‘Music That Heals’ will perform every Tuesday at NYU Lutheran
Healing Power of Music Brings Comfort to Hospital Patients
On Tuesday, NYU Lutheran Medical Center welcomed Music That Heals, a non-profit organization celebrating 20 years of bringing the sounds of professional musicians to health care institutions throughout the tri-state area.
Music That Heals has a roster of more than 40 artists, and will be showcasing some of these talented performers in Lutheran’s main lobby every Tuesday throughout 2017, thanks to a grant from the May Ellen and Gerald Ritter Foundation.
Music That Heals, co-founded in 1997 by musicians Kathy Lord and Susan Weber, brings the healing power of music to sick children and adults. Last year the program scheduled more than 400 performances in various health care venues.
“First of all, the whole staff — including some of the top doctors at the hospital — was so welcoming and excited about having Music That Heals come to the Lutheran lobby every week,” Lord told the Brooklyn Eagle. “The grant we received from the May Ellen and Gerald Ritter Foundation will allow Music That Heals to be in the lobby every Tuesday for one year, from 1:30 to 3 p.m.”