A Fundraising Event for Authentic Presence
January 18, 10AM Pacific / 1PM Eastern / 7PM CET
$20 to attend, additional donations accepted
Written and performed by Jayne Demakos
In this intimate offering, Jayne invites us to bear witness to the mysterious human capacity to meet the end of life with unexpected grace. Through story and gentle harp, she shares how even in the most uncertain hours an innate and profoundly human wisdom can arise. And how music can quietly support this unfolding.
This is a call to listen more deeply, and a call to trust the dying process--because its uniquely each of ours.
photo credit: John O’Leary
Jayne Demakos is a certified therapeutic harpist and certified music-thanatologist (music and end-of-life care). She has worked in the care of the critically ill and dying for 17 years using harp and voice to address physical, emotional and spiritual concerns special to this time. She co-developed and co-led GriefSong, a program using music, especially singing, to be with and process grief. She is the founder of CompassionHarp a not for profit whose mission was (from 2014-2022) to bring therapeutic music to the underserved in central New York. Jayne served on the faculty at Ithaca College developing and teaching specialized courses, ‘Exploring Music in Medicine’ with an emphasis on Hospice. She has presented her work in conferences and workshops in the United States, especially on the east coast, and in Ireland. Jayne has three CD audio album releases.