Patients Experience Healing Power Of Harp Music During Performance At UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center

Harpist Fills Healing Gardens At The Tate Cancer Center With The Sounds Of Strings

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What better way to decompress and reflect than by relaxing in a lush garden with running brooks, as you take in the soothing magical sounds of live harp music?

Patients, visitors and team members at University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center were recently treated to a Music in the Garden event featuring a live harpist who filled the Healing Garden at the Tate Cancer Center with soft calming melodies. Madeline Jarzembak, the U.S. Navy Band’s principal harpist, incorporated the light sound of strings into a nature setting during her four-hour performance at the hospital on June 5. Patients at the Tate Cancer Center experience the healing powers of nature each day by looking out over the streaming lush gardens while receiving their infusion treatments. The Healing Garden, located behind the Tate Cancer Center at UM BWMC, also offers a peaceful outdoor retreat for patients and their families to visit during their care journey.

Studies show that listening to live harp music can help to reduce pain and depression while increasing feelings of well-being and comfort for both patients and their families. Links to a few of those studies are provided for reference. In one study, published in 2018, harp music allowed patients to decrease opioid use for pain management following a “music intervention”.

UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center is committed to promoting health and well-being in the community by providing health resources like free exercise and wellness classes. This summer, UM BWMC is hosting a series of free outdoor yoga classes in The Healing Garden for anyone who wants to experience the benefits of improved mobility. See a list of those scheduled dates on the attached flyer.

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