Sophie's Place

06/05/2026

There’s nothing better than having our dedicated music therapy clinics filled with laughter and music, all while the hospitalized kiddos that mean everything to us heal. 💛🦋



Banner Health
Banner Children’s
Forever Young Foundation

06/05/2026

We wanted to reshare this resource because it is ♥️

Losing the ability to communicate in a way that feels normal or comfortable can be extremely frustrating, luckily, music is here to help! 🦋✨

06/01/2026

✨ Welcome to Sophie’s Place ✨

Sophie Places are music therapy clinics within children’s hospitals where patients can receive music therapy as well as make special memories during times of hardship while in the hospital.

Sophie’s Place rooms don’t feel anything like the rest of the hospital and this is by design! They’ve often been described as an “oasis” within the hospital. A room where medical procedures don’t happen: music does. 🎶✨

Music therapy is an evidence-based practice that uses music as a tool to help patients reach important goals! These goals could include pain management, emotional processing, movement or motor skill goals, and so much more.

Sophie’s Place is named after Sophie Barton who was a singer-songwriter and hospital music volunteer before her unexpected passing in 2010. 💛🦋

There are now 9 Sophie’s Places across the United States and the one featured here is at Primary Children’s Hospital’s Miller Family Campus in Lehi, Utah.

05/29/2026

How are you going to use music to improve your mental heath this ?

Here’s some ideas, approved by board-certified music therapists!

✨learn an instrument🎻🎹🥁🪕🎺
✨make a playlist that helps you feel understood😌
✨make good memories through music like going to a concert or sharing songs with someone you love!
✨try your hand at writing a song! (It’s not too different from journaling) 📝🎶

Tell us in the comments what other ideas you have🦋

05/27/2026

The truth is…we never plan to stop!!

It means everything to us that the kiddos we treat have a place where they can truly be themselves…all while healing through music, art, dance, and recreational therapies!

While music therapy is our main focus, we have so loved the opportunity to support other expressive therapy modalities in our Sophie’s Place rooms over the past decade and don’t plan to stop.

These rooms lessen medical trauma and even allow us to support the families of patients and medical staff, who often experience grief and burnout.

Never underestimate what a space that doesn’t feel like the rest of the hospital and where no procedures are allowed, that is dedicated to expression, can bring to your children’s hospital. We truly are dedicated to healing not just the body, but the whole person. 💛🦋

05/22/2026

All we could think of when we heard this quote was Sophie. 🥹♥️🦋

05/20/2026

✨What amazes YOU about music therapy?✨

Tell us in the comments! 🦋

05/15/2026

We’re excited to tell you that we’ve been posting to our YouTube channel again! 🙌🦋

Follow this link to subscribe so you don’t miss the fun things we have planned! 👀✨

MUSIC CHANGES EVERYTHING Sophie's Place, an initiative of the Forever Young Foundation, was established in loving memory of singer, songwriter, and friend Sophie Barton. Before Sophie's tragic passing she donated her time as a music volunteer at the local children's hospital because she understood m...

05/14/2026

A big thanks to Jake Shimabukuro for being an advocate for Sophie’s Place and changing lives though music! 🎶✨

Chloe was our amazing music therapy intern at Atrium Levine Brenner Children’s Hospital when he visited and performed for our patients a few years back and she means so much to us as well. 🥹

Jake, thank you for creating such a special experience for our kiddos, you are welcome back at Sophie’s Place anytime!

Music changes everything! 🙌🦋💛

05/14/2026