Musically Inclined- Music Hospital Patients & Visitors

Overview

Volunteer Services is currently seeking adult and student volunteers. We currently have 3 categories of volunteers:
High School (at least 16 years old and a Sophomore), College, and Adults (primarily not in school). When applying, please indicate which category you are.

The Music Enrichment program provides instrumental music to patients during room-to-room visits as part of addressing the whole health of the individual. The goal of this program is to lift the emotional spirits of the patient, improve morale, increase energy levels, and provide stress relief through music as a diversion technique. By volunteers providing music at the bedside of patients, it also has the potential to ease the patient s feelings of loneliness.

The Music Enrichment program allows volunteers to play in the lobby on the grand piano or bring their own smaller instruments (wind or string) up to patient rooms and nursing floors.

Shifts can be flexible from 2-4 hours per day. Auditions will be required before placement.

• Good customer service skills
• Good verbal communication and listening skills
• Musical instrument abilities; piano, wind, strings
• Caring, compassionate and empathetic
• Attentiveness to needs of the patient
• Aware of and sensitive to the hospital environment
• Mature, positive service-oriented individual
• Ability to walk through facility carrying an instrument