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Loudoun Now: Finding Home in The Snow Monster
November 25, 2022 As the most wonderful time of the year moves into full swing, negative and complicated emotions can rear their heads. Loudoun’s noted music therapy studio A Place to Be addresses anger and learning to communicate emotions in its new winter show, “The Snow Monster,” an original musical written and directed by co-founder…
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WINC FM: Holy Cow Radio Interview
June 25, 2019 Tom Sweitzer speaks with Barry Lee on the 92.5 WINC FM morning show about the upcoming performances of Holy Cow! An Udderly Amazing New Musical!
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PBS: A Place to Be; Va. Treatment Center for Children
January 10, 2019 “Discover the healing power of music therapy and expressive arts at A Place to Be – for people with all disabilities and challenges suffering from brain injuries to depression, from autism to other battles in life. see how the Virginia Treatment Center for Children helps families cope and find hope with mental…
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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…
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Abira and The Mountain featured in Country Spirit Magazine
September 1, 2018 A Place To Be’s new original touring musical was featured in the fall edition of Country Spirit Magazine!
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DC Theatre Arts: Interview With Tom Sweitzer About ‘Coming of Age’ Cabaret
August 7, 2018 Entertainment and enlightenment are only two of the expectations for the upcoming performance of Coming of Age at the Creative Cauldron as a group of talented teens perform a cabaret with compelling stories about their personal journeys through tough terrain. Coming of Age will feature songs about the struggles that teens can go through as…
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Loudoun Now: $64K Donation Targets Suicide Prevention in Loudoun Schools
Jan 17, 2017 With an eye on preventing suicide and other mental health concerns among young people, the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation and Inova Loudoun Hospital are teaming up to bring two touring mental and physical health awareness theatrical productions to Loudoun County’s public schools. The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation has committed to donating $32,444…
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Loudoun Now: Year In Review: Loudoun’s Parents, Teens Partner to Prevent Suicide
December 29, 2016 Loudoun rates among the best places to live. Its families, on average, bring home some of the biggest paychecks in the nation. And its schools boast graduation rates and SAT scores that are head and shoulders above state and national averages. But, this year, the county has also had to stomach a…
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Loudoun Now: ‘A Will to Survive’: Music Therapists, Teen Rockers Take on Suicide in Rock Opera
Sep 29, 2016 When Ann-Charlotte Robinson’s son Will committed suicide in January at the age of 17, her longtime friend Tom Sweitzer felt a call to reach out to teens with a message of hope through music. With Robinson’s participation, Sweitzer, a well-known local music therapist and his colleague Cedric Dimapilis created a rock opera,…