These very inspiring Threshold Choirs are active in various communities in the United States. One just sang at a musician friend's bedside in a hospital during the early hours of the morning as she died. The Threshold Choirs' founder, Kate Munger, is available to help people get one started. What they do:
"We sing at bedsides. We have sung for people who are dying, people who are recovering, people in comas, and those recovering from comas. We have also sung for newborns in hospital intensive care units. We sing in pairs or small groups in hospices, hospitals, nursing homes, and private homes when we are invited by family or caregivers. Sometimes the family is present when we sing, and we sing as much for them as for the person who is in bed. Each regional Choir rehearses approximately twice a month. The more experienced Choir members mentor the less experienced. We each decide individually when we are ready to sing at a bedside."