Live music will come to Christiana Care Health System beginning on Oct. 30, when the health system launches its inaugural concert series at Christiana Hospital.
Known as Master Players @ Christiana Care (MPCC), the concerts are made possible through a partnership between Christiana Care and the Master Players Concert Series from the University of Delaware.
“Music has long been associated with the healing arts,” said Drewry Nash Fennell, chief officer of Strategic Communication and Experience at Christiana Care. “From the surgeon who listens to their favorite music in the operating room, to the new mother who relies on her favorite playlist to ease the pains of labor, humans find a special power in music to comfort and heal.”
The series, which runs through spring 2019, will world-renowned-renowned musicians to Christiana Hospital as well as the UD campus. Led by Xiang Gao, an international concert artist, producer and the UD Trustees Distinguished Professor of Music, MPCC will feature the Delaware debuts of several artists of international renown.
“Since the 1800s, researchers have found the healing power of music to be highly beneficial for patients,” Gao said. “As a cultural ambassador for the University of Delaware, Master Players plays a leading role in creating the harmony between music and wellness in the local community. By partnering with Christiana Care, we’re looking to bring people together over the bond of music and to provide the healing gift of music to patients, visitors and employees alike.”
The MPCC concerts, which will feature a variety of musical genres such as folk, jazz and holiday music, are free and open to hospital patients, visitors and caregivers.
Christiana Care is Delaware’s largest non-government employer.
