The mission of Longwood Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of Boston’s medical community, is to perform concerts of musical diversity and excellence while supporting health-related nonprofit organizations through public performances.
The LSO is U-M’s musical outlet for members of the U-M health and life sciences community. It’s part of the U-M Health System’s Gifts of Art Program.
The Life Sciences Orchestra brings together amateur musicians from throughout the science and health areas of the University of Michigan. It plays two free concerts a year. The LSO is part of Gifts of Art, which brings the world of art and music to Michigan Medicine, U-M’s academic medical center.
USM Orchestra’s Fall 2019 Concert held at the Indiana History Center. The orchestra played Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra Overture and Beethoven’s Symphony No.3 in E-flat major. The Orchestra at Indiana University School of Medicine features health professionals of all career stages associated with the IUSM community, allowing an outlet for musical talent and a reprieve from demanding work or school schedules.
The UNM Health Sciences Center Orchestra was created in 2013 as a collaboration between the UNM Health Sciences community and Arts-in-Medicine
It is housed in the Arts-In-Medicine program under the direction of Dr. Patrice Repar who has joint appointments in Internal Medicine and the Department of Music. The orchestra has a membership of around 60 people. Current musicians include UNM undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni predominantly in the Health Sciences, and community members, many of whom work in the health professions.
Contrary to popular belief, Health Sciences Orchestra is not a “doctor’s orchestra,” but a community orchestra that functions in a health science atmosphere. The orchestra includes a wide variety of individuals: University of Minnesota employees, medical students, residents, faculty members, practicing physicians, nurses, hospital employees, and individuals from the community-at-large. Ages of players range from 20 to 94! Health Sciences Orchestra gives several performances during the year including three concerts per season in the hospital lobby, the Medical School’s White Coat ceremony and graduation ceremony, and a July concert on the Riverside campus.
The Health and Wellness Community Orchestra is based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Our first concert was in December of 2008 at Poudre Valley Hospital. The orchestra is composed of musicians who love to play for improving health and for the enjoyment (wellness) of our audience. We now rehearse and perform at the University Center of the Arts at Colorado State University.
Founded by Dr. Ann Yanagi in October 2008, the Health and Wellness Community Orchestra was initially envisioned to give playing opportunities to employees of the Poudre Valley Health System (now University of Colorado Health). These members have included medical doctors, registered nurses, pharmacist, unit assistant and transcriptionist, as well as hospital staff who work in various departments including medical records, housekeeping and the UCHS Foundation. The orchestra now includes people from all walks of life as well as several private music instructors, school music teachers, students and professors from Colorado State University and Front Range Community College.
Artistry. Wellness. Passion. Community. These values unite the members of the Durham Medical Orchestra, which draws together health-related professionals, medical and graduate students of the life sciences, and community members in Durham, North Carolina. Under the leadership of Conductor and Artistic Director Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, our performances raise money for local health-related organizations and offer the benefits of music to wide audiences around the Triangle.
Founded in 2010, the orchestra was inspired by two similar organizations—the Life Sciences Orchestra at the University of Michigan and the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Boston. We perform major compositions from the classical literature as well as contemporary and newly commissioned works. Our concerts frequently include collaborations with community organizations, visual artists, health leaders, local schools, churches, and professional musicians.
Detroit Medical Orchestra musicians range from medical students, residents, physicians, allied health professionals, researchers, and professors, to name a few, but membership is open to anyone within the health field, Wayne State community, or any musician with a desire to promote the healing power of music.
The Detroit Medical Orchestra was founded in 2009 by Michelle Ubels, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studied violin, during her second year of medical school. The inaugural season was conducted by Joel Schut. Previous conductors also include Warren Puffer Jones and Elliot Moore.
We welcome any and all interested musicians who are in any way related to the medical/health profession and/or have the desire to explore music and its healing gifts to contact us and join us in making music together.
Dance Haven seeks to introduce different styles of dance, including modern, lyrical, hip-hop, jazz, ballet, tap, and all cultural genres, to the Columbia University Irving Medical Center community. Our student-run group is comprised of passionate and committed dancers, ranging in skills from those who have trained and performed professionally to those who have just discovered dance.
In addition to providing a creative outlet for its members, Dance Haven promotes a healthy, active lifestyle, an important consideration for medical students. Dance classes are taught bi-weekly by our members in varying styles of dance and are open to the entire Columbia community. Student-choreographed performances include Coffeehouse, an annual dance showcase, as well as various performances within the community.
The CUMC Choir, Chorda Tympani, is a student-directed group of singers dedicated to performing a variety of choral works for the Columbia community. The choir is open to all members of the medical school’s community.