Melodies for Remedies
Melodies for Remedies
OUR MISSION:
The Melodies for Remedies Organization is a nonprofit organization that was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people like seniors and people in hospitals who are isolated, even more so due to the stay-at-home orders. The Melodies for Remedies Organization has hosted many successful online concerts, and we are looking forward to continuing more online/live performances. If you like playing instruments, singing, or dancing, please join Melodies for Remedies! All performers will receive service hours, and we are flexible with time when the club members are available and the level of commitment they have with this club. Our mission is to bring joy to those who are lonely during this difficult time.
Types of Events:
Bringing Change Through the Musical Community
Online Concerts
We provide online Zoom concerts once a month to senior homes, family centers, and hospitals during this time. We try to host these once a month, so the community can regularly enjoy the positivity they feel from listening to music.
Recordings
Our members at the Melodies for Remedies provide high-quality recordings for compilations that are sent out as videos on YouTube to all the places and people we are in touch with. These can be found under the "Videos" section of this website.
Live Concerts
In the near future, our concerts will go live when the situation allows us to do so. We will perform for senior homes, family centers, and hospitals.
Events:
August 16, 2021 at 3 pm PST
Live Concert at St. Paul's Senior Services
Reopening Concert
“𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵.”
~ Victor Hugo
Team
Get to Know Us
Grace Sun
Founder/Pianist
Grace Sun is a junior at The Bishop's School. She founded the Melodies for Remedies Club in May 2020. She has played the piano for 10 years. She enjoys listening to the classical music of Camille Saint-Saens and Debussy.
Bela Gowda
Website Manager/Dancer/Pianist
Bela is freshman at The Bishop's School. She has been dancing for 8 years and playing the piano for 9 years. She is trained in ballet, contemporary, and lyrical dance and enjoy playing classical music on the piano.
Bhadra Rupesh
Website Manager/Singer/Pianist/Violinist
Bhadra is a sophomore at the Bishop's School. She has been playing the piano for 8 years and the violin for 6 years. She loves to sing, and has training in western singing, Carnatic and Hindustani singing, and is a member of the Bishop's Singers choir. She enjoys writing and composing songs in her free time.
Paul Madany
Pianist
Paul is a senior at The Bishop’s School. He has played piano for many years. Paul enjoys playing classical music, especially Chopin and Debussy.
Katelyn Wang
Pianist/Harmonica Player/Ukulele Player/Singer
Katelyn is a junior at The Bishop’s School. She plays a variety of instruments including the harmonica, piano, and ukulele and singing. She has been playing piano for a while now, and the ukulele for about 4 months. Katelyn has also played the harmonica for about a year.
Athena Zapantis
Pianist/Clarinetist/Flautist/Alto and Tenor Saxophonist
Athena is a junior at Northgate High School. She has played classical piano for ten years, and picked up clarinet, tenor sax, alto sax, and flute along the way. Athena's favorite genres to play are classical and jazz.
Andrea Rix
Violinist
Andrea is a senior at the Bishop’s School. She has played the violin for seven years. She has a passion for music and volunteers with the Music Therapy Center of San Diego. She plays first violin with the Ovation program at the San Diego Youth Symphony, and in her free time, she also plays the piano and cello for fun.
Shirley Xu
Pianist/Dancer/Violinist
Shirley is a current junior at The Bishop's School. She has played the piano for 9 years, danced for 8, and played the violin for 7. Her favorite genre to play is classical.
Novalyne Petreikis
Cellist
Novalyne is a junior at the Bishop’s School. She plays has been playing the cello for 8 years. Novalyne plays with The Bishop’s School orchestra.
Emma Li
Pianist/Flautist
Emma Li is a senior at The Bishop’s School. She has been playing flute for over seven years and piano for over ten years. Emma enjoys playing concertos and flute duos, but also likes Romantic works for piano.
Rithvik Raguram
Singer/Guitar Player
Rithvik is a sophomore at The Bishop's School. He enjoys playing guitar and singing.
Isadora Blatt
Violinist/Pianist
Isadora is a sophomore at The Bishop’s school. She has been playing violin for almost 5 years, and piano for around 7 years. Isadora enjoys participating in the orchestra at school.
Annalise Chang
Pianist
Annalise is a junior at The Bishop’s School. She has been playing the piano for 10 years and enjoys playing pieces from the classic and romantic eras.
ShengYao Liu
Pianist
ShengYao is a junior at Lake Oswego High School, OR. She has played the piano for 8 years. Her favorite composers are Chopin and Beethoven.
Athena Hernandez
Pianist/Violinist
Athena is a junior at The Bishop’s School. She’s played violin for 10 years and recently started playing the piano. She enjoys playing violin in the school orchestra. Athena's goal is to play Claire de Lune by Debussy on the piano.
Jared Klinghoffer
Trumpeter
Jared Klinghoffer is a trumpet player from College Park High School in the California Bay Area. He enjoys both classical and jazz music and loves sharing his passion for music with others."
Joseph Aguilar
Singer
Joseph is a senior at The Bishop’s School, where he a member of the Bishop’s Singers and the Starry Knights Barbershop Quartet Club, which he founded. He has been involved in performing arts as a singer and actor since elementary school. Joseph especially enjoys connecting across generations with songs by “crooners” such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Cosby, Nat King Cole and Michael Buble.
Alex Kuncz
Singer/Oboist
Alex is a freshman at the University of Southern California (USC). He has been singing competitively for three years and has played oboe for eight years. He loves listening to classical music, especially the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Testimonials
I had a great experience. It was nerve wracking at first because this was my first time performing. However, the environment was great and it felt good to play for the senior homes. Hopefully I helped make their day just a bit better.
- Emmy Demorre
I really love how this club has let us perform for many different audiences! It’s greatly impacted me in a positive way and gives me great joy each time I perform.
- Anh Quang Vo
This club has brought me so much joy because of its tight-knit community. Seeing fellow music lovers on Zoom simply enjoying music brings a sense of normalcy to my life again. Performing has been amazing and has helped me improve as a musician immensely. I'm having so much fun here and it feels great to know that I'm helping others in the process!
