AWARD-WINNING MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER PAUL CARDALL TO EMBARK ON VIRTUAL TOUR OF SEACREST STUDIOS

NASHVILLE—November 4, 2021 – Dove Award-winning artist Paul Cardall is scheduled to do a virtual tour of seven Seacrest Studios, based in various children’s hospitals all over the U.S. between November 9 and December 7. Seacrest Studios are the primary initiative of the Ryan Seacrest Foundation.

In addition to his appearance, Cardall is donating a keyboard to each of the hospitals.

Cardall suffered from a congenital heart defect and in his 30s received a heart transplant. After spending years of his life in hospitals and recovering from surgeries, he understands the trauma imposed, particularly young people and their families. Cardall has made it his life’s mission to create and share piano music that is healing both physically and emotionally.

“I’m really grateful for this opportunity with the Ryan Seacrest Foundation and Seacrest Studios. I think the work they are doing and the resources they offer are so important. This gives me the opportunity to speak directly to kids and parents—and I can speak from a place of experience that hopefully they can relate to. For that reason, I’m honored to do anything in my power to support them in their work,” states Cardall.

“Following my third heart surgery, as a teenager, I listened to all kinds of music,” Cardall adds. I found it helped soothe me. Not long after this time, my best friend was killed in a car accident. It sent me fully into grief and confusion. ‘Why him?’ ‘Why not me?’ I felt drawn to the piano in our house, and within moments of touching the keys, I heard melodies. I saw the piano as a puzzle and the keys as pieces to that puzzle. It’s in that same spirit that I’m hopeful other kids in hospitals would be interested in a keyboard they can work through like a puzzle. It doesn’t even matter if they know how to play or not. The medical machinery in hospital rooms can be unnerving to both the kids and their families. But the tones of a piano will offset the tones of those machines and it can help bring down everyone’s stress levels.”

"We are incredibly grateful to Paul for both his time and the generous donation of keyboards," said Meredith Seacrest Leach, Executive Director & COO of the Ryan Seacrest Foundation. "We have seen the impact live music and music education has on patients and know that the ability to leaern and play music will be therapeutic to so many of the patients who visit Seacrest Studios."

VIRTUAL TOUR DATES:

November 9 Boston Children’s Hospital

November 9 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center

November 10 Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children (Orlando)

November 10 Children’s Health (Dallas)

November 11 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

December 7 Children’s National Hospital (Washington, D.C.)

December 7 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

ABOUT THE RYAN SEACREST FOUNDATION:

The Ryan Seacrest Foundation (RSF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to inspiring today’s youth through entertainment and education-focused initiatives. RSF’s first initiative is to build broadcast media centers — Seacrest Studios — within pediatric hospitals for patients to explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media. Founded in 2009, RSF currently has Seacrest Studios at hospitals in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Nashville, Orange County, Philadelphia, Orlando and Washington D.C. For more information, visit www.ryanseacrestfoundation.org.

ABOUT PAUL CARDALL:

One of the biggest streaming artists of our time, Cardall is a Dove Award-winning musician, composer and producer, whose music has been streamed over 3 billion times. He has had 11 #1 Billboard albums, and is one of the highest streamed artists in the world with 30 million monthly listeners from more than 160 countries and has 2.8 million subscribed fans to his various social media platforms. Earlier this year Cardall released a joint album/book project titled The Broken Miracle, featuring special guests including David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Ty Herndon, Rachel Yamagata, Thompson Square, Matt Hammit and many others. The Broken Miracle chronicles his life dealing with a congenitally defective heart, through his transplant 12 years ago. Two versions of the pianist’s next album, December, will be released December 3 and December 10. Cardall is also the host of a successful podcast, All Heart, and a YouTube series All Heart Adventures, featuring Cardall in various "bucket list" scenarios--living his life to the fullest, with gratitude and appreciation. www.paulcardall.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Erin Morris Huttlinger / Morris Public Relations / erin@morrispr.biz / 615.419.9988

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