Music Program
Contact Information
Director: Greg Kaufman
Phone: (650) 725-2892
Fax: (650) 736-4130
Location: Guest Services
300 Pasteur Drive
Room H1132
Stanford, CA 94305
The Music Program at Stanford Hospital provides music to patients, visitors and staff, which include live concerts, ambient music on the units, musician bedside visits, and portable CD players with a selection of CDs for patients' use. To make a request, please call (650) 498-3333.
Medical Benefits of Music
Music has been used in all cultures to uplift and invigorate, as well as calm and ease.
"The power of music to integrate and cure is quite fundamental. It is the most profound non-chemical medication."
— Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
Music in the Intensive Care Unit and with cancer patients has been shown to reduce pain perception, alter blood pressure and respiration, ameliorate chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and increase relaxation and improve mood.
“Half an hour of music produces the same effect as ten milligrams of valium.”
— Dr. Raymond Bahr
Bing Concert Series
All patients, families, visitors and staff are welcome to enjoy weekly concerts performed by professional quality musicians in the hospital atrium, at 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, every Wednesday and Friday. View the detailed concert schedule
Music in Patient Rooms
Music allows patients and families to experience the healing value of music at their bedside and adds to a patient’s recovery process. It can also bring comfort to those involved in end-of-life situations. This program provides music seven days a week for patients and visitors alike. Our Hospital Musicians include vocalists and harpists: Barbra Telynor, Barbary Grant, Verlene Schermer, and guitarist Jeff Buenz. All room visit requests are free of charge. To request Bedside Music, please call Guest Services at (650) 498-3333.
CDs for Patients
Portable CD players and a selection of CDs are available for patients' use. Coordinators Fanny Zychlinsky and Wally Austin have diverse and extensive backgrounds in music. They will help you find the right music to soothe, calm, and energize. To request CD players and CDs, please call Guest Services at (650) 498-3333.
Ambient Piano Series at Stanford Cancer Center
Every Wednesday and Thursday, at 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm, listeners can enjoy talented pianists playing soothing and inspiring music from classical and new age repertories in a casual environment. Ambient Piano Series schedule for March 2011. Initiated in August 2005, the Ambient Piano Series is sponsored by William Reller in honor of Carolyn Wiedemann Reller.
The Carolyn Wiedemann Reller Summer Concert Series at Stanford Hospital
The 2011 Summer Series will be the fifth consecutive year of these wonderful concerts, which take place every other Tuesday at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, from June through October. Dates and musical performers will be listed in May 2011. The concerts take place outdoors in the space adjacent to the patio, located behind the rear entrance of the Center for Advanced Medicine (Cancer Center) and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Attendees can relax on the lawn or provided seating while they enjoy a concert by some of the Bay Area's best musicians. The Reller Summer Concert Series is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Reller family in honor of Carolyn Wiedemann Reller
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Caregiver’s Concert Series
This series features music performed by members of Stanford’s caregiver community - our physicians, nurses, therapists, technicians and caregiver administrators. These concerts provide them the opportunity to show another side of their talents and the audience a chance to hear some great music!
The inaugural concert in January featured the Hypertonics, a sextet all hailing from the Neurosciences department. The next concert takes place on Thursday, May 26, and will feature Quartetto Sugoi, a string ensemble performing Mendelssohn Op. 12 and Mozart No. 14. The Caregiver’s Concerts take place approximately every three months and are held in the Cantor Art Museum Auditorium at Stanford University, 7:30-8:30 pm. The concerts are free and open to the public but seating is limited. Early arrival is suggested.