Inspiring, healing, and connecting with music.

Good Beats Highlights

  • LA Wildfire Benefit Concert $10K Raised!

    With your generous support, we were able to blow past our goal and raise $10k during our benefit concert with Project Fusion!

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  • Rise Against Hunger Event

    Thank you to everyone who made it out to the Rise Against Hunger Meal Packing Event!

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  • Artist in Residence

    Good Beats has been selected as an ARTIST in RESIDENCE at Children’s National Hospital!

    We’re excited to continue bringing the joy of music with our monthly atrium shows, as well as smaller Good Beats on the Move performances in different departments within Children’s National.

Good Beats Operates on Three Pillars

Inspire

Performing (and enjoying!)
great music that elevates all above the daily grind.

Heal

Enlivening performances to enhance music’s inherent restorative power.

Connect

Creating fun and new experiences for us to share with others.

Good Beats was founded with the vision of bringing high-quality live music to communities that have limited access to such experiences. Our mission is to use the power of music to inspire individuals to rise above their challenges; support healing through stress reduction, pain relief, and coping with treatment and grief; and foster meaningful connections between people of diverse backgrounds through shared musical memories and experiences.

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See What People are Saying about Good Beats!

  • "This is the coolest!”

    -Exclamation from an 8-year-old patient at Children’s National Hospital

  • “I can’t believe that they are playing this video game music from my childhood!…It has been a challenging time on the unit, but this was just the moment of calm that I needed.”

    -PICU Nurse

  • “It’s great to see you guys again! You guys are awesome!”

    -Receptionist at Children’s National Hospital

  • “The participants (and staff) enjoyed your performance so much…The participants were talking about it all afternoon!”

    -Adult Day Health Care Recreation Therapist

  • “It is because of volunteers and friends like you that we can help bring smiles to the face of our patients when they need it the most.”

    -Dana Morgan, Children’s National Performance Coordinator

  • “I love music, and I play some music myself, and honestly this might have been the best concert that I’ve personally been to.”

    -Patron at Andrew Chapel Memory Cafe

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Check out some of our recent performances. Follow us on Instagram for more videos and content!

View fullsize Last Sunday Rachel and I (while our Good Beats A/V folks Eric and Will had to man the cameras) had the privilege of attending the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honoring Conan O’Brien! The list of comedians honoring Conan was stacked
View fullsize Our joint Rise Against Hunger (RAH) event this past weekend was a great success! We packaged 20,000 meals during the three hour event with 30 minutes to spare!! RAH has already reached its regional goal of 3 million meals, so this was extra toppings
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