Sharing Live Music, Lighting up Lives!
Music for Seniors connects area musicians with older adults through live and interactive music programs designed to engage, entertain and educate seniors – promoting health and wellbeing, reducing isolation and enriching the lives of all participants.
Sharing Live Music, Lighting up Lives!
Music for Seniors connects area musicians with older adults through live and interactive music programs designed to engage, entertain and educate seniors – promoting health and wellbeing, reducing isolation and enriching the lives of all participants.
At Music for Seniors, we believe in the profound impact that live music programming can have on the lives of older adults. Beyond the joy of listening to melodies that resonate with their hearts, our live music programs serve as a powerful tool for reducing isolation and nurturing social cohesion within senior communities.
Help us bring more live music programs to older adults in Tennessee!
Ways to Get Involved
Join Us
Join us and over 50,000 of the older adults who participate in our live music programming every year.
Give to Us
Support our mission of bringing live music programming to older adults, helping to build community and bring joy to older adults across Middle and East Tennessee while also providing the financial resources so we can continue to pay our Musician Partners.
Work With Us
Get involved as a Musician Partner who works directly with our older adult participants, as a Community Partner who connects us to older adults in more places, and as a Volunteer!
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Outreach Programs
Our interactive Outreach is delivered to older adult groups in recreational and care settings, including memory care, assisted living and independent living groups - intended to actively engage and entertain all participants. Contact us to schedule a program for your Community.
Frank Dycus Legacy
FREE Daytime Concert Series
Our Concerts feature talented bands and soloists at various accessible venues throughout the area. Concerts are scheduled during daytime hours on weekdays to allow everyone the opportunity to attend: independent older adults; groups from senior centers and senior communities; and groups with special needs transported by care-giving staff are all welcomed and celebrated.”
Live Performance Learning Labs
Learning Labs are multi-session, hands-on group instruction programs led by qualified teaching artists to help older adults learn to play an instrument, participate in a choral group or learn the creative process of songwriting. These are one-hour daytime classes usually scheduled in a 6-week series with instruments provided, if needed.
Intergenerational Programs
Our Intergenerational Programs bridge the gap between generations, offering a vibrant platform where youth and older adults come together to create and share music, fostering a harmonious community that values and learns from each generation’s unique experiences and talents.
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Learn more about our programs, our partners, and all that Music for Seniors has to offer.
A Note from Executive Director, Liz Kelly
Music for Seniors taps Opry legend Jeannie Seely as Honorary Chair for its inaugural “Lighting Up Lives” campaign
