Our Mission

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.

Project: Music Heals Us

"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
Physician & Musician. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

"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."

an incarcerated student
currently at Radgowski Correctional Center

"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!"

a nursing aide
at Arden House Nursing Home

Programs

Launched in response to the pandemic, PMHU’s Vital Sounds Initiative (VSI) offers live, one-on-one, virtual bedside concerts to hospital patients in isolated units, including COVID, surgical transplant, and palliative care.
Over the last six years, PMHU has worked with over 2,400 incarcerated women and men in programs that span from single-day to semester-long endeavors.
Novel Voices provides international community music organizations with free access to live, virtual lessons, workshops, and masterclasses.
PMHU’s Arts Leadership Program is a two-year-long mentorship program which accepts one string quartet on the verge of entering the professional music world.

Featured Press

These Are the Bedside Concerts Comforting Virus Patients

An I.C.U. doctor felt despair at how little could be done for the sick. Soon, she had musicians playing over the phone in hospital rooms.

In chaotic emergency rooms and intensive care units around New York City, coronavirus patients struggle to survive in isolation, with masked doctors and nurses keeping their distance and family visits barred. Alarms, monitors and overhead announcements blare incessantly.

Featured Press

These Are the Bedside Concerts Comforting Virus Patients

An I.C.U. doctor felt despair at how little could be done for the sick. Soon, she had musicians playing over the phone in hospital rooms.

In chaotic emergency rooms and intensive care units around New York City, coronavirus patients struggle to survive in isolation, with masked doctors and nurses keeping their distance and family visits barred. Alarms, monitors and overhead announcements blare incessantly.