John Yang of PBS interviews Music for Seniors participants and learns how the group connects people through live music – and how measuring its effects, with the help of Vanderbilt University researchers, may benefit all of us.
Music for Seniors Knoxville launches as the organization’s inaugural chapter, with Carol Shane as Program Coordinator. You can read more about Carol here.
Our first chapter, Music for Seniors Knoxville, launched on August 20, 2019 with an inaugural concert at the Knoxville Museum of Art. We also welcomed Carole Zinavage Shane as our Knoxville Program Coordinator. You can read more about Carol here.
by Mary Hance (Ms. Cheap) , Tennessean 10.03.18 Music for Seniors Founder Sarah Martin McConnell received the first ever “audience wild card” WeWork Creator Award from Ashton Kutcher and WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann. The award allows the organization to expand, first to Knoxville, Tennessee. See the full article here
Sarah Martin McConnell jumps into action and wins the first ever “audience wild card” WeWork Creator Achievement Award onstage with Ashton Kutcher and WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann.
Watch Music for Seniors Founder Sarah Martin McConnell vie for the first ever “audience wild card” WeWork Creator Achievement Award from Ashton Kutcher and WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann.
Musician Partner Kyshona Armstrong facilitates an Outreach program with Hadley Park Senior Group with comments by a senior participant. Sarah Martin McConnell speaks about the organization, its mission and the impact of its services.
by Nina Kraus, PhD, and Travis White-Schwoch This short article addresses the benefit of musical training – even later in life. There is still a potential for aging brains to benefit from making music. In addition, “There is emotional satisfaction that comes from engaging in music, and using a group
What Have We Learned From Music? by Nina Kraus and Travis White-Schwoch New studies have shown the positive effects of community music training. Music making encourages an active and repeated engagement with sound that helps the brain process speech. It facilitates “sound-to-meaning connections.… Specifically, preschoolers and older adults engaged in
Matt Bridges, Music for Seniors’ Program Director, Middle and East Tennessee, facilitates an interactive percussion session with narrative by Sarah Martin McConnell; Vanderbilt’s Blair Children’s Chorus Choral perform a public concert at Rutland Place Senior Living Community.
