The healing
power of music…

HeartStrings®

This music therapy-informed program continues to reach beyond traditional performance settings to bring live, interactive presentations by some of the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s best players into healthcare and residential facilities. Our sessions have demonstrated extraordinary physical, emotional, cognitive, and social changes for people of all ages and levels of functioning, reaching nearly 3,200 individuals each season.

About the Rhapsodie Quartet
The Rhapsodie Quartet includes our Co-Concertmaster Suzanne Beia, Principal Violist Christopher Dozoryst, Principal Cellist Karl Lavine, and violinist Laura Burns. The quartet makes monthly visits to our community partners, bringing a full season of activities to residents and caregivers.

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Order a Heartstrings Toolkit!

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Are you interested in learning more about HeartStrings and creating a music therapy-informed engagement program in your community? The Madison Symphony Orchestra has published a manual, HeartStrings: A Guide to Music Therapy-Informed Community Engagement for Symphony Orchestras, that is available for purchase. This toolkit is intended to guide symphony orchestras in creating similar transformative programs within their own communities and to illustrate the importance of reaching beyond the concert hall to bring meaningful musical experiences that promote physical, emotional, psychological, cognitive, and social well-being to traditionally underserved populations.