Heroes' Voices

Heroes’ Voices began its music therapy programming with veterans at the Menlo Park VA. Those weekly workshops brought together generations of veterans who joined their voices in song. The participants were in treatment programs for PTSD, drug and alcohol abuse and other challenges that veterans faced while in service to their country.

Heroes’ Voices began its in-person programming for veterans in 2014 at the Menlo Park VA and quickly expanded to serve veterans at different venues all over the Bay area. We began with singing and poetry workshops and within a year began our Guitar Corps programs.

Sometimes, I have to pinch myself.

I had a dream of bringing music and poetry to Veterans, especially those recovering from Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), to help them build community and learn how to cope with civilian life. Thanks to your support, I have been living that dream for ten years.

Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Heroes’ Voices In celebration of this milestone, we presented a concert event featuring some of the veterans who have been a part of our programming and some of the “faculty” from Heroes’ Voices who serve them. The concert was a personal musical story that recounted […]

Celebrating the ten-year anniversary of Heroes’ Voices Rick Harrell created Heroes’ Voices in 2013 to provide veterans with the healing power of music. Heroes’ Voices has served thousands of veterans in Northern California and across the country. Working with veterans may seem like an unusual choice for Rick, who has […]

It’s been some time since the tragedy of veteran’s suicide has been on the front pages of the news, but that tragedy continues. Something important to remember on this Veterans Day: Every day an average of 15 veterans end their own lives. I have been surprised that no major singer-songwriter […]