On Saturday, May 4, Music Sweet Music’s President and Founder Ted Wagner and volunteer Administrative Assistant May Graci had the opportunity to visit a Bay Area Children’s Hospital where MSM, Inc.’s Jennifer Miller MT-BC, MME provides weekly Music Therapy sessions.

While at the Bay Area Children’s Hospital, MSM, Inc. visited with Shanella who was diagnosed with cancer a year ago at age 8, as of yet, the family does not know what type of cancer she has. Shanella loves music, loves to write songs and has wanted her own Q-Chord for some time now. MT Jennifer Miller has been seeing Shanella on a weekly basis since her latest hospitalization began (she has currently spent the last month in the hospital).

During the visit with Shanella, a Q-Chord was gifted to her. MSM, Inc. was happy to add a dose of joy to this little girl in a hospital by bringing her the Q-Chord she had been wanting thanks to the kindness of the Glitter Queens.

The Q-Chord is a fun and motivating digital instrument that strums like a guitar, plays chords like piano and melody like a keyboard. You do not have to know music or be musically inclined to use this instrument. A patient can instantly sound like a pro at the touch of a button. By using the basic features, the player will always sound ‘in tune’ and the ‘strum plate’ has been designed to avoid any ‘wrong notes’, which is very encouraging to someone with special needs or is ill.

For more information about a Q-Chord please visit http://www.musicsweetmusic.org/frequently-asked-questions/what-is-a-q-chord

For more information about Music Sweet Music, Inc. and what Music Therapy is all about. You can visit http://www.musicsweetmusic.org

L to R – Shanella with MSM, Inc. Founder Ted Wagner