Passion for music

Her love of music and instruments is a disease, Mary Stevens said jokingly, while sitting in her studio filled with pianos, harps and various other musical instruments.

This disease, though, comforts others through her work in vibroacoustic harp therapy, which uses the vibration of notes to relax muscles. Twice a month, Stevens plays the therapeutic music for Northern Montana Care Center residents, as well as periodically performing music for group gatherings and playing bedside music for residents and patients in hospice care. She also gives harp lessons and organizes a harp circle for other...