like the smile on my granddaughter's face: pure joy!"
--Kimberly
"Heavenly, spectacular! You and your son are such gifts to us."
"If I actually had a violin and played it like you do, it would be ruined with tears."
--Sister Dorothy
"When you were playing I didn't feel the pain. It was over-the-top awesome."
--Kim
"Beethoven at sunrise on top of the mountain...this was an epic event!"
--Hiker
"I'm sitting here listening and my patients are waiting for me, but doctors need this, too!" --Dr. Agha
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June 3
"It made me cry, the sound was sheer beauty."
--Marie
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June 25
Senior Center
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
"I am blind and there is little I can still enjoy. You gave me a gift that made me feel fully alive." --Greta
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July 1
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Critical Care Trauma Unit, San Diego, CA
BRiTE Wellness Center
Jewish Family and
Children's Services
Grieving Wife
Congolese Refugees
Carnegie Main Library
Chronic Pain Center
UPMC Centre Commons
"Our new residents arrived today...I think the staff needed the music just as much as the patients did."
--Nurse Betsie
"How do you remember all that? I want to be a musician in my next life."
--Tracy
"You lifted our spirits and truly led us through healing. It was powerful to see staff visibly relax with your performance." --R
"Thank you for what you are doing, I think it’s really important and truly helps people!"
--Dr. Christine Burr
"I felt D's presence in the room. Grief is beyond words, but the music brought us together."
--M.
"The entertainment was so powerful. I was almost gone!"
--14-yr. old Mwami
Heron Terrace,
Port Angeles, WA
Charles Smith Center
Rockville, MD
Paul Oliver Living and Rehabilitation Center,
Frankfort, MI
Vi in La Jolla Village
San Diego, CA
Baptist Homes
August 4
Ring House,
Rockville, MD
August 11
September 2
September 2
August 31
August 18
“That was soooo beautiful, you made me cry—twice!”
—H
"We are big music lovers, please come back!"
--H
"Completely unexpected--this changed my day!"
--B
"It warms my heart to see a mother and son playing together."
--Jim
"Our residents have been talking about this all week, they were so moved."
--Lauren
"Knowing the story behind the music made it even more special."
--Delilah
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Longwood at Oakmont
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September 11
September 14
Vi in La Jolla Village
San Diego, CA
"Hearing why this is meaningful to Monique made the performance so moving for me."
"I listened to this music growing up, and to hear it up close was magical!"
--Jane
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Kane Glen Hazel
September 21
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September 26
CMU Osher
Tree of Life 1-yr. Commemoration
October 26
October 9
Penn State
McKeesport Campus
"I felt transfixed, electrified!"
--Penn State Professor
Bruderhof Community, Uniontown
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October 5
October 3
October 2
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October 2
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Lessing - Realschule *
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Lessing - Realschule *
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Grillo - Gymnasium *
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Grillo - Gymnasium *
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Strahl Salon Concert
Essen, Germany
Musiktheater im Revier *
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Pittsburgh Music
Teachers In-Service
October 14
"The music had a visibly beneficial effect on Kane's Memory Care Residents and it was so gratifying to see really high caliber artists like yourself and your son, taking the time to give people with challenges this level of opportunity. Bravo!"
-- Tess
"All of my energy was focused on the music."
--Jason
* SPONSORED BEETHOVEN TOUR IN GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY
"Being so close to a Stradivarius was a rare treat!"
"I came away refreshed and inspired."
"Your playing made it so much more meaningful."
"I lost my baby at birth, he would have turned 4 today. This was a blessing to us."
--Tina
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Asbury Heights Senior Community
November 16
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Leechburg Community Food Bank
November 17
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November 17
98-yr. old Artist
Sherwood Oaks
November 23
December 14
Hillman Cancer Center Doctors
"I am in tears."
--Millicent
"Keep playing. I'm happy as a clam!"
--Joyce
*BONUS PERFORMANCES
September 15
September 20
October 27
November 5
December 23
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Pittsburgh
Peace Festival
Shadyside Hospital
Tree of Life
Swedish Hospital, Seattle
Wasatch Recovery Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
"Music is the universal language of peace."
--Nayla
"This room is the envy of the whole hospital floor!"
--Peter
"The music allowed us to bond together as we remember what happened here."
--Jakob
"This is the music of an angel."
--Karen
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"We are so very grateful..."
December 23
City Creek Post-Acute Care Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
"I want you to know that today you played for a 100-year-old man who was moved to tears."
"Clarity and the beauty of the tunes penetrate so deeply into everyone's soul and transmitted the true Beethoven spirit."
-- Dr. Agha
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December 29
River Meadows Senior Living
Alpine, Utah
Point Loma Private Residence
"Several of our clients said that it was life chanigng for them."
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January 1