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.

“𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵.”

~ Victor Hugo

Grace Sun

Founder/Pianist

Grace Sun is a sophomore 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 freshman 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 junior 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 sophomore 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 sophomore 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 junior 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 sophomore 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 sophomore 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 junior 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 freshman at The Bishop's School. He enjoys playing guitar and singing.

Isadora Blatt

Violinist/Pianist

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Isadora is a freshman 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 sophomore 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 sophomore 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 sophomore 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.

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!

- Athena Zapantis

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