Say it Loud: Giving Grief a Voice Through Music
An Iris Collective and Baptist Centers for Good Grief Partnership
Baptist Centers for Good Grief and Iris Collective partnered in the spring of 2025 to present a series of workshops for families receiving treatment for grief-related trauma. Aided by grief counselors and Iris musicians, BCGG families worked together to compose new music that expresses their grief and love while exploring how music, combined with meditation and movement, can be used as a tool for healing. The final composition, along with a graphic score, representing the shades of grief each family expressed, can be seen and heard below.
By the end of the workshops, all participants reported greater ease discussing their loss, increased use of music as a coping tool and increased feelings of connection to both family members and other families experiencing grief. Participants also reported increased comfort expressing grief and a strengthened sense of shared experience.
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