Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine

Check out this message from CPAM’s Director, J. Todd Frazier, regarding the 8th installment of their Virtual Art Experiences and Strategic Information for Artists:

As you can imagine, Houston Methodist is feeling the recent increase of Covid-19 patients added to the normal census. We are assured that the spread is not coming from within the hospital, but from the community, so washing hands, social distancing and wearing masks are of critical importance. We are seeing very good results with patients recovering at the hospital and at home and continue to have the resources to serve the increased demand, but a change of course in the disease trend is crucial moving forward. 

What sets CPAM apart is that we are an institutional part of the hospital, which gives us the unique opportunity to be part of solutions to challenges in a proactive way. As care providers, during changing and uncertain times, we have the obligation to adapt and act, and I’m so proud of how our team is responding. Our CPAM Creative Arts Therapy Team and Staff Pianists are working on site and our administration, arts specialists and research teams are trading days in the office and working from home to help reduce the overall number of people in the hospital.

This is a strategic time for the arts, one that will have lasting implications for the field and I’m happy to share some recent highlights from CPAM with you:

• We have continued to produce supportive programming for our patients and employees, all being updated on our COVID website for you to use and share. This includes; Participatory Employee Arts Enrichment Digital Programs, Passive Virtual Arts Interventions Supporting Employee Wellbeing, Selected Wellness Podcasts from Departments of Music Therapy and Academic Development, Hospital Arts in Health TV Channel 3, Weekly Patient Tray Art Activities, Direct Patient Care, Employee Onsite and Printable Art Activities: http://cpamonline.org/onlineresources/
• We have also begun new virtual programming. Dr. Mei Rui, our Research Scientist (and concert pianist) is spearheading a new program with Dr. Atiya Dhala and the Houston Symphony called MUSICARE (Musicians United for Service in Care) which are Virtual/Live Bedside Concerts at Houston Methodist Hospital ICUs.

• Sample Artist commission on Patient TV Channel 3: Ermelinda Cuellar Trio, Professional Jazz Musicians / Popular English and Spanish Songs (Excerpts):  https://www.dropbox.com/s/bsxrhy10ihif72d/Slide%2012%2C%20Ermelinda%20Excerpt.mp4?dl=0
• Sample Artist commission on Patient TV Channel 3: Live Painting, Visual Artist, Videographer and Musician (Excerpts): https://www.dropbox.com/s/v5g15yj8gs8pflx/Slide%2013%2C%20excerpt%20painging.mp4?dl=0
• HMH CPAM was featured as a “COVID Hero” in a national roundup of people doing good during the pandemic from “MSN The Healthy”. Virginia Gray, along with Jennifer Townsend, recorded the heartbeats of a mom and newborn baby separated by COVID-19, allowing them to bond until they were finally reunited Mother’s Day weekend: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/12-people-who-were-true-health-heroes-during-covid-19/ar-BB14TxNU and a more comprehensive link to the same story that includes a radio interview, photos, and samples of the heartbeat recordings: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/08/369016/how-music-therapists-helped-a-mother-connect-with-the-newborn-she-still-hasnt-met/
• CPAM collaborated with HMH Spiritual Care in creating a rejuvenating space for staff in the longest-running COVID unit. This “serenity room”, on Main 8th floor, includes staff photography, art from the community, art for wellness activities, an iPad with CPAM guided meditations and music listening lists and a water feature, clock and additional inspirational resources from spiritual care. 

• HMH is offering this toolkit for businesses making plans to reopen, including the theatre district, where CPAM Chairman Dr. Robert Jackson is part of an HMH executive team offering advice and testing for musicians of the Houston Symphony: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/-/media/pdf/for-patients/HMG/EHS/EHS_TOOLKIT_Sitecore.ashx
• Some staff have also contributed time as screeners.

• Our new CPAM office, which includes open desks, instrument and equipment storage, meeting and workspace for our team is complete. The office is in the Neurosensory/Jones Tower.

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine homepage: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/performing-arts/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine

Check out this message from CPAM’s Director, J. Todd Frazier, regarding the 7th installment of their Virtual Art Experiences and Strategic Information for Artists:

Well, it wasn’t hard to decide what to lead with for this installment. Some of the positive results of our work are starting to be published regionally/nationally and I wanted to share them with you first. I hope you enjoy reading these stories and are as proud as I am of this wonderful CPAM team at Houston Methodist:

Houston Methodist’s virtual staff choir performs “Count on Me” by Bruno Mars

How Music Therapists Helped A Mother Connect With The Newborn She Still Hasn’t Met

Houston Chronicle:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/renew-houston/health/article/This-quarantined-mother-hasn-t-met-her-baby-15250883.php

Houston Public Media:
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/08/369016/how-music-therapists-helped-a-mother-connect-with-the-newborn-she-still-hasnt-met/

Music, Medicine, and COVID-19

Eastman School of Music and University of Rochester, NY:
https://www.rochester.edu/adv/alumni-news-media/2020/04/28/music-medicine-and-covid-19/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine homepage: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/performing-arts/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine

Check out this message from CPAM’s Director, J. Todd Frazier, regarding the 6th installment of their Virtual Art Experiences and Strategic Information for Artists:

Thank you for your overwhelming support for last week’s installment of CPAM Applications Supporting Healthcare Employees and Patients. I have used the past five weekly reports to share listings of our programs and activities in response to Covid-19. I felt like this week it would be refreshing to just offer one thing we could all do to say thank you to the healthcare professionals and first responders that are in the front lines and who are supporting the front lines. Today I wanted to offer this opportunity for you and your family:

Show support for the healthcare professionals and first responders

To show support for the healthcare professionals and first responders that are in the front lines and who are supporting the front lines from your family, neighborhood and our community, the Center for Performing Arts Medicine invites you to join a national campaign, #HeartsforHealthcareWorkers in displaying these hearts on your front door, window, mailbox or other visible place, to let them know how much we appreciate them.

Click here to print the heart shape: https://hrportal.ehr.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=7rk87A0xNJc%3d&portalid=78

Write the name(s) of a healthcare professional and/or first responder you know. Feel free to be creative with drawing, colors or design to make it more meaningful and personal. Then, cut out the heart and tape it to your front door, window, mailbox or other visible place, to share your gratitude.

Take a picture of your heart and share it with cpam2@houstonmethodist.org and we will share it with all our employees to show them how much our community appreciates them!

Tweet #HeartsforHealthcareWorkers

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine homepage: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/performing-arts/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine

Check out this message from CPAM’s Director, J. Todd Frazier, regarding the 5th installment of their Virtual Art Experiences and Strategic Information for Artists:

The Center for Performing Arts Medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital is responding to the unique challenges of COVID-19 by deploying the arts in creative ways to support our staff, patients, and community at large. In addition to patient support, we have identified unique needs of healthcare workers at this time- both those that are ‘front line’ and those with supporting roles and working from home. The list of CPAM Applications Supporting Healthcare Employees and Patients below are examples of art activities CPAM is deploying to relieve stress and anxiety, offer hope and rejuvenation and support healthcare outcomes for employees, patients and the Hospital community. Many of these activities will also prove supportive and effective for the community at large and the addition of Public Virtual Art Experiences and Strategic Information for Artists and Arts Organizations below offers additional resources.

CPAM Applications Supporting Healthcare Employees and Patients

Participatory Employee Arts Enrichment Digital Programs

Opportunities for staff to engage with the arts in a participatory, reflective fashion with the option to share completed arts experiences with fellow employees.

• Photography Safari: https://hrportal.ehr.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ko-mJ8E5kkE%3d&portalid=78
• Employee Virtual Choir: https://youtu.be/lm_Og3kGrcM
• Creative Writing Prompt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO_SOuI4PzI&feature=youtu.be
• Creative Writing Prompt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yej3G5OxNkY&t=4s

Passive Virtual Arts Interventions Supporting Employee Wellbeing

Programs that allow employees to reflect through the arts without requiring active creation.

• Music Therapy Curated Playlist Links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3IEyx7yaVsEGbxM18NvqRw/playlists
• Guided Meditations with Music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu0R2l-y6EUi6_Nvsl1lJ66Qyte8boTxd
• Music and Visual Art for Relaxation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu0R2l-y6EUjI-31CWP8SQ-syk_Mc1zO_
• Music for Caregiver Relaxation: https://soundcloud.com/user-390883826
• Music for Caregiver Relaxation with study questions component (IRB-PRO#00024163): http://bit.ly/cpamrelaxation

Weekly Patient Tray Art Activities

Each week new arts activities themed to optimism, hope and refection are placed on patient’s food trays as an opportunity for patients to relax while focusing on an activity that allows for creative expression with supplies they have access to in their rooms. The following are examples of 6 activities.

• http://jtoddfrazier.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Heart-Treasure-Map.pdf
• http://jtoddfrazier.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Rise-Up-and-Reflect-Zine-Activity.pdf
• http://jtoddfrazier.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Origami-Heart_Hope_Drawing.pdf
• http://jtoddfrazier.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Origami-Heart_Self-Compassion_Coloring.pdf
• http://jtoddfrazier.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Origami-Heart_Hope_Coloring.pdf
• http://jtoddfrazier.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hearts-for-HealthCare-Workers.pdf

Direct Patient Care

In addition to the normal services that our Music Therapy Department provides throughout the hospital, new services in response to COVID-19 have been implemented in palliative care and the team is now providing telemedicine services to patients throughout the hospital system. For more information about CPAM’s Music Therapy Division please contact Jennifer Townsend, Manager: jdtownsend@houstonmethodist.org

Employee Onsite and Printable Art Activities

For our front line and support employees on campus, we have created a variety of music therapy inspired interventions offered in break rooms and at information and front desks throughout the hospital. In addition to the comprehensive brochure link below, the image below is an example of a completed activity from our out-patient center where each employee visually depicted lyrics of a song. When the lyrics were joined together, the team created an illustrated version of what the song means to them.

Hospital Arts in Health TV Channel 3

At Houston Methodist Hospital, this channel broadcasts 24 hours a day in patient and waiting rooms. At this time, the channel is being repurposed to provide a more specialized and peaceful, healing experience for our patients, especially when we are unable to provide live music broadcasts. The new content ranges from classical music to jazz to plein air painting. All of these videos will also be available on CPAM’s youtube page for all to enjoy.

• The Ermalinda Jazz Trio (featuring Spanish and English songs) on Patient TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ppX0pvNfVQ&feature=youtu.be
• An example of CPAM performances paired with employee nature photographs on Patient TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7DAfGxBSFw

Other Public Virtual Art Recommended Experiences

• A Message from Renee Fleming and Evgeny Kissin – Ave Maria (Virtual) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoFQ92rZT3o
• While practicing social distancing, allow yourself some time to exercise creativity and learn something new with Google Arts and Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/?hl=en This free, online platform utilizes high-resolution image technology for individuals to virtually tour museums and access art across the world from wherever you are. For example, recent exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-museum-of-fine-arts-houston?hl=en
• Performances streamed by the Metropolitan Opera: https://www.metopera.org/
• CPAM regularly updated list of local, national, and international virtual art experiences: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xS04BrNBXyekoRimZEmwv4J0cLZebID9ZKucc5nyznI/edit#gid=0
• Take a Dance Class with Alicia Graf Mack, the Juilliard Director of Dance: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9y06YtjVDD/
• New broadcasts from the Houston Symphony Orchestra, including “The Cosmos-An HD Odyssey”: https://houstonsymphony.org/watch-listen-now/
• River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, You-Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rocohouston Listening Room: https://roco.org/performance-archive/
• Houston Chamber Choirs regular, curated podcasts of beautiful choral music: https://houstonchamberchoir.org/podcast-with-one-accord
• Classical Conversations: Music Director of Nashville Symphony, Giancario Guerrero, on Mahler’s 10^th: https://www.facebook.com/nashvillesymphony/videos/148687353228556/
• Ars Lyrica’s Virtual Community: http://www.arslyricahouston.org/virtual
• Something clever the Getty Museum asked members to do: https://www.sadanduseless.com/recreated-art/
• Texas Medical Center Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTMCOrchestra
• Mercury, Songs of Comfort: https://www.facebook.com/watch/MercuryHouston/
• 1 hour of relaxing music and imagery to Bach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP11AIZUPVc 
• 1 hour of relaxing music and imagery to Mozart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uvPLsah0s
• Healing Playlists from Musicians on Call (patient and caregiver focused): https://www.musiciansoncall.org/mocheals/

Strategic Information for Artists and Arts Organizations

• See the newest newsletter from the Arts & Humanities Program at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center: https://mailchi.mp/6e3115b31441/0248jsmey6-4797302
• Sign up to receive the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Arts in Health Newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/F2460C2525A648EA
• University of Florida Resources for COVID-19 Arts Response https://covid.response.arts.ufl.edu/ University of Florida and University College London launch a US/UK Longitudinal Study on enforced social isolation and mental health – the psychosocial effects of quarantine during COVID-19 https://redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=JD4RECJKDT&utm_source=UF+Center+for+Arts+in+Medicine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=82c5cfbec7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_AHRI2020_ANNOUNCE_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_048582c1ae-82c5cfbec7-
• Comprehensive Coronavirus Resources for the Arts Industry – information and surveys from Americans for the Arts: https://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?ep=XMjai3b7BexK5CvpWnxIwiegEpZh4l2t_TqgeqYPcCHh2ftEoQLYdCrO7TXanFGmGZkOdY4FMbGosR45A5w0vPaaarcEAGB5FWEZbb0GcBs-NIJciX6pWRCYyKZ0Uxx8 or:https://www.americansforthearts.org/
• Creative Capital List of Artist Resources: https://creative-capital.org/2020/03/13/list-of-arts-resources-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/
• COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources: https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/
• Unemployment information for artists: https://www.twc.texas.gov/jobseekers/unemployment-benefits
• HAP (Houston Arts Partners) Artist Corona Toolkit and Resource Thread: https://www.hapconference.org/toolkit
• National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) Creative Response to COVID-19 (includes job openings): https://thenoah.net
  • NOAH held a COVID-19 Creative Response Forum on Wednesday, April 22: https://thenoah.net/event-full-calendar/#!event-list
  • NOAH – Submit your creative response here: https://thenoah.net/creativeresponse/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine homepage: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/performing-arts/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine

Check out this message from CPAM’s Director, J. Todd Frazier, regarding the 4th installment of their Virtual Art Experiences and Strategic Information for Artists:

I’m really encouraged by the breadth and depth of the arts response to COVID-19 throughout the nation. At CPAM, I’m feeling like our programming is showing meaningful results as part of the hospital response for employees and patients and I thank our employees, leadership and supporters for their creativity, ingenuity, and hard work. Because of our expanding service to the hospital, the list of resources below includes a new section on CPAM Applications Supporting Healthcare Employees – in addition to the recurring Public Virtual Art Experiences, and Strategic Information for Artists and Arts Organizations. The CPAM Applications Supporting Healthcare Employees are examples of art experiences targeted to relieve anxiety and stress and offer rejuvenation during a time of crisis.

CPAM Applications Supporting Healthcare Employees

• Music for Caregiver Relaxation: https://soundcloud.com/user-390883826
• Music for Caregiver Relaxation with Shortened Survey component (IRB-PRO00024163): bit.ly/cpamrelaxation
• Music Therapy Curated Playlist Links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikNp5MfwE8-ctWGlL0rjcQ/playlists
• Guided Meditation and Music/Employee Photo Video Performances: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3IEyx7yaVsEGbxM18NvqRw/featured
• Creative Writing Class:

Music for Wellness Podcasts

Series of music for wellness podcasts from the Music Therapy Division at Houston Methodist:

• Episode 1: https://bit.ly/CPAMProgressiveMuscleRelaxation
• Episode 2: https://bit.ly/CPAMNameItToTameIt
• Episode 3: https://bit.ly/CPAMSongwriting
• Episode 4: https://bit.ly/CPAMSoundIdentification
• Episode 5: https://bit.ly/CPAMCopingwithMusic

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine homepage: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/performing-arts/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine

Check out this message from CPAM’s Director, J. Todd Frazier, regarding the 3rd installment of their Virtual Art Experiences and Strategic Information for Artists:

Virtual Art Experiences

• (Dr. Stasney’s Pick) Nashville Studio Singers Respond with Virtual Cell Phone Choir: https://www.wsmv.com/news/a-group-of-nashville-studio-singers-perform-an-epic-cell-phone-choir/article_2245fbf8-6eb2-11ea-9be3-db6cec04c8f3.html
• New broadcasts from the HSO, including “The Cosmos-An HD Odyssey”: https://houstonsymphony.org/listenathome/?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20APR03Fridaymarketing_general&utm_content=version_A
• Stories of Resilience Through the Arts from the Young Audiences Arts for Learning Network: https://www.youngaudiences.org/network-stories/covid-19
• Sign up to received the Houston Chamber Choirs DAILY podcasts of beautiful choral music: https://houstonchamberchoir.secure.force.com/signup/?cfid=a054A00002t7xYAQAY
• Ars Lyrica’s Virtual Community: http://www.arslyricahouston.org/virtual
• Something clever the Getty Museum asked members to do: https://www.sadanduseless.com/recreated-art/
• ROCO sends: Virtually Together – Anthem for Hope: 

• From Juilliard, some really inspiring things happening:

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As we move into a new way of online learning, sharing and collaborating with social distancing in mind, the role that the arts play in connecting us is more important than ever. We present #JuilliardThrives, to amplify our student and faculty voices as we share the art that is in our minds and hearts with the world. Juilliard Dance director @aliciagrafmack presents a special barre class from Juilliard's Glorya Kaufman Dance Studio! #juilliarddance #aliciagrafmack #juilliard #juilliardfaculty #dance #barre #barreclass #dancersofinstagram #dancer #dance #remotelearning #onlinelearning #igtv

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#juilliardthrives #Repost @itsgooz with @make_repost ・・・ Here's the whole first movement of the G Major duo, and the first of more videos to come. As cliché as it is, making music with @natalie_loughran really does ease the stress of all this craziness. Hope you enjoy as much as we did! #songsforhope #juilliardthrives @youngconcertartists @ycatrust @theviolinchannel

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#juilliardthrives #Repost @ryanjroberts with @make_repost ・・・ Well this turned out to be quite a challenge! #oboe #englishhorn #telemann #canon #sonata #classicalmusic #music #acapella #juilliardthrives #howarth @howarthoflondon #idrs @idrsofficial

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Strategic Information for Artists and Arts Organizations

• National Organization for Arts in Health Creative Response to COVID-19 (includes job openings): https://thenoah.net
• University of Florida New Resources for COVID-19 Arts Response: https://arts.ufl.edu/sites/creating-healthy-communities/covid-19-arts-response/arts-covid-19-response/
• Houston Artist and Arts Worker Relief Fund (ends April 30) and COVID Resources for the Arts Community:https://ready.haatx.com/covid-19?utm_source=HAA+Subscribers&utm_campaign=5ab6e89ff4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_31_03_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8913e00225-5ab6e89ff4-64774373
• Texas Cultural Trust: Financial and Informational Support: https://txculturaltrust.org/resources/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine homepage: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/performing-arts/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine

Check out this message from CPAM’s Director, J. Todd Frazier, regarding the 2nd installment of their Virtual Art Experiences and Strategic Information for Artists:

The Center for Performing Arts Medicine is responding to the unique challenges presented by Covid-19 by deploying the arts in creative ways to support the Houston Methodist Hospital and beyond. Drawing from these programs, we encourage you to consider using music for wellness in the variety of ways described in this letter. I have also added new links to local arts organizations for Virtual Art Experiences and local and national links for Strategic Information for Artists and Arts Organizations.

Virtual Art Experiences

For this Installment, I have highlighted some local music ensembles that have adapted their web sites to more easily share music:

• Texas Medical Center Orchestra
  • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTMCOrchestra
• Mercury, Songs of Comfort
  • Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/watch/MercuryHouston/
• River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
  • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rocohouston
  • Listening Room: https://roco.org/performance-archive/
• Houston Symphony Orchestra
  • https://houstonsymphony.org/watch-listen-now/
• Ars Lyrica
  • Virtual Concerts: http://www.arslyricahouston.org/virtual
  • Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ArsLyricaHouston/
• A few other links that offer over 1 hour each of relaxing music and imagery to
  • Bach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP11AIZUPVc
  • Mozart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uvPLsah0s

Strategic Information for Artists and Arts Organizations

• HAP (Houston Arts Partners) Artist Corona Toolkit https://www.hapconference.org/toolkit
• Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America Repository: Arts & COVID-19 Response: https://arts.ufl.edu/sites/creating-healthy-communities/resources/repository/

Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine homepage: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/performing-arts/