Music and Sound
Music and sound can bring immense comfort to an individual in their final moments of life. Regardless of the genre, music is a healthy emotional outlet for many people.
| Partner | Description |
|---|---|
| Last Sound Registry | A collection of sounds intended for comfort during the end of life process. |
| CAMT | Canadian Association for Music Therapy is a national body promoting music therapy and supporting, advocating and certifying professional music therapists (MTAs) in Canada. |
| MTAI — Music Thanatology Association International | Music Thanatology specific genre of music that unites music and medicine in end of life care. The MTAI is an international organization and certifying body for the field of music-thanatology. |
| Room 217 Foundation Store/products | Music therapy, including for the dying; also, has a variety of resources for various end-of-life concerns, including grief/bereavement. Room 217 also offers music therapy products. |
| En-chanting Beyond | Based in Victoria, BC, En-chanting Beyond supports the two major life-passages of dying and giving birth.For more information or a bedside singing visit, contact Pashta MaryMoon via Phone: (250) 383-4065 or Email:contact@beyonds.ca |
| The Bedside Singers | Based in Victoria, BC, serving the hospice unit and oncology unit at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, B.C. Email: bedsidesingers@shaw.ca |
| Vancouver, Sunshine Coast, and Bowen Island Threshold choirs — Vancouver, Sechelt and Bowen Island — all-woman choirs, available to those struggling with both living and dying.Contact Jan Alexander (604) 608-2474 | All-woman choirs, available to those struggling with both living and dying.Contact Jan Alexander (604) 608-2474. Choirs are based in Vancouver, Sechelt and Bowen Island. |
| Comox Valley Threshold choir — Vancouver Island — email contact | An all-female choir on Vancouver Island who bring comfort to the bedside of individuals who are ill or dying. |
| Nelson Threshold choir — Interior BC — email contact | A choir in Nelson, BC that brings comfort to the bedside of individuals who are ill or dying. |
| Hospice Peterborough | Based in Peterborough, ON, Hospice Peterborough is developing a bedside singing group. Contact info: Attention: Jan Sterling-Twist at Tel: (705) 742-4042 Email: admin@hospicepeterborough.org |
| Haliburton Hospice | A group of bedside singers located in Haliburton, Ontario. |
| London Hospice Threshold Choir | A group of bedside singers located in London, Ontario. |
| Owen Sound Threshold choir — Owen Sound — Residential Hospice of Grey Bruce, Chapman House — email contact | A choir based at the at the Residential Hospice of Grey Bruce, and Chapman House in Owen Sound, Ontario. |
| Saskatoon Threshold Singers | Based in Saskatoon, this group sings at bedside in groups of two to four, to offer a moment of grace during a difficult time. We sing for those who are seriously ill or dying. Contact us by Email, through Facebook, or connect with Karla Combres at (306) 491-9176 |