2022 has been a remarkable year for Music for Seniors. With a full return to in-person, live music programming, we have rebounded to be able to share live music with older adults across the 11 Tennessee counties we serve. Our programs are designed to reduce isolation and loneliness in our […]
Serving Older Adults through Music Making Outreach Our Music Making Outreach Sessions feature our selected Musician Partners facilitating and instructing groups of older adults to play percussive instruments and sing along to a few familiar favorite tunes from a variety of genres – without the worrying about their level
Serving Older Adults through Day Programs One of the many ways that Music for Seniors shares live music programs with older adults is through daytime programs sponsored by one of our Community Partners, such as the Sunny Day Club. The Sunny Day Club designs their programs to provide weekly
Outreach Programs Serving Our Veterans Upon arriving at Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro we are reminded of their mission: “Proudly Serving Those Who Served”. As Music for Seniors is invited to serve our veterans each week with our live music Outreach programs, we do so with gratitude and
Outreach Programs Serving Memory Care Communities Throughout our lives, music connects us and creates meaningful social and personal experiences, binding us together and helping shape who we are as people. Music brings our communities and families together at our happiest and most celebratory times and also during times
Charlie McCoy, Music for Seniors Volunteer, Virtuoso and Board Member Charlie McCoy is a beloved international treasure who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. A Grammy-winning session musician, harmonica virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist, Charlie is an elite member of the International Musicians Hall of Fame’s
We began our journey as FiftyForward Music for Seniors After her initial ah-Hah! moment, founder Sarah Martin McConnell was ready to launch her new idea. A colleague directed her to Janet Jernigan, Executive Director of Nashville’s premier senior services provider, FiftyForward. Janet’s enthusiasm for McConnell’s business plan catalyzed initial funding
Qualified Teaching Artists Lead Live Performance Learning Labs in Choral Arts, Harmonica, Percussion, Ukulele, Songwriting Our very first Learning Lab series – ever! – launched in spring 2017. It was an eight-week series in Beginning Ukulele, Choral Arts and Percussive Arts led by Musician Partners Todd Elgin and Anita Moffitt (ukes),
Music for Seniors and How it Supports the Creative Class In the summer of 2021, I received an email from Sarah Martin McConnell seeking help with the nonprofit she had founded, Music for Seniors. Sarah had dedicated 14 years of her life to its important mission and although she loved
The Music for Seniors FREE Daytime Concert Series Early in our organization’s history, we were having great success with our Outreach programs in recreational and care locations, but “I realized that was only a slice of our senior population,” says founder, Sarah Martin McConnell. “We needed additional programming to engage
