Project: Music Heals Us

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PMHU defies social barriers, builds unlikely connections, and creates compassionate communities by bringing high-quality, interactive music programming to individuals in carceral systems, healthcare settings, and under-resourced international communities. 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, hospitalized, incarcerated, and homeless populations.

“That song reminds me of my dad! He used to play it on the banjo when I was a kid.”In July, a patient said this to Jacob...
10/07/2026

“That song reminds me of my dad! He used to play it on the banjo when I was a kid.”

In July, a patient said this to Jacob Kelberman, one of our Vital Sounds Initiative musicians.

Every VSI session is built around the person listening. Our musicians ask what they’d like to hear, calm or upbeat, a favorite song or a style from home, and follow where it goes. Sometimes a single request brings back someone they love.

Is there a song that brings someone back for you? We’d love to hear it.

“This is the first time I have been able to relax in here.”A patient shared this about a Vital Sounds Initiative session...
10/06/2026

“This is the first time I have been able to relax in here.”

A patient shared this about a Vital Sounds Initiative session. VSI brings live music to people in hospitals and care settings by video. A trained musician connects with the patient, and a moderator works alongside them, adjusting the session to the person’s requests, energy and background as it goes. Some sessions last as long as 90 minutes.

Many people going through illness never get this kind of care where they are being treated. Over the next few weeks we’ll share more of what happens in these sessions, told by the musicians who play them and the patients who hear them.

Learn more: https://pmhu.org/about-us/

08/28/2026

Throwback to 2018.

Molly Carr, our founder, went and visited refugee camps around the world. Everywhere she went, she ran into the same thing: kids with real musical talent and absolutely nothing to work with. No instruments. No teachers. No way in.

"I met a lot of students who had a lot of talent and just didn't have resources, didn't have teachers, didn't have instruments," she says. "That was the start of the idea of this program."

She kept in touch with a group of kids she'd met at a refugee camp. When the pandemic hit, (like the rest of us) she found herself doing everything over a screen. So she started teaching those same kids online.

That's really how Novel Voices started. These days we reach students in Africa and the Middle East.

Founding Day is September 13 — we'll be sharing more stories like this one all week. Watch Molly tell it in her own words: https://bit.ly/4gpQ68t

Thirteen years ago, a shattered glass bowl paused a musical career and quietly began something deeper.On December 5, 201...
08/24/2026

Thirteen years ago, a shattered glass bowl paused a musical career and quietly began something deeper.

On December 5, 2013, the night before a concert tour, Molly Carr shattered a glass bowl into her hand. The injury brought her career as a violist to a halt. Surgeries and recovery followed, and a question she couldn't shake: what now?

Molly signed up for a nursing aide course with the American Red Cross. There she met Ruth, a woman living with late-stage Alzheimer's who she was told hadn't spoken in years. Instead of hardening herself and moving on, Molly sat beside Ruth and held her hand in silence. Ruth began to speak.

Every day after that, Molly made time to sit with her. And on her last day, she made Ruth a promise: she would come back — and next time, she'd bring her viola.

That promise became Project: Music Heals Us.

Thirteen years later, it's still the same promise carried out in hospitals, correctional facilities, and communities around the world. Countless memories created. Stories shared. Unlikely connections built between musicians and the people who need them most.

On September 13, we're marking Founding Day. If our work has meant something to you, this is a good moment to mark it — we're hoping 13 supporters will step forward with a gift of any size to help open our thirteenth year.

Give in honor of Founding Day → https://pmhu.org/donate/

We can't wait to share more stories, milestones, and creative breakthroughs with you this season.

08/20/2026

This 50-second clip is from our Music For The Future program residency at Sonoma County Jail in 2024, where PMHU has been building relationships for years through music composition and performance.

This fall, we're heading back to Sonoma again. The trust and connection built over repeat visits is the bread and butter of what we do.

Watch this clip of The Edith String Quartet from 2024, and if you want to help us keep coming back, the link in our page supports Music For The Future directly.

Before our season begins, a little thank you and a little preview.Music, Within Reach closed at more than $101,000! Doub...
08/18/2026

Before our season begins, a little thank you and a little preview.

Music, Within Reach closed at more than $101,000! Double our goal, and the reason this fall is already starting off strong. Music For The Future composition residencies begin next month at Elmwood and Sonoma. Novel Voices lessons resume for our students across Africa and the Middle East. And Vital Sounds Initiative keeps bringing live concerts to patients who need them most.

And mark your calendars: September 13 is PMHU Founding Day — thirteen seasons in, and we can't wait to share more.

Full update — link on main page.

08/18/2026

Before our season begins, a little thank you and a little preview.

Music, Within Reach closed at more than $101,000! Double our goal, and the reason this fall is already starting off strong. Music For The Future composition residencies begin next month at Elmwood and Sonoma. Novel Voices lessons resume for our students across Africa and the Middle East. And Vital Sounds Initiative keeps bringing live concerts to patients who need them most.

And mark your calendars: September 13 is PMHU Founding Day — thirteen seasons in, and we can't wait to share more.

Full update — link on main page.

We’re proud to share that our story has been published in The Ensemble, an international publication for the ensemble mu...
08/04/2026

We’re proud to share that our story has been published in The Ensemble, an international publication for the ensemble music education field.

The piece traces PMHU back to where it started: our founder Molly Carr, sitting in silence and holding the hand of Ruth, an Alzheimer’s patient who hadn’t spoken in years. Ruth began speaking again that day. That moment became a question we’re still trying to answer, what does it mean to actually be present with someone the system has decided it’s done with?

The article follows that question through hospital rooms with our Vital Sounds Initiative, through Reggie’s story at Jericho Project with Music For The Future, and through the young musicians reached by Novel Voices around the world.

Three programs. One belief. Attention changes everything.

Click the link in our bio to read the full story. 🎻

06/29/2026

24 hours left. 🎻

Molly has a special message + a reminder that every gift today is matched, dollar for dollar, by our board.

If you’ve been meaning to give, today’s the day. Link in bio. 🔗

One year ago, we were in Nairobi. 🇰🇪Our musicians spent a week alongside students from Ghetto Classics, our Novel Voices...
06/25/2026

One year ago, we were in Nairobi. 🇰🇪

Our musicians spent a week alongside students from Ghetto Classics, our Novel Voices partner organization, teaching, learning, and performing side by side. One student later told us the residency was “one of a kind.” Another said it best: music is about connection, not perfection.

That’s what “within reach” means to us. Access. The chance for a young musician’s talent to actually meet the world.

6 days left in our campaign, and every gift right now is matched dollar-for-dollar. Help us bring more of this within reach.

Link in bio. 🔗

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