Bringing Music Home UC Davis Health | Dec 2, 2016 Donated instruments help children cope, during and after hospitalization Fifteen-year-old Madison “Madi” Phelps, of Robbins, Calif., has been a UC Davis Children’s Hospital patient since she was 11 months old. Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections, she is often […]

The Unexpected Healing Power of the Ukulele WLRN | Sammy Mack | May 25, 2016 On a Thursday afternoon, 17-year-old Brendon Santana is sitting cross-legged on his bed, cradling a ukulele as he sings Karen O’s Moon Song. I’m lying on the moonMy dear, I’ll be there soon His bedroom is plastered with Beatles memorabilia and

Child’s Play | Kamuke Ukulele Magazine Kamuke Ukulel Magazine | Cameron Murray | Apr 3, 2016  UKULELE equals happiness, so what better way to use the instrument than to cheer up seriously ill kids? KAMUKE reports on the fantastic work being done around the world to introduce ukes to children’s hospitals. WHEN children hear music,

After a Tragic Loss, Corey Bergman Gives Sick Kids the Gift of Music People.com | Alexandra Zaslow | Mar 27, 2015 Corey Bergman with a patient Corey Bergman’s son, Jared, was 20 years old, a college student who dabbled in drums and keyboard and was a fan of the Dave Matthews Band, when he died

Minkowsky & Stephanie Stephanie Epstein | Sep 25, 2015 This is Minkowsky, one of our patients up in the bone marrow transplant unit. He took to the ukulele immediately and has learned so quickly. He wrote this song as an inspiration to other patients, that sometimes things get difficult, but that’s ok. And sometimes you

Liver Transplant Patient Says Music Helped Heal Him CBS Miami| Cynthia Demos | Aug 18, 2015 https://youtu.be/uNxYmtyvMf4 A 20-year-old man is celebrating the gift of life after receiving a liver transplant but that’s not the only thing that saved him. Angel Lopez says music also saved him and on Tuesday he performed a concert at Holtz

The Rhythm of the Remedy University of Miami | Megan Ondrizek | Aug 8, 2015 UKC is so proud of the extraordinary accomplishments of Stephanie Epstein, MM, MT-BC@ Holtz Children’s Hospital, as well as in her capacity as Music Therapy Advisorto the Ukulele Kids Club. Stephanie is raising the national bar for Music Therapy Advocacy

Laila Learns the Ukulele Nebraska Medicine | Aug 17, 2015 Three years ago, Laila Pettigrew had a kidney transplant at Nebraska Medicine – Nebraska Medical Center. Three weeks ago, her new kidney started to fail. The 13-year-old traveled from Pine Ridge, South Dakota to begin dialysis treatments. Three days a week, for three hours, Laila’s