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heARTS.org
1600 Dexter
Avenue North
Suite A
Seattle, WA
98109
206.448.0927
Fax.448.1016
2 November 2003
Artistic experiences elicit powerful feelings and positive expectations. Studies have shown that quality of life is greatly enhanced by exposure to live performances. Have you ever wept during a play because of the powerful performance of the actors? Or have you ever laughed so much at a comedian that you wanted them to stop just so you could catch your breath? Do you remember listening to a jazz trio that was so upbeat you just couldn't keep your feet from moving? Performing heARTS.org believes everyone deserves to have experiences like those.
"Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood asked us to play at a Veterans Hospital, in a ward with severely catatonic patients who didn't move from a position that they were sitting in for days....What they wanted to determine, Huxley and Isherwood, was whether live musicians playing for them made more of a difference than canned music....Shortly afer we started playing, the doctors got very excited because patients were tapping their feet to the beat....Then all of a sudden one patient got up and took the trumpet out of our trumpet player's mouth and started playing. Obviously he had never played before. But for some reason he was making some kind of rhythmic sense....
Well, you should have seen the joy of these doctors when this happened because this was someone who had shown no inteest in anything and had responded to nothing....
The doctors recorded our performance and then came back and played the recording to the exact people in the same room at a later date.There was no response.
I have always said that the audience was the fifth member of my quartet." Dave Brubeck, pianist.
Performing heARTS.org benefits. Audiences who have not had access to the performing arts are able to see, hear and be a part of exciting live arts performances. Talented performers are paid for their services. The performing arts community is strengthen when it has the opportunity to form crucial linkages with forgotten audience members.
In the past serveral years, Performing heARTS.org has worked with agencies in Bellevue, Washington through grants from the Bellevue Arts Commission and Standing Ovation. Performing heARTS.org provided these agencies with entertainers on a regular basis. The appreciation was overwhelming. Please read our testimonial pages.
Performing heARTS.org is committed to enriching lives through the performing arts in cities nationwide. Look for Performing heARTS.org in your community soon.
"Imagine all the people, sharing all the world." ... John Lennon
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Our Actors
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Our Credits
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