It’s Not What You Get Out of the Music…
The beautiful story of how our nonprofit’s popular phrase came to be: It’s Not What You Get Out of the Music, but What the Music Gets Out of You!
Remembering Ricky Cruz
Tuesday, February 7th, 2023, we lost Ricky to a heart attack. Ricky attended two retreats with Music Therapy of the Rockies.
Mack Bailey Speaks at Berklee College of Music and Health Institute Symposium
Our founder recently spoke at Berklee Music and Health Institute for their symposium “Intersection of Music and Mental Health: Military and Veterans.”
Our Breedlove Guitars Partnership, Plus a Factory Tour
How we developed a partnership with Breedlove Guitars to place a guitar in all our retreat attendees’ hands, plus a special tour of their factory in Bend, Oregon.
The Buffalo Reflex features Veteran Retreat Attendee Jason Golden
The Buffalo Reflex newspaper recently featured Music Therapy of Therapy of the Rockies’ retreat attendee Jason Golden. Last spring Jason Golden had the opportunity of a lifetime when he spent a week’s retreat at Amy Grant’s farm near Nashville. Music Therapy of the Rockies organized the veterans’ retreat, where they paired veterans with a writer […]
The Aspen Times Features Music Therapy of the Rockies’ Upcoming Retreat
When the longtime Aspen-based folk singer and music therapist Mack Bailey works with military veterans, one of the first exercises he has them do it to hold their index finger on a guitar’s high E string and pull it up toward the D string, hold the tension between them and then lower it back down.
New Album Fundraiser Launches
Music Therapy of the Rockies is proud to announce Stories and Songs from the Farm, a collection of 12 songs written during our Music Therapy Retreats.
Remembering Randy Frantze
We would also like to honor and remember Randy Frantze, one of our veterans who recently passed away. Randy was an amazing individual that captured our hearts with his sense of humor and his philosophical outlooks. His quote, “I’m going to harden my fingers (for guitar) and soften my soul” will stay with me for a very long time.
Nashville TN Music Retreat Makes the News
In a tranquil, tucked away Franklin farm, veterans like Chuck Palmer are sharing their stories.
Breedlove Guitars Partners to Help Iraq Service People
Music Therapy of the Rockies and Breedlove Guitars recently partnered to send 2 Breedlove guitars to an Air Force Company in Iraq. We recently held a virtual guitar session with Major Aaron Butler to help as a coping skill and for morale of the Company.
