January 30, 2023

Ep. 388 A Song for You: Personalized Songs for Hospice Patients with Emily Cavanagh

53 minutes

Learn about an initiative to provide hospice patients with songs written specifically for them about their lives and stories.

My guest Emily Cavanagh is a singer/songwriter based in New York City who performs in places like New York, Chicago and Dublin. She has made a career for herself as a singer at the intersection of music and service as she brings music to marginalized communities. She is the founder of the music initiative A Song for You, which features local, touring, and Grammy Award-winning songwriters who compose and perform original personalized songs for hospice patients and their families. She will discuss the inspiration behind A Song for You and how this work has benefitted both the recipients and the creators of these special songs. Learn more at her websites:

www.emilycavanaghmusic.com

www.hereisasongforyou.org

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This episode includes:

How Emily got started in social work, activism and music

What inspired her to create A Song for You

The first song Emily wrote for a patient

How she writes songs for total strangers

How A Song for You has grown over time

The process for applying to have a song written for someone

How patients, families and songwriters have benefitted from sharing this special music

How to support A Song for You and its mission

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Emily’s YouTube Channel

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