The Healing Sounds Program of Northside Hospital Forsyth will hold its second annual fundraiser, “Pastries and Performance,” on Sunday, March 1. Mark your calendar!
Plan to come by for a bite of sweet treats generously donated by Panera Breads. Entertainment will include local guitarist Chuck Beckman, harpist Lorretta Marks, the Main Street Strings, and others. A special feature this year will be the teens that participate in the Healing Sound Program.
The Healing Sounds Program at Northside Hospital Forsyth provides the blessing of music to patients, families, guests and hospital staff by bringing in a variety of musicians to perform in patient rooms and hospital common areas to provide music for healing. The musicians may play for children recovering from surgical procedures, or cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. They may be playing in the hospital atrium to relieve some of the stress that both families and staff may be feeling.
Recent research suggests that the brain responds to music almost as if it were medicine. It may regulate bodily functions, synchronize motor skills, stimulate the mind- even make us smarter. But above all that, music brings a unique pleasure to humans. Studies have shown that listening to music- that moment when you feel a chill of pleasure to a musical passage- causes the release of dopamine. So maybe music is medicine.
The program is from 3:00-5:00 p.m.. Come by when you can and enjoy the healing sounds! Tickets for the program are $10 in advance and can be purchased at the Hospital Gift Shop.
For more information about the Healing Sounds Program contact nancymack.cello@gmail.com.
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