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Julia Jenak

Julia Jenak (alto) enjoys spending her time in nature, hiking and gardening. Julia is a rising senior at Fairview who hopes to study environmental engineering in college, and she has loved building a friendship with Benjamin.

Julia was part of the Choir of Hope, for Benjamin.

Annika Stahli

Annika Stahli (soprano) is a rising junior at Fairview. She’s involved in theatre, singing, and performance since elementary school and aspires to be an actress. Her other interests are reading, calligraphy, and playing with her cats. Annika was part of the Choir of Hope, for Benjamin.

Jillian Shively

Jillian Shively (soprano) is a rising junior at Fairview High School. She’s had a passion for music since she was very young, especially piano, singing, and composing. She’s very excited to be performing with Benjamin once again! Jillian was part of the Choir of Hope, for Benjamin.

Music Rights

Chase the Music honors the rights of its composers and performers. Our contracts ensure the music rights benefit everyone involved. All musical rights belong to their respective copyright and license owners. For inquiries into licensing, please contact us at licensing@chasethemusic.org.

Donation partnerships

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Amazon

We’ve partnered with Amazon, and they’ll give us a percentage of your Amazon spending. Thanks for shopping with Amazon, and supporting Chase the Music. Then when you shop, just go to https://smile.Amazon.com/ and you’ll automatically be supporting us. 

Big Round World

Big Round World makes amazing adventure trips possible. They offer a $100 gift to Chase the Music when you mention our name at the time of booking. https://bigroundworld.com

See you around the world!


King Soopers / City Market / Krogers


King Soopers & City Market offers a donation when you select us, automatically every time you use your Soopers Card.

Goto https://kingsoopers.com then go to my account, then Community Rewards. Seach for and select Chase the Music. You’re in! Now every time you shop King Soopers – you’re creating music for the children!

 
IGIVE.COM

IGIVE.COM provides shopping with over 2300 stores. When you shop with IGIVE – your purchases support Chase the Music! 

Dave Ball

Dave Ball is a Colorado native. He is the ideal bass player! He keeps the beat, walks the dog with authority, and he loves to sing and dance too! Dave has a great feel for gypsy jazz and the big band swing sound so he adds a flair of sophistication to the ranch hands mix.

Janie Little

Jani Little is an Iowa farm girl who learned to take the bull by the horns at a young age. She was bottle fed on hymns and harmonies, and she adds vocals and rhythm guitar to the mix.

Zeke Little

The great white-haired father, Zeke Little has been keeping Western Swing music alive since he was a pup. He plays fiddle and mandolin and is always ready to be the vocalist or add a vocal harmony.

Our Core Beliefs

At our core, Chase the Music helps children battling critical illness, by having original music composed and performed for them. But,  it turns out that there are a number of unintended consequences. In addition to providing a gift for the child, Chase the Music:
  • Aids the family
  • Encourages  friends to spend quality time
  • Provides composers and performers with incredible inspiration
  • Audiences derive pleasure
  • Future listeners and performers will be touched by the music and stories.
What drives and guides are strong core beliefs. You can find more in our Mission/Vision/Mantra. To Chase the Music, we feel we must: Treat everyone with respect Honor those that help Be unique and genuine in our offerings Be creative Be open Think galactic, act global, love local!    

Summertime Shine

An original composition by Jack Davis, written for the kids of Colorado Wheelchair Camp 2016. About 100 campers, and another 100 staff, friends and family were in attendance for this world premiere. Jack speaks of being outdoors in the great state of Colorado, and enjoying nature. Lyrics: Summertime Shine gots the heat to beat? Somethin to do, some friends to meet.Long days under the shade It’s a colorado summer So lets just feel the sunlight Lets just feel the breeze So do you what you want It’s time to rediscover the Colorado ways