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  • Loudoun Now: New Series to Premiere in Loudoun Classrooms

    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…

    August 31, 2022
  • Loudoun Now: A Leesburg Family’s Journey with Traumatic Brain Injury: ‘The Miracle Child’ Releases Aug. 15

    Loudoun Now: A Leesburg Family’s Journey with Traumatic Brain Injury: ‘The Miracle Child’ Releases Aug. 15

    August 4, 2022 In 2001, Kelly and Michael Lang’s world turned upside down when their daughter, Olivia, experienced a traumatic brain injury after a devastating car crash. Two decades later, the Lang’s have published a memoir of their parenting journey. Their new book, “The Miracle Child: Traumatic Brain Injury and Me,” is slated for release…

    August 4, 2022
  • People: ‘Outer Banks’ ‘ Chase Stokes Lands Lead Role in ‘Music Got Me Here’, Based on Inspirational Real-Life Story

    People: ‘Outer Banks’ ‘ Chase Stokes Lands Lead Role in ‘Music Got Me Here’, Based on Inspirational Real-Life Story

    June 9, 2022 Chase Stokes is headed to the big screen! The Outer Banks star, 29, has landed his first starring role in the new feature film Music Got Me Here, based on the inspiring real-life story of how determined high school music teacher Tom Sweitzer used music therapy to help beloved former student Forrest Allen (Stokes) recover…

    June 9, 2022
  • Same Sky Groups Take Center Stage

    Same Sky Groups Take Center Stage

    Over the past semester, clients got to participate in our same sky performance group. During group, clients got to build a show together from the ground up showcasing their individual interests and learning collaboration skills. Each performance featured clients singing and playing instruments as well as acting. Congratulations to all of our Same Sky performers!

    June 3, 2022
  • Loudoun Now: 100WomenStrong Awards $475K in Nonprofit Grants

    May 4, 2022 On Tuesday, 100WomenStrong announced the award of $475,000 to 42 nonprofits headquartered or providing services in Loudoun County, bringing its total contributions to $3.6million since 2009.  The group reverted to its normal grant-giving cycle of once per year after pivoting in 2020 to COVID-19 emergency grants. COVID emergency grants were designed to meet the…

    May 4, 2022
  • A Place To Be Welcomes Interim Director Judy Hanley

    A Place To Be Welcomes Interim Director Judy Hanley

    MIDDLEBURG – The Board of Directors of A Place To Be has named Dr. Judy Hanley as the organization’s Interim Executive Director, effective February 9, 2022. A Place To Be is one of Northern Virginia’s leading therapeutic organizations, known for its performance-based approach, clinical music therapy services, and community programs. In this role, Hanley will…

    April 28, 2022
  • WJLA Shares The Story of Tom Sweitzer’s Covid Group

    WJLA Shares The Story of Tom Sweitzer’s Covid Group

    You can now watch and read WJLA’s story on A Place To Be co-founder Tom Sweitzer’s work using music therapy for covid “long haulers”. For some, the effects of Covid last long after their initial illness. A long hauler himself, Tom shares the story of the group, and how music can be a path for…

    April 28, 2022
  • A Place To Be Brings Music To Local Students

    A Place To Be Brings Music To Local Students

    Our music therapist Jordan was interviewed by ABC news on A Place To Be bringing music therapy to Leesburg Elementary School. Watch it now at their site.

    April 28, 2022
  • National Endowment for the Arts: NEA Announces American Rescue Plan Grants to Arts Organizations

    Jan 27, 2022 Washington, DC—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced it has recommended American Rescue Plan (ARP) awards totaling $57,750,000 to 567 arts organizations to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. The organizations may use this funding to save jobs, and to fund operations and facilities, health and…

    January 27, 2022
  • ABC-7 Washington: ‘It just makes you feel happy’: Popular music therapy program a hit at Leesburg Elementary

    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…

    January 13, 2022
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