NICU Programs
Live interventional music for the NICU bedside
Music Over Mind places trained musicians beside the neonate, the parent, and the unit — selecting repertoire in real time in response to the room. A non-pharmacologic bedside service for one of the most acoustically and emotionally demanding settings in hospital care.
Benefits in the NICU
What live interventional music programs look like at the NICU bedside
Four outcome domains M.O.M.'s NICU programming addresses — neonate, parent, unit environment, and the team-led care plan.
Soothing the neonate
Repertoire selected in real time in response to the infant — supporting rest and physiologic steadiness across shifts and rounds.
Lowering parent anxiety at the bedside
A quiet, responsive bedside presence for parents during kangaroo care, feeds, and the long hours between visits — non-pharmacologic support for the parent-infant bond.
Easing the unit environment
Modulating the acoustic environment of the unit itself — softening the listening conditions for staff and families across the floor, not just one bedside.
Complementing the clinical care plan
A responsive bedside service that runs alongside NICU clinical priorities and the team-led care plan — a complement, never a substitute, for clinical care.
Curious how live interventional music compares to recorded playlists and credentialed board-certified music practice? Read the music-in-clinical-settings FAQ.
Sources & Partnerships
Where M.O.M.'s NICU evidence and reach come from
The same partner institutions that anchor M.O.M.'s published-evidence framing across settings — referenced on the music-in-clinical-settings FAQ.
UNC Lab for Neurostimulation
Clinical research collaboration on live music as a non-pharmacologic intervention.
Parkinson's Foundation
Partner advancing evidence-based research on live music as a healing intervention.
Carolina Performing Arts
Co-presenting partner on live demo programming that links performance and clinical research.
UNC WELL
University-wide wellness partnership delivering live music programming at The Farm at Penny Lane.
UNC Health
Health-system partner across 11+ hospitals and clinics — bedside delivery via DooR to DooR.
Brookdale Senior Living · Croasdaile Retirement · Forest at Duke
Standing senior-living partners for regular live programming.
Bring live interventional music to your NICU
Tell our partnerships team about your unit — census, acuity, current bedside programming, and the window you are scoping.