The concert will take place at Concordia University's Center for the Performing Arts in Irvine on Saturday, Aug. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. The evening will feature performances by such emerging artists from the Los Angeles music scene as Don Teschner, Bob Malone, Hollye Dexter and the Brave Souls, Nadine Zahr and ELYN. Another concert is planned for February at Cal State Northridge.

"I've personally experienced the healing benefits of music," said Christiane Cargill, president of Hearts Giving Hope and a member of the band ELYN. "Our organization is about using music as a way of getting children to express themselves, and CSUN's Music Therapy Clinic has done wonders with helping children learn non-verbal self-expression through music."

CSUN music professor Ronald M. Borczon, director of the Music Therapy Clinic, said he was grateful for the efforts by the two foundations.

"They both came out of the blue and said they wanted to do something for the clinic." Borczon said. "Their commitment to the clinic and our clients is just wonderful."

Borczon and the therapists and students working in CSUN's Music Therapy Clinic use music to help people recover from a variety of problems. Clients range from autistic children and children with Downs syndrome to the survivors of severe trauma and rape.

In addition to working with clients in the clinic, Northridge students also go out into the community to work with people in psychiatric hospitals, geriatric centers and other similar facilities.

Borczon has provided music therapy to victims of the Oklahoma City bombings and the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado and at Santee High School in California.

Borczon and his students used music to help the university campus heal following the terrorists' attacks last year on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Tickets for the Concordia concert are $35 per person for general seating and $75 per person for VIP seating in the first five rows and include a catered reception following the show. Tickets are available on line atwww.FRANTIX.net, or by calling toll-free (888) 330-5252.

For more information about the concert, call Christiane Cargill at (818) 618-5544 or e-mail her at christiane@heartsgivinghope.org, or visit the Web site www.heartsgivinghope.org.