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    timeline

     

    3/31/05:

    Purple Songs Can Fly is incorporated

     

    3/21/06:

    Purple Songs Can Fly records its first song with a child: Simran, Always Remembering

     

    4/28/06:

    Purple Songs Can Fly is granted 501(c)(3) tax exempt status

     

    1/24/07:

    Purple Songs Can Fly opens its in-hospital recording studio at Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers

     

    1/31/07:

    Purple Songs Can Fly records its 50th song: Stephanie, Dream

     

    10/23/07:

    Purple Songs fly on Space Shuttle “Discovery”

     

    1/6/08:

    Purple Songs Can Fly is featured in The New York Times

     

    6/25/08:

    Purple Songs Can Fly records its 100th song: Merlyn, Merari & Jeremiah, Summer

     

    11/14/08:

    Purple Songs fly on Space Shuttle “Endeavor”

     

    5/20/09:

    Purple Songs summit Mount Everest with Scott Parazynski

     

    11/26/09:

    Olivia Newton-John performs on TV with the children of Purple Songs Can Fly

     

    9/6/11: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly records its 250th song: Morgan, Strong As Ever

     

    12/15/11: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly creates a portable recording studio allowing songs to be recorded bedside with the in-patient children at Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers

     

    2/4/12: 

    Nile Rodgers, Gloria Gaynor, and The Pointer Sisters visit the Purple Songs Can Fly studio

     

    10/29/12: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly launches an online radio show on Voice America Kids Network

     

    5/24/13: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly children perform their song Celebration of Hope at Carnegie Hall, New York

     

    6/4/13: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly records its 500th song: Messalinda, It Took Time

     

    8/26/13: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly opens its new, larger recording studio at Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers

     

    11/11/13: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly partners with the Houston Symphony to provide musical accompaniment to the children's songs

     

    7/23/14: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly adds a second portable recording studio allowing more in-patient children to be reached at their bedsides

     

    9/1/14: 

    Through the generous support of the Sherman Foundation, Purple Songs Can Fly creates an annual fellowship

     

    6/12/15: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly premieres its first musical Journey to Hope both written and performed by pediatric cancer patients and survivors

     
    9/25/15: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly records its 1,000th song: Purple Song Bird written and recorded by patients and staff of Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers

     

    3/1/16: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly is featured on The Little Couple on the TLC Network

     
    3/21/16: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly celebrates its 10th Anniversary

     
    3/23/16: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly launches its songwriting program at Texas Children's Hospital's new West Campus

     

    5/5/16 & 5/7/16: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly children, Christian and Sophia, perform their song Dreams Can Come True with the Houston Symphony

     

    10/8/16: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a gala at Houston's Hobby Center, featuring a live performance of Journey to Hope

     

    6/24/17: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly opens an in-hospital recording studio at Texas Children's Hospital's West Campus, near Katy, TX

     

    9/12/17

    Purple Songs Can Fly releases its first children's book: Purple Song

     

    10/25/17: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly launches its songwriting program at Texas Children's Hospital's new campus in The Woodlands, TX

     

    6/2/18: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly premieres its full-length film documentary, Journey to Hope, at Houston's Hobby Center

     

    11/2/18: 

    Purple Songs Can Fly releases its first Purple Lullabies compilation CD written and sung by pediatric cancer patients and survivors

    8/16/19:

    Purple Songs Can Fly records its 2,500th song: Yazan, CWC YouTube