The Children's Hospitals Hush Collection: Volume 9: Is It Spring Yet?

ABC Classic FM, CD of the Week. Week beginning 21st December, 2009

Hospital can be a scary place for children and families. Dr Catherine Crock is a physician and mother who knows this all too well, working with children with cancer at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. She decided to do something to reduce their distress, so she teamed up with some of Australia's foremost professional musicians who have volunteered their time to create a collection of unique CDs to help children and their parents during medical procedures.

The result is the HUSH collection, a special compilation of soothing music designed to calm and relax people of all ages. It is used within 12 Children's Hospitals and wards around Australia, in operating theatres, treatment rooms and waiting areas, as well as to manage unsettled babies.

The latest release, Hush volume 9, is a collection of smooth chamber jazz called Is it Spring Yet?, composed by the renowned jazz pianist Tony Gould with Imogen Manins, cello, David Griffiths, clarinet and David Jones, percussion.

Proceeds from sales of the Hush Collection CDs support Children's Hospitals around Australia