Gallery

The nights that funded the work.

Photos from the 2025 Franklin Theatre fundraiser, onstage moments, and the volunteers and family who keep music reaching people in mental-health treatment.

April 2025

Franklin Theatre fundraiser.

Moved last-minute from Amy Grant's Farm due to tornadic weather in the area. John Oates headlined, with Heidi Parton on the bill. The community showed up anyway, and the room filled.

Franklin Theatre bar with volunteer in Music Heals Minds shirt
Franklin Theatre dining room set with flowers before the show
Guests mingling during the 2025 fundraiser
Catering table at the 2025 fundraiser
Music Heals Minds hats on a merchandise table
Ensemble performing in the round at Franklin Theatre
On stage

The music.

Hannah Kol and the musicians carried Julius Cole's songs, alongside their own, to a room full of people who came to hear them.

John Oates performing on the Franklin Theatre stage, 2025
Musician performing with her band on the Franklin Theatre stage, 2025
Acoustic duo performing on stage under warm light
Lead performer with band at the 2025 fundraiser
Heidi Parton performing on the Franklin Theatre stage, 2025
Duo performing on stage at Franklin Theatre
Vocalist performing on the Franklin Theatre stage, 2025
Full ensemble on the Franklin Theatre stage
Mary Jones speaking at the microphone, Franklin Theatre 2025
Behind the scenes

The people behind the work.

Portraits, acoustic sets, and the quiet moments in between: the volunteers, family, and musicians who keep this work going.

John Oates and Heidi Parton backstage at Franklin Theatre, 2025
Heidi Parton with a companion posing on a couch beneath a 'WOW A HIT' sign at Franklin Theatre, 2025
John Oates backstage at Franklin Theatre, 2025
Solo acoustic performer against an exposed brick wall
Young guitarist playing in a room with guitar cases stacked nearby
Music Heals Minds team portrait
Where it started

Sunny Day launch party, 2018.

Hannah Kol released Sunny Day, six of Julius Cole’s songs carried by her voice, and invited a room full of people to hear it for the first time. This night is why Music Heals Minds exists.

Vocalist in a red dress at the mic on a lit stage, keyboardist behind her, full audience gathered in the open venue
Vocalist on stage with bassist and drummer, a large painted-daisies backdrop behind her with her name in cursive script
Vocalist singing on stage in a red dress under warm stage lighting
Audience gathered at the Sunny Day launch party, watching the stage
View from stage looking out at the crowd at the Sunny Day album release
Black-and-white photograph of three people holding each other in a tight embrace on the venue floor after the show
Family archive

Julius Cole, in photos.

Photographs from his life, shared by his mother, Mary Jones. The archive we work in memory of.

Julius Cole Rassin as a teen, acoustic guitar, against a weathered barn wall
Julius Cole Rassin with acoustic guitar, standing against a whitewashed stone wall under a red metal roof
Julius Cole Rassin in a purple sweater holding a coffee cup on a park path in fall
Julius Cole Rassin standing in a field with arms outstretched beneath a dramatic cloudy sky, black and white
Julius Cole Rassin playing acoustic guitar in a lamp-lit living room
Julius Cole Rassin at a mountain overlook, arms outstretched, looking out over a river valley
Julius Cole Rassin with a backpack and acoustic guitar at a Blue Ridge mountain overlook
Julius Cole Rassin in a white t-shirt and sunglasses holding an acoustic guitar in golden afternoon light
Julius Cole Rassin sitting on a hilltop at sunrise, looking out toward distant mountains

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