James Excell, CM-Th
Ashland Community Hospital Hospice, private practice
PO Box 214
Ashland, Oregon
97520 | USA
(h) 541-482-2159, (c) 541-778-4726
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James is a 2009 graduate of Music-Thanatology training through Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon. He is a private contractor, currently affiliated with Ashland Community Hospital Hospice and practicing throughout the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon with his wife,
Elizabeth Markell.
Judy Fay, MA, CM-Th
Sacred Passages
1245 Windflower
Helena, Montana
59601 | United States
406 439-3990
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Private Contractor. Judy has served as a member of the MTAI Leadership Council, the Education Task Force and the Certification Task Force. She is currently Chair of the Certification Team.
Anna Fiasca, CM-Th
Mid-Columbia Medical Center
1700 E. 19th St.
The Dalles, Oregon
97058 | USA
541-506-6989
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Jane Franz, CM-Th
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center
3333 Riverbend Dr.
Springfield, Oregon
97477 | USA
541-222-2269 or 685-1748
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Jane Franz is the coordinator for Strings of Compassion, the music-thanatology practice that serves Sacred Heart Medical Centers at Riverbend in Springfield,OR, University District Campus in Eugene,OR and Sacred Heart Hospice.
Jane is also the Co-Director of the Music-Thanatology Training Program through Lane Community College. For more information about the training go to:
www.lanecc.edu/ce/music.
Philipp Gawthrop, CM-Th
Private Practice/Mt. St. Mary Hospital
3790 Waring Place
Victoria, British Columbia
V8P 5G1 | Canada
250-370-6042
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Chalice of Repose Graduate-Class of 2002
Karen Gilley, CM-Th, RN
Practitioner
1440 S. Vermillon DR.
Palmer, Alaska
99645 | USA
907-746-5841
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Chalice Of Repose graduate 2002, served on the MTAI leadership council, worked fulltime at Providence Alaska Medical Center for 5 years and have recently returned to nursing - working with oncology patients and completing my Master's Degree in Holistic Nursing and Symptom Management in Cancer.
Rebecca Hazlitt, CM-Th
HeartWings
608 MacGregor Avenue
Estes Park, Colorado
80517 | USA
970-372-9724
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Rebecca is a 1996 graduate of the Chalice of Repose Project, certified by MTAI in 2005. She is a private contractor in northern Colorado, working with Hospice of the Estes Valley and in Boulder. She is available to travel to do vigils.
Jennifer Hollis, MDiv, CM-Th
Lahey Clinic Medical Center Palliative Care Service
41 Mall Road
Burlington, Massachusetts
01805 | USA
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Jennifer Hollis provides music-thanatology through the Palliative Care Service at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center. She has been a member of the MTAI leadership council since 2003, and is currently serving as the president of MTAI.
A Boston Globe article and short video about music-thanatology at the Lahey Clinical Medical Center can be found here:
Link to Article
Jennifer is the author of
Music at the End of Life: Easing the Pain and Preparing the Passage, from Praeger Press (April 2010), available through
Amazon.com.
Jeri Howe, CM-Th
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
P.O. Box 60213
Shoreline, Washington 98160
98117 | USA
425-344-8023
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Jeri Howe graduated from The Chalice of Repose Project in 1996. She and
Gary Plouff co-founded Sacred Harmonies in Seattle in 1998. In 2003 Sacred Harmonies became part of Spiritual Care at Providence Everett Medical Center and Providence Hospice of Snohomish County. Jeri job shares at these institutions with Claudia Walker, CM-Th.
Christine Jones,CM-Th, MIS, BA
Hospice for Utah
So. Ogden, Draper offices
Ogden, Utah
84404 | USA
801-695-1585
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Employed as an independent contractor in Music-Thanatology for Hospice For Utah. Served three years as Member-at-large for MTAI's leadership council. Taught one semester at Broadview University in Layton, Utah in 2010, subject: English Comp 101. Finshed first CD, 'Ascension', contemplative harp music in 2011. This cd is available for purchase by contacting Chris Jones by email and phone.
