
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