Exploring Mental Health & Musical Insights

BIRDSONG announces upcoming live concert/dinner in downtown Ottawa as part of and Anti-Stigma Awareness Campaign for people diaganosed with menal illness.

COMING SOON TO TORONTO!  BIRDSONG Foundation's Inaugural Fundraiser Concert! June 9 at the Duke as part of Canadian Music Week.

Twenty-five years ago, a lengthy bout of insomnia – combined with an excessive amount of anxiety about the “lack of sleep” – gradually rendered me ...

For her own website, From Pain To Purpose, inaugural Birdsong Ashley Bell has recounted her experiences and thoughts during the period that led up ...

The newly registered national charity is pleased to announce a list of artists from across Canada whose original songs are included on Birdsong’s first compilation album. 

“David was my birdsong – fragile, loving and gifted in song.” – MK From: Dave Martin ! Sent: Tuesday Dec. 27 2016 : To: Margaret Konopacki Subject:...

“As a songwriter, you make the sort of observations, commentary, and expressions that allow listeners a better connection with intimate dimensions ...

“Songwriters have a duty to hear, see, and feel the hurt and the joy, and turn it into a language and experience that everyone can understand. Love...

"My music helps to ground me and gives me a sense of purpose, a feeling of being grounded and flying – simultaneously." – Jordan Gow Ottawa singer/...

"We'll go to the doctor when we feel flu-ish or a nagging pain. So why don't we see a health professional when we feel emotional pain: guilt, loss,...

OTTAWA CITIZEN : Three Ottawa-area musicians are among the first to receive a career boost from Birdsong Foundation, a charity that helps give voic...

Introduction by Gabrielle Grace Abbott Throughout my own struggles with substance use disorder and mental illness, Hungarian-Canadian physician Ga...