Tuesday, May 19
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Registration Required Below
What happens when live, improvised music is played in a hospital room?
Join us as we explore that question with Redding native and JBHS graduate (Class of 2015) Melanie Ambler, founder of Musical Rounds, an organization dedicated to building awareness of the healing power of music.
Melanie, a professional cellist and physician, founded Musical Rounds in 2024 as a music and storytelling project soon after playing her cello for a trauma patient and witnessing the connection and comfort created by the music.
Hear Melanie’s story about the origin of Musical Rounds, and learn more about its mission and goals, including a new podcast. Melanie will share recordings from bedside sessions and also play her cello live so that participants can hear the soothing music that has been played at so many bedsides.
About Our Speaker
Melanie Ambler is a professional cellist, a resident physician and founder of Musical Rounds. She studied at Brown University and spent the following year in France as a Fulbright Fellow. Melanie recently earned her medical degree at Stanford, where the idea for Musical Rounds was born. Her work has been featured on CBS Mornings, American Association of Medical Colleges, and The Nocturnists. Her research study on music in palliative care is forthcoming in the journal Palliative & Supportive Care. She begins her internal medicine residency at Kaiser Santa Clara in June.