HEALING MUSES
Because music heals.
Healing Muses offers live, therapeutic harp music played by professionally trained harpists to support patient care & recovery in hospitals, cancer wards, & children's medical centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Our soothing harp music creates a calming environment that reinforces healing for patients and significantly reduces stress for visitors and staff.
Since 1999, Healing Muses' fully-vetted team of professional musicians has played thousands of hours of live harp music for hundreds of patients, family members, and staff at major healing centers in the Bay Area, including:
- George Mark Children's House (San Leandro)
- Women's Cancer Center of the East Bay (Pleasant Hill)
- UCSF Bakar Precision Cancer Medicine Building (San Francisco)
- Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (Martinez)
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in San Francisco, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Antioch, and Livermore
QUALITY
Our musicians are highly skilled at playing music for therapeutic purposes and are capable of adjusting to situational needs.
CONTINUITY
Our harpists return time and again; their familiarity with routines and the special needs of staff and patients at every location allows them to integrate seamlessly with a site's individual programs.
COLLABORATION
As trained professionals, our musicians establish a long-term relationship with personnel at each site, getting to know individual staff members and working with them collaboratively to meet patient needs.
FOCUS
When our musicians visit locations, their primary focus is not on themselves as musicians, but on the power of music to heal. They are committed to creating musical environments that fully support patient care and the well being of staff and family.
“...music-based interventions can modulate cerebral blood flow, reduce pre-operative anxiety and post-operative stress, improve surgery outcomes, and lower cortisol levels. ”
— Scientific American
LISTEN TO HEALING MUSES ON ZOOM
Join Healing Muses harpers for a musical moment of rest and rejuvenation.
We are offering healing harp music via Zoom every Friday afternoon from 1:00 to 2:00PM Pacific Time. We started this program to serve the Women's Cancer Center of the East Bay — for their patients, families, and staff — but all are welcome to join us! Please feel free to drop in at any time during the hour to enjoy this pause for self-care.
Click here to join the Zoom meeting. The Meeting ID is 967 5674 3692. We'll grant you entry from the waiting room. Once you are in the meeting, find the window with the Harper and use the "Pin" function to have her fill your screen.
