Press Release – Rob Jack Announced as Interim Executive Director
Community Leader Rob Jack Appointed as Interim Executive Director for Tennessee Nonprofit Music For Seniors Check out the full press release
Special feature: How Music for Seniors came to be
This is an article featured in the Forward FOCUS Summer 2021 publication by FiftyForward Telling Our Stories By Sarah Martin McConnell “Sarah, you have to come get mother” said Priscilla my sister when we finally connected after hours of dead phone my lines. Hurricane Katrina had just pummeled the Mississippi Gulf Coast. There was no power, no water, and four families were holed up in the mother 96-degree heat of [...]
Joy, Laughter – and Music are the Best Medicine
Here's a wonderful feature story highlighting Music for Seniors' work! Joy, Laughter - and Music - are the Best Medicine for Area Seniors appears prominently in the 2019 Report to the Community from Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, published November, 2020. We are grateful to be a recipient of funding from The Hunter Armistead Fund to Inspire Joy and Laughter and we are honored by the recognition from CFMT. Music for Seniors Program Report 2020 immediately follows CFMT's feature. This Report [...]
TEDx Nashville invites McConnell to present a TED Talk on December 6 (17:18)
Sarah Martin McConnell engages her TEDx audience in a sing-along to demonstrate how live music benefits us all. She shares her personal journey which led her to found Music for Seniors in 2007, along with music making research highlights involving brain plasticity – including how making music trains the ear to help us separate speech from background noise, especially later in life.
PBS News Hour Feature!
by John Yang and Leah Nagy John Yang of PBS interviewsMusic 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. See the PBS News Hour segment here
Music for Seniors Offers Live Music, Free Concerts
by Mary Hance (Ms. Cheap) , Tennessean 08.01.14 After seeing how live music transformed seniors in a residents’ community, the author is happy to learn Music for Seniors has grown to offer free public daytime concerts. Read the article in the Tennessean here
Best of Nashville 2019
Photo: Daniel Meigs By Margaret Littman, Nashville Scene, October 2019 Music for Seniors’ Founder and Executive Director, Sarah Martin McConnell, has been recognized as Best Nonprofit Mover and Shaker. Congratulations, Sarah! Read the article in the Nashville SCENE here
NewsChannel 5 Feature on Music for Seniors
Watch this NewsChannel 5 Feature on Music for Seniors.
Research Partnership with Vanderbilt University
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence and Music for Seniors partner to design a research study of Music for Seniors’ Outreach programs for evidence-based outcomes.
Nashville’s Music for Seniors to Launch in Knoxville, Chicago
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
Active Participation in Music Makes Big Difference for Seniors
by Mary Hance (Ms. Cheap) , Tennessean 03.13.17 After learning about how interactive music fosters “brain gain,” Music for Seniors added a new program – live performance Learning Labs offering group lessons in various musical instruments. Read the article in the Tennessean here
How Music Helps Seniors’ Brain Health
by Sarah Martin McConnell , Tennessean 03.12.17 Auditory neuroscientist Dr. Nina Kraus of Northwestern University has conducted cutting-edge research about how to keep our brains nimble – and music making tops the list. Read the article in the Tennessean here
How music helps seniors’ brain health
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Opinion: What better place is there for seniors to live more musically than in Music City, USA? Sarah Martin McConnell is the founder and current Executive Director of Music for Seniors. Have you always wanted to play an instrument or sing with a group? Well, do not delay! It turns out that active engagement in music making tops the list for enduring benefits for your brain's health. When [...]