ACG Music & Healing brings human connection, beauty, and expressivity to individuals facing isolation and challenge, through collaboration with a skilled and trained ACG Artist. These services are available to a wide variety of clients through partnerships with more than a dozen social service providers including hospitals, shelters, residential rehabilitation facilities, parental education and family health organizations, and veterans service providers. Learn more about ACG Music & Healing.
When ACG’s Music & Healing program came to life we carried the vision that it would bring human connection, beauty, and expressivity to individuals facing isolation and challenge. Since 2014, we have been honored to bring that vision to fruition through collaboration with skilled artists in our community and participants who were willing to share their hearts with us.
Since 2014, ACG Music & Healing has created more than 120 original songs with participants across Austin in clinical and community settings. Many of which came through the Lullaby Project, a partnership between ACG and Carnegie Hall where we connect with mothers specifically to create lullabies for their babies.
This year, our Music & Healing program continued its partnership with Travis County Correctional Complex, bringing the Lullaby Project to mothers in the facility. Across four weeks, four mothers each created an original song for their children—powerful expressions of love, connection, and hope.
“Catch Your Wave” was written by Marixza in collaboration with Music & Healing artist Claire Puckett. Set in a bright pop style, the song carries Marixza’s words of joy to her son and grandchild. The recording features vocals by ACG artist Daniel Fears.
Enjoy.
Special thanks to our partner Ashlee Silver, LCSW, Women, Families, & Children Program Coordinator at TCCC.