Monday, October 27, 2025
7 pm ET (NYC time)/ 4 pm (PST)
Free! To RSVP/Register, click HERE.

In collaboration with Morbid Anatomy, music-thanatologists Jane Franz and Kate Davis will present a free, one-hour online lecture. This resonant evening explores the deep history and living practice of music at the bedside of the dying, tracing its roots from medieval monastic traditions to modern clinical care. Jane and Kate will share stories, historical insights, and musical excerpts that illuminate the practice of music-thanatology.

About the Presenters:

Jane Franz is the Executive Director for Accorda Music-Thanatology Institute and has been a certified music-thanatologist for over twenty years. She served as lead music-thanatologist for PeaceHealth Medical Centers and Hospices in Eugene, Springfield, and Florence, Oregon. Jane was the co-founder and director of the Music-Thanatology Training Program through Lane Community College, in Portland, OR, where she also served as a faculty member from 2007-2015. In 2015, with Sandra LaForge, Jane co-authored From Behind the Harp: Music in End of Life Care. Her music appears on two albums, Loom of Love (2005) and From the Deep Earth (2007). She currently resides in Henderson, NV.

Kate Davis is a lifelong musician, songwriter, and current Music-Thanatologist at Providence St. Vincent. She grew up in West Linn, Oregon, before spending 15 years in NYC, where she attended the Manhattan School of Music and freelanced as a bassist and singer. Last year, she returned to Portland to study at the Accorda Music-Thanatology Institute, and in doing so, returned home to her formative and meaningful roots in the PNW.