UPBEAT TIMES, INC. • January 2016 • 19 Musical Notes in Sonoma County by Shekeyna Black •
Shekeyna@AMiracleProductionAMP.com
SONOMA COUNTY, CA. ~ Live Music Lantern, “We be- lieve live music is the best form of self-care!” reads the head- line on their website. Live Music Lan- tern is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization based in So- noma County that provides “Self-care in the form of live music to educators and social service providers,” ex- plains Elijah Barntsen. He co-founded
Live Music Lantern, along with his sister, Kaya Barn- tsen, as a result of experienc- ing the trau- matic effects that mental
health challenges has had on their mother. Barntsen candidly shares his journey of learning how mental illness still bears stigma and shame within so-
ciety. His family received help from the local chapter of NAMI (National Alliance on Men- tal
Illness),
www.na-
misoco.org and Buck- elew, www. buckelew.
org while coping with the men- tal health issues of their loved one. It was through
that healing process that he came to realize that many caregivers experience “secondary trauma and compassion fatigue.”
The ac- company- ing photo of
Elijah “Eli” Barntsen sporting his green Live Music Lantern shirt at the Goo Goo Dolls show, presented by SOMO Concerts on July 30th, 2014,
brings a smile of appreciation for his commitment to sharing the joy of music. He clarifies, “Our goal is have enough ac- cess to be able to gift concert tickets to all social workers and educators in Sonoma County at least once per year.” Since its inception in early 2014, Live Music Lantern has gifted near- ly 1000 tickets to social service providers and edu- cators in Sonoma County. Venues and pro- moters who have led the way in donating
tickets to Live Music
concert Lantern,
include Hopmonk Tavern, Wells Far- go Center for the Arts, SOMO Concerts, Santa Rosa Sym- phony, Piano Sonoma and Red- wood Café. “Self-care through live music is my heart’s pas- sion,” reflects Barntsen when discussing the mission state- ment of Live Music Lantern. The non-profit gives the con- cert tickets to social service providers and educators in a “spirit of love and gifting,” says Barntsen.
Nominate a Sonoma Coun- ty educator or social service
provider via the online form at
www.livemusiclantern.org. Visit
www.facebook.com/ LiveMusicLantern or
email
info@livemusiclantern.org to find out more about this im- portant charitable organization. Music is the intangible and mysterious healer for the artists and the audience or as Barntsen puts it, “Self-care is sacred, live music heals!” The Live Music Lan- tern logo has the tagline; “Shining a Light with Live Music,” which is something we can all aspire to emu- late everyday by supporting local venues and mu-
sicians by going to intimate shows and larger concerts.
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