Music Impacts Emotions

Music is an integral part of the human experience. Songs have been sung for centuries, and music plays an integral role in many cultural ceremonies, rites of passage and other traditions. Love songs may be enjoyed on Valentine’s Day and stir up strong romantic feelings that enhance the theme of the day. Why is music…

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"We Love When The Music Men Come To See Us."

Last year, ASF served over 200 of our Atlanta nursing-home Veterans in 25 sessions.  These therapeutic, music workshops help ease pain and isolation with the healing power of music. A Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) along with a professional musician, working as a volunteer, lead each on-site session.  The 60-minute sessions include live music (guitar and bass)…

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Music Therapy Can Lift Body and Soul

For almost 25 years, Garrett Lambert has been a part of the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus (NYCGMC) — about 260 singers of various ages, backgrounds and experiences who perform widely and champion love, equality and acceptance. Even though patient Garrett Lambert is in an isolation room at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in…

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Help Us Reach Our Goal By December 31st

Help Us Achieve Our Goal of 200 Gifts of $50 for Our Veterans! Music brings us together and reminds us that we all have more in common than we do in difference. As we age, we need this togetherness to hold on to what we hold dear. Our memories, our loved ones, our voices are…

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Healing With Music Therapy

We believe in the healing power of music. We believe in partnering with music and health professionals to bring the power of music to those who need it. We believe in people like Elizabeth Winkler, Jodi McLaren, and Whitney Myer. We believe in programs like this one at Renown Health pediatric unit. Elizabeth Winkler is a…

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Remember Our Veterans In Your Year-End Giving

Music has the power to change a life, to impact a soul, to heal us. Something magical happens when you hear a song from the past.  It transports you back in time.  Music can conjure up memories of the best times in our lives. Hearing the perfect song at the most imperfect time can brighten…

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ASF Founder to Speak on Local Radio Show

  Jaye Budd, Founder of the Alchemy Sky Foundation, will appear on the show, Lunchtime Fun with Dr. Kam and the Crew, on Tuesday, December 13 from 1 pm to 3 pm. The show is available on Georgia local radio WIGO AM 1570 or by streaming at www.wigoam.com or via TuneIn.  https://www.lunchtimefunwithdrkamandthecrew.com     #MusicMakesItBetter

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A Night Of Alchemy

“A seemingly magical process of transformation, creation or combination.” We had our first fundraiser in Atlanta on Friday, November 11th.  As we hurried to hang posters and hearts, test mics and amps and practice our stories and speeches, you could feel the energy begin to build.  Musicians call it “The Magic”.  I think that Aristotle…

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Georgia Music Partners Spotlights Alchemy Sky Foundation

November is Military Appreciation Month, and Georgia Music Partners honored Alchemy Sky as an Atlanta non-profit working to enrich the lives of veterans through music therapy. “We’re doing music therapy at the VA,” Jaye Budd explains, “and we average about 14 veterans for the nursing home right on campus at the Veterans Medical Center on…

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Who’s Doing Good? Alchemy Sky, Thunder Gypsy & Smith’s Olde Bar

Alchemy Sky was featured in an article by Devika Rao for the AJC to promote the upcoming Alchemy Sky fundraiser on Veteran’s Day at Smith’s Olde Bar in Midtown. (Full article.) Alchemy Sky provides music therapy programs for veterans by organizing, funding and facilitating group music therapy workshops for nursing home residents at the Veterans Association…

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