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

"This instruction has been invaluable, marking the first time I’ve had a dedicated tutor to guide me on my musical journey."

Joseph Makanda
PMHU Novel Voices student in Nairobi, Kenya

"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

"This is the first time I have been able to relax in here. I could see my blood pressure dropping as you played."

VSI Patient
at Strong Memorial Hospital

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.