Hello! I’m Kayla Kantor, a Board-Certified Music Therapist and founder of Make Me a Melody. Based in Park City, Utah, my goal is to help families connect through music. I developed a passion for working with children and families in my work as a music therapist at Primary Children’s Hospital in SLC, UT. 

In the past 6 years at the hospital, my two areas of expertise have been in neurological trauma and pediatric palliative care. I specialize in working with children at end of life, as well as children recovering from severe brain injuries. For as much heartache, grief, and pain that I have experienced in this work, I have also witnessed an unbelievable amount of love, strength, and compassion. It is this unconditional love and dedication that I see in these families that has inspired me to create Make Me a Melody. 

As part of my job at the hospital, I create original songs for families as their child is passing. The goal of these songs is to create a space for parents to express their love, dreams, and sentiments for their child as they are dying. These songs are then recorded and given to the families as a lasting keepsake to remember their child by. 

It is from these gut-wrenching, yet beautiful experiences that I was inspired to create Make Me a Melody and bring this connection to families to celebrate other milestones. Every family deserves to connect to each other more deeply through music and that is my mission through Make Me a Melody. 

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