Service
Support for Life’s Transitions
Song Keepers offers private ceremonial music and grief accompaniment for individuals and families navigating significant life transitions, with a particular focus on death and dying.
These offerings are held with care, discernment, and deep respect for each person’s cultural, spiritual, and emotional context. They are not clinical services, but relational spaces of presence — grounded in listening, attunement, and shared humanity.
This work is:
- Offered by request only
- Invitational and consent-based
- Rooted in presence rather than fixing
If you or someone you know may benefit from this kind of support, please reach out. We offer a free 30-minute conversation to listen, answer questions, and explore how we might help.
“I’m so grateful for John for coming to visit and sing with my mom, who is ill with Alzheimer's. It was so beautiful to see her enjoy the music and be in full presence, safety and smiling. John sang “You are my sunshine,” a sweet song my mom sang to us when we were children. He also sang “Silent Night” which was also beautiful because we sang that on Christmas Eve, the night my mom’s mom transitioned from the Earth. My mom felt very comfortable and even shared with us that her father didn’t really allow them to play music growing up, something I didn’t know about.”
Monica B.
Volunteer Service
Song Keepers is devoted to bringing the healing power of sacred music into places and communities that are often neglected or pushed out of view in modern society. This includes people living in prisons, shelters, and nursing facilities.
Belonging is at the center of this work. Through music, presence, and relationship, we seek to offer companionship rather than charity, and connection rather than performance. We understand that in serving others, we are also being changed — part of one shared human family.
If you are interested in volunteering, or if you know of a facility or community that may be open to receiving this kind of service, we invite you to reach out.
“I've sung with Song Keepers at Norristown State Hospital and Adam Kandel's recent gathering. The healing cultivated in each setting was unique and restorative - and sheer magic.”
Megan S.