{"id":15510,"date":"2020-06-22T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=15510"},"modified":"2020-06-22T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:04:09","slug":"christian-star-lauren-daigle-hosts-virtual-concert-for-tennessee-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2020\/06\/christian-star-lauren-daigle-hosts-virtual-concert-for-tennessee-childrens-hospital.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Star Lauren Daigle Hosts Virtual Concert For Tennessee Children&#8217;s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13858\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2019\/01\/60984-lauren-daigle-getty-images-jason-kempin-staff.1200w.tn_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13858\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2019\/01\/60984-lauren-daigle-getty-images-jason-kempin-staff.1200w.tn_-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Kempin\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, the award-winning Christian singer Lauren Daigle offered an exclusive concert to the doctors, caregivers, first responders, and patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n<p>The special virtual event featured six songs by Daigle. These included &#8220;You Say&#8221; and &#8220;Still Rolling Stones&#8221;. A nonprofit organization, Musicians on Call, was ale to distribute the performance to 19 pediatric hospitals across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release, Daigle&#8217;s team said that over 1,200 people were able to see the broadcast through the hospital&#8217;s direct administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly grateful to Lauren Daigle and all our friends in the music industry for the outpouring of support for our staff, nurses, doctors, patients, and families, particularly during these unprecedented times,\u201d said Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusic has always been an integral and important part of the fabric of our hospital, with visits in person, and now virtually, from artists like Lauren, and through organizations like Musicians On Call.\u201d Rush continued. \u201cLauren\u2019s healing and inspiring performance uplifted us all and brought smiles to children\u2019s faces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lauren took to Twitter to thank the hospital for helping her make the concert happen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It was my honor to perform a virtual concert a few weeks back for all the doctors, caregivers, first responders and patients at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VUMCchildren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VUMCchildren<\/a>&#8216;s Hospital! Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VUMChealth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VUMChealth<\/a> for helping make this happen \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gratitunes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gratitunes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RzXV5LfqsM\">pic.twitter.com\/RzXV5LfqsM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Daigle (@Lauren_Daigle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lauren_Daigle\/status\/1271075965750218754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The concert was a part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center\u2019s (VUMC) \u2018Gratitunes\u2019 campaign. Throughout the month of April, Nashville artists provided \u2018Gratitunes\u2019 to VUMC\u2019s medical staff via \u201cperformances and words of encouragement on their personal Instagram page(s).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The effort resulted in a compilation of over 1,200 Gratitunes and 5,000 songs into a special playlist \u201cthat was made available to VUMC COVID-19 Assessment Sites and hospital staff to help lessen stress and anxiety, and lift spirits\u201d amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, the award-winning Christian singer Lauren Daigle offered an exclusive concert to the doctors, caregivers, first responders, and patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The special virtual event featured six songs by Daigle. These included &#8220;You Say&#8221; and &#8220;Still Rolling Stones&#8221;. 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