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Healing Harmonies is a new music commission and public healing experience by The Well for its Mindful Music Moments program and the community.
Healing Harmonies will commission 5 Cincinnati-based composer-musicians to create new 3-minute pieces of music and a supplemental education activity inspired by a personally meaningful "healing theme," resulting in a series of original music and accompanying activities to improve mental and emotional well-being.
The new music and supplemental activities will premiere online publicly and be integrated into the 2026-2027 Mindful Music Moments curriculum (available to over 100,000 youth in schools nationwide). Additionally, the new music and activities will be activated during the 2026-2027 school year during in-school workshops with the composers and students.
Artists (L-R): Preston Bell Charles III, Alpha Arts Frierson, Mika Komuro, Aparna Nambirajan, Mr. Watt.
Good mental and emotional well-being is foundational for being a nourished, connected, and effective person in the world–and it matters at every stage in life. Unfortunately, mental health and well-being in the U.S. is a growing crisis for both youth and adults.
That's where Mindful Music Moments comes in–a proven way to build skills in self-awareness, self-management, and music appreciation, and have a positive benefit on the mental and emotional well-being of youth and adults.
We strongly believe the positive benefit of Mindful Music listening doesn't just come from regular practice, but also the diversity of music being listened to.
Up until this project, our commissions emerge from the creative ideas and community engagement of a collaborator or composer. This new music commission is unique in that it will be the first where mental and emotional well-being and healing is not just the end goal, but also the explicit subject matter and part of the artistic process.
Sources:
1) Interact for Health 2022 Community Health Status Survey. 2022.
2) Surgo Health. 2024. The Youth Mental Health Tracker: Uplifting Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing from Crisis to Empowerment.
This project is supported in part by the "GIG Fund: Arts and Wellness" from Arts Midwest, which receives support in part from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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