Heart & Soul brings hope, healing and joy to 25,000 people each year by producing over 1,000 live shows at convalescent homes, senior centers, hospitals, centers for children with disabilities, psychiatric facilities, domestic abuse shelters and prisons. Heart & Soul seeks to make our world less lonely through music. Our performances enrich the soul and promote wellness through the healing power of the performing arts. Heart & Soul builds bridges, connecting generations, providing an opportunity to give back to our community. In carrying out this mission, Heart & Soul seeks to create a social awareness of people isolated from society. Heart & Soul has been healing human spirits by bringing music and performing arts to isolated members in our community since 1994.
That “four months” is just the organizers’ time, securing permits, organizing acts and volunteers, soliciting donations, etc. The bands, of course, have put in centuries of practice.
While Utah’s physical landscape brings to mind red-rock vistas and snowy mountains, its cultural landscape is equally vibrant. Within it is a music scene filled with advocates, musicians, and organizations that focus on all stages of life and work to make music accessible to everyone.
Conae Holmes is a woman who wears many hats – both literally and figuratively. Her collection of over 60 toppers has been built over decades of service, working on the frontlines of elder care in Utah in myriad roles.
