Accorda Music-Thanatology Institute
Training music-thanatologists to provide support and comfort with prescriptively delivered harp and vocal music, helping to transform palliative and end-of-life care.
Help Us Grow the Future of Music-Thanatology
Accorda has grown from an inspired vision into a licensed career school. This summer, we celebrated our first graduating cohort—ten new music-thanatologists now serving in hospitals, hospices, and homes.
As we prepare to welcome our next class in September 2026, your support helps us strengthen our curriculum and reach future students called to this healing vocation.
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Music-thanatology is a professional field within the broader subspecialty of palliative care. It is a musical/clinical modality that unites music and medicine in end-of-life care. The music-thanatologist utilizes harp and voice at the bedside to lovingly serve the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of people who are terminally ill or dying (and their loved ones), with the prescriptive delivery of music.
Accorda Music-Thanatology Institute does not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, admission and training of students, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our student body, faculty, staff, volunteers, subcontractors, and vendors.