Hear Your Song

Hear Your Song empowers children with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voice

Hear Your Song is a 501(c)(3) organization empowering children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. Hear Your Song's volunteers work one-on-one with kids, in-person or remotely, to help them write their own lyrics on whatever topic they choose! Based on the lyricist's musical choices for style, instrumentation, and

more, Hear Your Song composers and musicians will then set the lyrics to music and bring the song to life through a professional recording. In addition to Hear Your Song's central organization, there are Hear Your Song campus-based chapters at Yale University, Smith College, Dartmouth College, Wellesley College, and CUNY Hunter College. Throughout its chapters, Hear Your Song currently maintains partnerships with Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, Camp Oasis (Crohn's and Colitis Foundation), Double H Ranch Camp, Camp AmeriKids (The ELM Project), the Hang Tough Foundation, and more! Check us out at www.hearyoursong.org and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcn-79DuKg3Rx0RD6gcfkvA. If you are interested in collaborating with Hear Your Song as a institutional partner, new campus chapter, or general volunteer OR if you know a child who would like to collaborate on creating a song, please reach out to us at hys@hearyoursong.org.

04/13/2026

Hear Your Song is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth living with chronic illnesses to make their voices heard through songwriting and music production! We’re hoping to raise $10K through our May 5K to support collaborative programming for kids and families. 🎶
Here’s how to participate:

1) SIGN UP: Register for either the in-person or virtual race HERE. There is no required registration free, but you can make a donation to Hear Your Song if you choose during the registration process. When you register, you will automatically be emailed a link to your personal fundraiser page.

2) SPREAD THE WORD & FUNDRAISE: In the lead-up to the race, we encourage you to post about the May 5K For Hear Your Song on social media, using the hashtag , and link to your fundraiser page. You can also email or text your fundraiser page to friends and family.

3) COMPLETE THE RACE: On May 17th (if you’re participating in person) or between May 17th and May 31st (if you’re participating virtually), complete a 5K run, walk, or roll and share your journey through photos or video on social media using the hashtag !

To register and learn more, visit http://www.hearyoursong.org/may5k

04/01/2026

Ever dreamed of meeting the songwriter behind your favorite song? 👀 This dream came true for Hear Your Song 11-year-old songwriter Aoife when songwriter Lauren Christy made a surprise appearance on Zoom! Lauren Christy has co-written some incredible songs for Avril Lavigne like “Complicated” (Aoife’s favorite song to sing at karaoke) and “Sk8er Boi” 🤩
You can learn more about how to empower kids and teens living with chronic illness through collaborative songwriting by visiting hearyoursong.org 💛

03/25/2026

This is the Hear Your Song team… who all grew up to empower chronically ill youth through collaborative songwriting 💛

03/18/2026

We’re bringing you “Cheese” — a lactose intolerance ANTHEM written by a 13-year-old songwriter! 🧀 Hear Your Song has hundreds of songs spanning topics from pizza to penguins all created by kids and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs. Search “Hear Your Song” on YouTube for the full version! 🎵

03/05/2026

Come with us behind the scenes as Derek, who was 9 years old at the time, writes a song in collaboration with one of our star volunteers Oliver 🌟 🎶 See the process of how Derek’s original lyrics come to life, ending with a counterpoint duet sung by Oliver and Diana Lawrence 🎤 💛

Derek is a youth songwriter at Hear Your Song, a non-profit empowering chronically ill youth through collaborative songwriting. To learn (and hear) more, check out www.hearyoursong.org

02/28/2026

Today is where we spread awareness about the nearly 300 million people around the world living with rare diseases. Hannah, a former Hear Your Song songwriter and current volunteer, said it best; Hear Your Song spreads awareness by empowering chronically ill youth through collaborative songwriting. Hearing from voices we’ve impacted like Hannah’s is a humbling testament to the work we do 💛 Let’s continue to increase awareness for and the incredible artists who define themselves beyond their diagnoses 🤝

02/26/2026

WE’RE HIRING! 🗣️ Hear Your Song is seeking a part-time Songwriting Project Coordinator to start mid-March 2026. The Songwriting Project Coordinator will collaborate closely with to oversee Hear Your Song’s music production pipeline, recruiting and supporting volunteers to produce, record, mix, and master youth songwriters’ songs. 🎶 To learn more about the role and apply, visit http://www.hearyoursong.org/jobs

02/18/2026

YOU HAVE LESS THAN 3 HOURS LEFT TO VOTE‼️ Hear Your Song is part of Project for Awesome , an annual livestream charity event run by and . Your vote could help us WIN $35K, making it so these kids can continue to have free access to songwriting sessions. All you have to do is click the link below/story to vote for us (one vote per email address!) Voting ends TODAY Wednesday 2/18 at 11:59 am EST, so click that link and SHARE! THANK YOU! 💛

VOTE HERE: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/hear-your-song-project-for-awesome-2026

02/17/2026

If the CEO of is doing it, you should too! 👀 Dan Clancy voted for Hear Your Song to win a grant over $35K from , an annual livestream charity event run by and . Hear Your Song is a nonprofit empowering chronically ill youth through collaborative songwriting, so winning would mean that these programs can continue to be offered to kids FREE of charge! 🥹 Click the link in our bio/story to vote (one vote per email address) BEFORE Wednesday 2/18 at 11:59 am EST. Thank you for your support! 🙌

02/16/2026

Repost of Oliver Richman:
2/16/26 - day 778 of writing a song every day! Project For Awesome is a really cool event where online communities come together to celebrate and raise money for their favorite charities and organizations. I volunteer with Hear Your Song, which empowers kids with complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. If you wanna learn more, you can go to hearyoursong.org and if you wanna support, you can vote for the HYS video at projectforawesome.com
Or directly at:
https://projectforawesome.com/videos/hear-your-song-project-for-awesome-2026

02/13/2026

Have YOU voted today? 🫵 Hear Your Song is part of Project for Awesome , an annual livestream charity event run by and . Your vote could help us WIN $35K, making it so these kids can continue to have free access to songwriting sessions. All you have to do is click the link to vote for us (one vote per email address!) Voting ends next Wednesday 2/18 at 11:59 am EST, so click that link and SHARE! THANK YOU! 💛

https://projectforawesome.com/videos/hear-your-song-project-for-awesome-2026

02/12/2026

TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT! 🎥 Join us at 8 pm EST on Twitch for the Hear Your Song Song-Raiser & Fundraiser Livestream! Youth songwriters living with chronic illnesses will connect with Twitch CEO (and songwriter!) Dan Clancy and other music streamers to share and create new music and raise awareness for Hear Your Song’s impact.

This is a stream you WON’T want to miss! Set those alarms… we’ll see you there 💻 🎤

TUNE IN HERE: http://twitch.tv/n3vler

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http://www.hearyoursong.org/

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