Name: Resounding Joy
Item: Resounding Joy
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The Healing Notes Program Facilitates Well-Being

The Resounding Joy Healing Notes program uses music therapy as a means to improve the cognitive, physical, psychological and social well-being of young children and families facing healthcare issues primarily in, but not restricted to, hospital settings. The Healing Notes goal is to facilitate positive experiences that will contribute to the overall quality of life and progression of health for children receiving medical care as well as their families.

The Ariana Miller Music with Heart Program

Cardiac Care at Rady Children’s Hospital—San Diego»

Ariana Miller

In 2008, the San Diego community lost a loving and caring young musician named Ariana Miller to congenital heart disease. Ariana was a gentle soul with a deep love of music. From the first moment of her fragile life, she responded to the rhythm of musical sound. As she struggled with her disease, surviving six open-heart surgeries and countless other invasive procedures, it was music that brought joy into her life. Although she ultimately lost her battle with congenital heart disease, her passionate love of music and its healing effect lives on through the Resounding Joy Ariana Miller Music with Heart Program.

Ariana was the first child with heart disease to receive music therapy from Resounding Joy. For 12 months, she benefited from at-home music therapy provided by three MusicWorx Inc.» interns. In 2010, thanks to funding provided in Ariana’s memory, Resounding Joy extended its community work to children suffering with heart disease at Rady Children’s Hospital—San Diego (RCHSD) through the Ariana Miller Music with Heart Program. Since that time, the program has become an integral part of the hospital’s cardiac care, providing music therapy at no cost to more than 1,500 children, primarily recovering from cardiac surgery or being hospitalized for cardiac ailments. In 2017, this program expanded to provide services for children in the oncology division at RCHSD.

After nurses and other medical professionals at RCHSD identify the best candidates for music therapy, Resounding Joy’s Board-Certified music therapists treat the children and give their parents strategies for continuing to create positive experiences through music at the hospital, and later, at home.

Heart of a Child is an annual Resounding Joy benefit concert which provides funding for the Ariana Miller Music with Heart Program. This concert has become the premier showcase of the very best young musicians in San Diego County and features a diverse array of talented vocalists and instrumentalists. In 2017, due to the generous support of sponsors and patrons, Heart of a Child raised nearly $80,000, enabling Resounding Joy to continue providing daily music therapy at Rady, and expand services to patients with cancer. This has made an incredible impact on the care of these children.

Mission

Resounding Joy uses therapeutic and recreational music programs to improve the social, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being of individuals and communities.

Core Values

Passion is the heart of all our values.

Compassion
Connection
Education, experience, and expertise
Growth
Integrity
Joy
Stewardship

Vision

The Resounding Joy vision is to expand international awareness and to increase access to the power of music for recreational and therapeutic purposes.

Corporate Structure

Resounding Joy Inc., is a public-benefit California 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, incorporated in August 2005 by Barbara Reuer, PhD, the current executive director. Since its inception, Resounding Joy has provided music therapy and recreational music services to more than 85,000 children and adults in the greater San Diego region. Resounding Joy board-certified staff music therapists and volunteers deliver services through four major programs that target four distinct underserved populations: