La SAMS Benefit Evening
Human Resonance 

Thank you on behalf of our 230 artists and the 70,000 residents, patients, seniors at home, caregivers, and healthcare staff who benefit from their visits. 

Every day, our musicians weave moments of beauty and sharing, offering much more than just notes: a presence, an emotion, a deep resonance that lingers long after the last chord. For the most vulnerable people we reach, music is prescribed like a dose of well-being, healing, soothing, and reviving memories. Through our concerts and choirs, it becomes a source of social connection, a living space imbued with humanity.

Dr. Sharon Azrieli CQ, soprano, guest of honor
Duo Fortin-Poirier, four-hand piano
Steve Normandin, Sonia Painchaud, accordionand vocals, Femke Bergsma, flute
Nadia Labrie and John Roney, flute and piano
Sophie Fouron, host

The event also served as the occasion to celebrate the launch of the book *Healing with Music: News from Neuroscience* (Odile Jacob Publishing) by Dr. Isabelle Peretz, aninternationally renowned neuroscientist, a pioneer in research on the neurocognition of music, and a member of the scientific committee of La SAMS.

Get your copy of the book *Healing with Music*!

I wasn't able to attend the event, but I'd like to make a donation

Music for health!

What a long way we have come since La SAMS SAMS's very first concert in the fall of 2009!
In 2026, the philanthropic community of La SAMS can be proud to contribute to the presentation of more than 1,500 annual activities: concerts, musical visits from room to room, weekly live online musical events, and SAM'Chante choirs for people with aphasia or Alzheimer's disease.
Through your support, you make music, talent, and the kindness of our artists accessible to seniors in institutions and at home, to patients in hospitals, oncology, dialysis, palliative care, mental health, and women's shelters.

Check out a short presentation document about La SAMS
Visit our new Music and Health page

Discover the testimony of this loyal listener to SAMS Live, the weekly music program that brings music to seniors in their homes.

Harpist Annabelle Renzo in concert in a healthcare setting.

Watch La SAMS SAMS's very first concert La SAMS

Thank you to our partners for their invaluable support!

2026 CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

Sylvia L’Écuyer
C. M., Musicologist and Program Coordinator
President Emerita of La SAMS

Marc-André LeBel
TD Wealth Management
President of La SAMS

Ingrid Jensen
Crowe BGK
Vice President of La SAMS

Claude Beauchamp
Acute 360

David Levine
DL Consulting

Julie Gosselin
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of Montreal

Nadine Lapierre
Corporate Administrator

Julie Rizi
Couche-Tard

Claudine Tremblay-Jolicoeur
Retired psychiatrist

Florence Troncy
Executive Director, La SAMS

Daniel Turp
University of Montreal
President Emeritus, La SAMS