Events & Projects
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Video: Music Thanatology meets Climate Thanatology
Catharine’s 2021 video performance at the edge of the Great Salt Lake brings awareness to climate thanatology and what scientists consider to be a lake in crisis. The waters have reached an historic low, which is essential for sustaining wildlife and the communities that surround it.
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Class: Music as Medicine at the End of Life
Thursday, April 11, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ETMusic at the bedside brings beauty, intimacy and comfort to end-of-life patients. It invites listeners to be present to what is going on both inside and around them. Catharine DeLong’s workshop offers the most effective uses of live vocal, instrumental, and recorded music for palliative individuals and their loved ones. She brings her experience as a freelance harpist, certified music-thanatologist, contemplative musician and end-of-life educator to support patients and families, and helps them encounter the dying process as a natural passage.
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Book: Seasons of Grief
Release Date: January 18, 2024
Chapter 4: Music as Companion and Consolation, written by Catharine DeLong.
The quiet letting go of Autumn, the reflective stillness of Winter, the bright rebirth of Spring, and the flourishing warmth of Summer trace the natural path of grief as it grows and changes to fit the spaces left behind by those we love. Easy-to-use exercise guides and activities invite readers to explore the changeable nature of grief through the ebb and flow of the seasons.Bringing together voices and art from across the spectrum of creative grief therapy, Coenen provides an accessible, compassionate guide to supporting those coping with bereavement throughout their journey.
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Death Differently Documentary
Death Differently is cinematic education on innovations in death care featuring death doulas, hospice workers, alternative death advocates, music thanatologists, green burial funeral directors, and many others.
The goal of this upcoming documentary series is to highlight stories of individuals working in the emerging - but mostly unknown - death and dying space to challenge death myths that contribute to end-of-life anxiety.
The pilot episode of Death Differently follows death positivity advocate Shatzi Weisberger as she - and her community - navigate the end of her life.
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Colors in Motion - Epiphany
Listen to Catharine’s meditative compositions paired with incredible photographs of crystals.
End-of-Life Services
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Catharine’s music supports patients and families to experience the dying process as a natural passage. Remote or in-person sessions available.
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As an ordained interfaith minister, Catharine offers companioning and compassion while holding space for end-of-life individuals and their families.
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Contemplative music is useful in calming both mind and body - inviting peace and creating space for meditation and reflection.
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Catharine is available for a custom therapeutic experience for you and your guests. At your home or other event space.
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Catharine is core faculty with the Art of Dying Institute. She is available for one-on-one instruction or end-of-life workshops.
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Catharine’s experience at the bedside of dying individuals informs her presence as a climate activist. She offers music in natural settings to soothe our dying planet.