Like nothing else –
Music brings these deserving little people

Hope Hope

Strength Strength

Love Love

Joy Joy

Music with feeling

Music for healing

Bringing love, hope, strength and joy to children who need it most, with music written and performed just for them!

The shared experience of a Chase the Music gift is so much more than we could have imagined.

Parents, musicians, song-writers, friends, audiences and others are all touched deeply by these gifts.

Pay it forward

The stories of the children continue to amaze us. They aren’t fragile, isolated, nor feeling sorry for themselves. These kids, with whatever horrific thing they are battling, are out there – living life to the fullest. They want their music to help others. A Chase the Music gift lives on forever.

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How does it work?

Or… Putting together the puzzle.

A Chase the Music gift is a lot like putting together a puzzle. There are number of pieces necessary for a production. The gift can start with ANY of the pieces. Once started the Chase the Music orchestrator brings the remaining pieces together.
The tighter the fit, the better the performance. The music created & performed is just for that child. We build a relationship between the music creators and the child to make the music truly meaningful.
The venue can be anything from the child’s bedside at the hospital, their home, their school, outdoors, an auditorium, wherever is right.
An appropriate audience is built, filling the venue with family, and friends.
Love and magic is added to ensure a truly memorable experience. Simple things like programs, flowers for the mom and grandma, bringing the child on stage with a baton so that they can conduct, pizza with the band, etc. A little something to take the performance ‘over the top’.

Our WHY!

“To give children
battling critical conditions
hope, strength, love, and joy
through the power of music “Clark HodgeFounder & Executive Director

Andrew and Anne — Anne and Andrew Chase the Music!

Kind words from friends

Thank you. This was better than our trip to Disney. Kati’s dad Music is fueled by emotion, and this is music at its best. Christopher “Tofu” RivesPerformer I’m never going to stop smiling! Lauren

Lauren(Our first recipient) I love the meaning behind Chase The Music–
it’s absolutely brilliant and beautiful!

Brooke SvitakVolunteer When I was undergoing chemo…
music is what kept me going. Thomas14, kidney cancer You don’t know how much this means
to Mitchel and all of us. RandyMitchel’s dad (Mitchel was severely brain-damaged after being bullied) I just have to do this for this family. I can’t imagine what they’re going through. Clint NeedhamComposer It’s been years since I attended Lauren’s Chase the Music premiere. I still tear up every time I think of it. So beautiful. Andrea McNultyAudience Member

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Donate for a child in need. Donate Music has healing power Elton John “Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes.
“A magic beyond all we do here!” Aldus Dumbledore Music produces a kind of pleasure
which human nature cannot do without. Confucious Music can change the world
because it can change people. Bono Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. Plato One good thing about music,
when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley