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Loudoun Now: New Series to Premiere in Loudoun Classrooms
August 31, 2022 Team Kentron, a new original Sci-Fi children’s series premiers in Loudoun County Public Schools this week. The series was created by A Place to Be music therapy working with Lindsay Orme, the coordinator for social and emotional learning for the school division. Tom Sweitzer, co-founder and creative director with Middleburg-based A Place…
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ABC-7 Washington: ‘It just makes you feel happy’: Popular music therapy program a hit at Leesburg Elementary
January 13th 2022 There’s a toe-tapping reason why students, like 10-year-old Evi, look so forward to Thursdays at Leesburg Elementary School in Loudoun County. “It just makes you feel happy and relieved from stress,” says the fifth grade student. “It has been the greatest addition to our building,” adds Principal Shawn Lacey. Lacey is referring…
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WJLA: VA School Adds Music Therapy Program to Their Curriculum
January 13th, 2022 There’s a toe-tapping reason why students, like 10-year-old Evi, look so forward to Thursdays at Leesburg Elementary School in Loudoun County. “It just makes you feel happy and relieved from stress,” says the fifth grade student. “It has been the greatest addition to our building,” adds Principal Shawn Lacey. Lacey is referring…
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“Just Like Will” Wins Best Documentary at Skyline Film Fest
We are incredibly pleased to share that Just Like Will has won Best Documentary at Skyline Indie Film Fest! We’re so grateful for the continued support of the film and it’s powerful and important message!
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Loudoun Times-Mirror
Sep 21, 2020 “The Land of Music,” a new animated children’s show produced by Loudoun-based arts therapy nonprofit A Place To Be, launched on the organization’s YouTube channel this week. APTB officials describe “The Land of Music” as a program that will help children pre-K through fifth grade “process the changes brought on by COVID-19 and…
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NBC: Anonymous Donation Makes Online Music Therapy Session Free for Loudoun Co. Students [Video]
April 9th, 2020 An anonymous donor gave music therapy nonprofit A Place To Be enough money to make music therapy sessions available to any family in Loudoun County Public Schools for free. For families of children with special needs, being stuck indoors and adhering to social distancing policies can be a challenge. Tom Sweitzer, director…
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Loudoun Times Mirror: A Place to Be performers let Leesburg students know ‘it’s OK to feel’
Mar 25, 2019 John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary School in Leesburg was the “place to be” March 20, when five members of the local therapeutic arts organization A Place to Be communicated the basic idea “it’s OK to feel” through the performance of their song, “You gotta feel.” The writers of the song, Skylar Freeman…
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Loudoun Times-Mirror: A Place to Be performers let Leesburg students know ‘it’s OK to feel’
March 25, 2019 John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary School in Leesburg was the “place to be” March 20, when five members of the local therapeutic arts organization A Place to Be communicated the basic idea “it’s OK to feel” through the performance of their song, “You gotta feel.” The writers of the song, Skylar Freeman…
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Loudoun Now: Young Couple with Disabilities Brings Their Story to the Stage
Nov 14, 2018 There’s a group of young people working to deliver a message to middle schoolers throughout Loudoun County: that hope can persist despite challenges. Their medium is a 40-minute musical performance that puts the spotlight on characters facing challenges, such as physical and mental disabilities, and portrays them in positions of strength. The…
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Winchester Star: ‘A Mother’s Will’ encourages teen to reach out for help
September 10, 2018 WINCHESTER — If any good could come from the very worst thing a mother could imagine, Ann-Charlotte Robinson meant to find it. “A Will To Survive,” a stage play, is the result. Through spoken word and song, it memorializes Will Robinson, Charlotte’s son, who died by suicide in 2016. The piece, co-written…