Power of Music

Exciting new research shows that music has the power to heal. Music therapy is now being used to treat asthma, Alzheimer's disease, depression and other illnesses. Music also helps reduce stress and anxiety. In fact, live music is being used in some oncology waiting rooms as a way to create a calming environment for patients.

https://www.pbs.org/video/njtvnews-music-helps-bring-back-memories-elders-dementia/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/well/music-therapy-treatment-stress.html

Healing Through Guitars

"Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch."

-Debasish Mridha, M.D.

Join Healing Through Guitars where kindness is the good kind of contagious!

Set List:

1. Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles (Most requested song)
2. Surfin' U.S.A. - Beach Boys
3. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond (My sister was named after this song)
4. Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
5. Lola - Kinks
6. Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
7. I'll Be There for You - The Rembrandts
8. All My Loving - The Beatles
9. Take a Chance on Me - ABBA
10. Imagine - John Lennon
11. Paint it Black - Rolling Stones
12. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
13. Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
14. Can't Help Falling in Love with You - Elvis Presley
15. Spoon Full of Sugar - Julie Andrews
16. Can Can-Jacques Offenbach
17. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
18. Lips are Sealed - GoGos
19. California Girls - Beach Boys
20. Dancing Queen - ABBA
21. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
22. Every Breath You Take - Police
23. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
24. Let it Be - The Beatles
25. Shake it Off - Taylor Swift
26. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
27. Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
28. Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
29. True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
30. Despacito - Luis Fonsi and Justin Bieber

Ella Rafferty

I love playing piano and guitar and enjoy spreading kindness through music. In my free time, I perform fun and uplifting music at senior homes and for immunocompromised members in my community. To quote Mary Poppins, "A Spoon Full of Sugar" really helps the medicine go down. I am now a sophomore at The University of Texas at Austin and I am only volunteering in the SF Bay Area during the summer and on breaks from school. During the school year, I perform for the immunocompromised in the Austin, Texas area. You can also contact me through my website: www.healingthroughguitarsaustin.com

When I’m not volunteering or learning new songs (I take requests!), I play Club Tennis for The University of Texas at Austin. However, My sister Caroline Rafferty is available year round in the SF Bay Area and sometimes we perform together.

Ella Rafferty, age 6