JoyRx® Music (formerly MyMusicRx), flagship program of Children’s Cancer Association (CCA), draws on the universal appeal of music to buoy spirits and energize, enabling young patients to feel Joy during the stressful and painful experiences related to extended hospitalizations and treatments for life-threatening illness.
Since 1995, JoyRx Music has created Joyful music experiences for nearly 100,000 seriously ill kids nationally. In 2018, JoyRx Music began service at St. David’s Children’s Hospital, filling a critical gap in arts and music program services for hospitalized kids and their families. The program has since expanded to Dell Children’s Comprehensive Care Clinic and Blood and Cancer Center, with additional Central Texas expansion planned.
Typically, CCA engages local volunteer musicians to engage with hospitalized kids of all ages and diagnoses, allowing them to choose the “music medicine” experience that best fits their current emotional place and desired mood.
During this time of social distance, CCA’s trained JoyRx Music specialists are engaging with young patients virtually, partnering with hospital staff to integrate live music into their existing entertainment systems or through real-time, one-on-one interactions via iPad.
In addition, our digital platform JoyRxMusic.org is available on-demand 24/7 and offers instant access to exclusive artist performances, music lessons, games, and more.
We are proud to announce anchor program investments from NFP, Tito’s, Epiphone, The Donald D. Hammill Foundation, and the Clifford Antone Foundation, whose generosity is powering JoyRx Music in Austin, Texas. Find out how you or your company can make a powerful difference for seriously ill kids and teens by contacting Jack Pipkin, CCA VP of Development, at JPipkin@JoyRx.org.
You can deliver the Joy of music to young patients when they need more than medicine to battle cancer and other serious illness.
We are thrilled to team up with Gibson, the world’s most iconic guitar brand, to bring the healing power of music to the seriously ill kids and teens served by MyMusicRx®. During the month of June, six lucky winners of the will receive an Epiphone, Kramer, or Gibson guitar, and southern rocker Marcus King and… Read more »
Another year in Austin came and went much too fast! This year featured room-to-room performances at St. Davids, an amazing concert at Dell Children’s, and the successful recording of 20 #SXSW artists – soon to be featured on MyMusicRx.org!
MyMusicRx is spending its 7th year in Austin delivering the healing power of music to children and teens at St. David’s Children’s Hospital and Dell Children’s Hospital.