Oncology Programs
Oncology Music Programs
Music Over Mind places trained musicians beside the oncology patient and the care room — selecting repertoire in real time to support patients during chemotherapy infusion, radiation sessions, and longer inpatient stays. A non-pharmacologic bedside service dedicated to anxiety reduction, procedural support, and family connection through the hardest stretches of cancer care.
Overview
What live interventional music supports in oncology care
Four outcome domains M.O.M.'s oncology programming addresses — easing anxiety during chemotherapy infusion, procedural support across radiation and line placement, family connection across longer inpatient stays, and integration with the oncology care plan.
Easing anxiety during chemotherapy infusion
A responsive bedside repertoire during long infusion sessions — modulating the room's acoustic environment and giving patients something familiar to settle into across hours of treatment.
Procedural support during radiation and line placement
A quiet, steady bedside presence during radiation positioning, port accesses, and line placements — repertoire selected in real time to steady the room and shorten the procedural wait.
Family connection across longer inpatient stays
A non-pharmacologic bedside service that anchors families through extended admissions — supporting visits, bedside vigils, and the long stretches between treatment milestones.
Complementing the oncology care plan
Running alongside oncology clinical priorities and the team-led care plan — a complement, never a substitute, for clinical care across infusion, radiation, and inpatient settings.
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 oncology evidence and reach come from
The 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 oncology unit
Tell our partnerships team about your unit — census, acuity, current bedside programming, and the window you are scoping.