About Hush
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She decided to do something to reduce their distress, so she teamed up with some of Australia's foremost professional musicians who have volunteered their time to create a collection of unique CDs to help children and their parents during medical procedures.
The result is the HUSH collection, a special compilation of soothing music designed to calm and relax people of all ages. It is used within Children's Hospitals in operating theatres, treatment rooms, wards and waiting areas, as well as to manage unsettled babies.
The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne has now formed an historic alliance with the eleven other Children's hospitals and wards in Australia. The HUSH collection is supported by all these hospitals and the proceeds are shared between them. Each hospital can use the funds to best suit their needs, for instance pain management for children with cancer, research into blood vessel tumours, palliative care and music therapy.
Thank you to all those who have volunteered their time and expertise to make this project such a success.
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HUSH Volume 5: Trinity College Choir, The University of Melbourne |
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Exquisite classical music from two renowned duos:Duo Sol and Trub Brown Duo. |
In Hush Volume 3, Paul Grabowsky, renowned jazz pianist has composed twelve pieces, ‘Love’s Calendar’, especially for the Hush Collection. |
Hush Volume 2: Young Virtuosos is played by musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music. |
Hush Volume 1: Trio Grande features the superb music of Paul Williams, Margaret Dickson and Sue Goessling. |
Reviews
Hush Collection Vol 3 - Paul Grabowsky
Reviewed by Kenny Weir of the Sunday Herald Sun, December 18, 2005
"In short: Numinous testament to the healing power of music"
"Paul Grabowsky has devoted his talents in the past few years to several wonderful jazz-based recording projects.
Among them, his contribution to the Children's Hospital's Hush Collection, a 12-part suite titled Love's Calendar, has an irresistible glow.
The product of the Grabowsky family's interaction with the carers of Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital at a time of serious illness, the album is far richer than the new-age-style subtitle "Music for complete calm" indicates.
Packed with the brilliance of Grabowsky on piano, Gary Costello on bass and Andrew Gander on drums, it is as ambitious and beautiful as anything the Melbourne artist has released, the singular focus producing a magical mixture of complexity and simplicity.
From each album bought, $16 will go the children's hospitals of Australia."