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The song, Joy in a Teardrop, can
be purchased at store.cdbaby.
com/cd/johnmulder9, or through
iTunes or Amazon, and streamed
through Amazon and Spotify. All
proceeds from the sale of the
song support the National
Hospice Foundation.

INTO THE LIGHT :
Watch on YouTube.

The Music Project is Born
Following the 2019 IDC, NHPCO
decided to expand on this
powerful experience and The
Hospice Music Project: Joy in a
Teardrop was born. As part of the
expanded project, John and Tricia
produced the sheet music for Joy
in a Teardrop that is available for
providers to download and use in
their communities.
To inspire new songs, hospice and
palliative care team members,
supporters, and advocates began
contributing stories, thoughts,
ideas, reflections... even possible
lyrics and poetry about their
work. This material is being used
to create an album of songs
reflecting the power and
inspiration of our work.
John and Tricia have enlisted the
assistance of Grammy-winning
songwriters Beth Nielsen
Chapman and Marcus Hummon
to participate in the creation of
new songs.
Into the Light
The second song in the project, Into
the Light, debuted at the 2019
Interdisciplinary Conference in
Orlando - again with photographic

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visuals provided by NHPCO members. Written by acclaimed songwriters
Jackie Carlyle and Bruce Michael Miller, this song was created as a tribute
to those who work in hospice, and was performed by John Mulder and
Tricia Walker in the video available on YouTube.
The National Hospice Foundation looks forward
to sharing more information about the music
being created with The Hospice Music Project.
NHF hopes to debut the collection of songs at
the 2020 Leadership and Advocacy Conference. As with the original
song, the proceeds from The Hospice Music Project will support the
work of the National Hospice Foundation.

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