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Heart & Soul brings hope, healing and joy to 15,000 people each year by producing over 600 live shows at convalescent homes, senior centers, hospitals, centers for children with disabilities, psychiatric facilities, domestic abuse shelters and prisons. Heart & Soul seeks to make our world less lonely through music. Our performances enrich the soul and promote wellness through the healing power of the performing arts. Heart & Soul builds bridges, connecting generations, providing an opportunity to give back to our community. In carrying out this mission, Heart & Soul seeks to create a social awareness of people isolated from society. The past 17 years Heart & Soul has provided more than 6,700 live performances - an average of one every day of the year.
The Healing Power of Music
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Utah Business Matters - Heart and Soul
Janna Lauer and her brother, Doug, began Heart and soul in 1994, with a sole purpose of providing the gift of music to those with no access -- nursing homes, acute care facilities, assisted living centers etc. What a beautiful non profit to provide such a wonderful gift. -
Group brings music - and memories - to nursing homes
Janna Lauer's fingers plucked the fat strings of her upright bass as her head rocked to and fro in four-four time with a broad smile. She gave a toe-tapping performance that morning while sitting in with the band The Free Range Chickens.Still, much of the audience barely lifted a finger. Lauer, undeterred, kept on playing and afterwards spoke glowingly of these audiences."When you get older and have dementia for whatever reason," Lauer said, "the brain forgets things in different ways and you might forget the names of your children and you might forget all of the facts, but the right side of your brain remembers songs. It remembers music."See Full Story on KSL.com