Tidewater Arts Outreach is a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 to bring music and arts to hospitals, retirement homes, rehabilitation centers, homeless shelters and other facilities throughout Hampton Roads. 

These performances and programs promote human interaction, happiness and healing for people who have limited access to the arts due to health, economic or social circumstances. In 2007, more than 4,000 people were reached through 161 Tidewater Arts Outreach programs.

Tidewater Arts Outreach supports the spirit of empathy and caring in the music and arts community, and more than 200 artists have participated in its programs