Lisa Bassett, MA, CMP
Certified Music Practitioner
Hello,
My name is Lisa Bassett. I am part of a growing movement bringing the arts to healthcare. Every day I sing with people. By a bedside or with a group, I see how singing creates a space for healing, joy, and peace.
I come from a singing family. One of my earliest memories was hearing my mother and father sing rounds while they washed the supper dishes outside my bedroom door. We often sang hymns around my mother’s piano.
We sang silly songs my father started on long road trips. When my mother died suddenly, our tradition of singing helped pull us through.
Music is an anchor for me. I sang with loved ones facing health challenges, and I sang beside them when they were dying. We sang for joy and sorrow.
I graduated from the Music for Healing and Transition Program to become a Certified Music Practitioner. This program gave me a deeper understanding of the ways live music supports healing and the transition process. It gave me the skills to work professionally as a therapeutic musician using a wide range of techniques.
In their homes, I sing for a man who is dying, a woman with Alzheimer’s who has lost her speech, and a woman in pain who struggles with her wheelchair. In a hospital, I sing for a newborn with difficulty breathing, and a young man anxious before surgery.
I am a charter member of the Sing to Live Community Chorus. I am also part of the Ravenswood Consort, an a cappella ensemble.
I was educated in Vermont, Germany, and Illinois. I am bilingual in English and Spanish, and also sing in German, French, Russian, Japanese, as well as other languages. I combine my lifelong experience as a vocalist with my training in medical principles of healing to care for my clients.
Thank you for visiting my website!
- Lisa
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