Lydia Violet Harutoonian

Lydia Violet Harutoonian, M.A., has studied dedicatedly with deep ecology elder and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy for the past decade, learning how we can metabolize climate despair, eco-anxiety, and community traumas into energy for resilience, action, and community healing.

She runs The Music As Medicine Project, a non-profit dedicated to democratizing access to music education, Macy's work, and cultural events as tools for cultivating resilient cultures in our communities. www.musicasmedicineproject.org  

Lydia is also an accomplished Iranian-American multi-instrumentalist weaving together Southern blues, American roots, and Iranian folk music traditions. In the past year she has collaborated with world-renowned artists Climbing PoeTree, Rising Appalachia, and Lyla June. ♬ www.lydiafiddle.com ♬