Senior living and memory care

Live music for senior living communities, on a weekday afternoon.

Any activity director can tell you how much a song like Autumn Leaves can brighten an afternoon in the common area. We can bring a solo musician or a duo to your assisted living community, memory care neighborhood or senior center to play the standards and songs from the sixties and seventies. They’ll take requests, too, and you can book one date or a standing weekday afternoon.

We play all kinds of daytime events, and we’d love to help with yours.

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Watch a jazz duo and a solo guitarist play

Here’s Autumn Leaves two ways. The first clip is upright bass and guitar, and the second is one guitar.

Senior living entertainment

What does a live music visit look like?

We’ll play in your common area, with songs from the decades your residents know.

Song list: We’ll play the standards and the Great American Songbook, including Autumn Leaves, All of Me and The Girl from Ipanema. The duo plays them without a singer so anyone can sing along, and a singer with a guitar can bring the words to the Beatles, Motown, folk and country songs the residents grew up with. In December, ask about the Christmas jazz trio.
A sing-along: If you’d like your residents singing, book Your Bird Can Sing, two musicians who play the Beatles and invite everyone to join in on the choruses.
The volume: We’ll keep the music about as loud as a conversation. Residents at the back can hear the melody while those at the front can still talk, and the musicians adjust to the space, so in a small lounge the guitar can play with no amplification at all.
Memory care: For memory care, we’d suggest a shorter, quieter set for a smaller group. The musicians sit closer to the residents and lean on the songs they’re most likely to know, like the standards, a hymn or two and songs from the fifties and sixties, and they follow the residents’ lead on requests and on when to wrap up.

Who plays it

Choosing live entertainment for your residents

Upright bass and guitar

We usually recommend the jazz duo first for a common area. Upright bass and guitar have a warm sound that suits the standards, and two musicians are easy to hear from across the space. It’s a good size for a dining hall or a small lounge.

One singer, one guitar

Our singer and guitarist is a great choice when your residents want to hear the words, and can mix in the standards, too.

Solo guitar, or solo piano

A solo guitarist can play instrumental standards and Spanish-tinged pieces for a smaller group or a memory care neighborhood. If you have a piano in the common area, a pianist can play standards and familiar songs on it, and can sing, too, if you’d like.

If your residents ask for a song the musicians don’t already play, let us know and we can usually learn it.

Booking it

Book one visit or a regular weekday afternoon

Tell us what afternoon you have in mind, how often you’d like a visit and what you have in your budget for live music, and we’ll suggest an act and send you the costs. You can also book a single visit for a resident’s milestone birthday, a Mother’s Day tea, a summer barbecue or a holiday open house for families. If a family event grows into a party, learn more about our private parties.

Your facilities manager can find space and power details on our technical page.

Questions

Live music FAQs for activity directors

Do you play at assisted living and memory care communities?

Yes, all across Denver and the Front Range, and we play independent living communities, too.

Is this music therapy?

No. It’s a live performance for your residents. A board-certified music therapist has a clinical purpose, and that’s a different service.

Can we book a standing monthly date?

Yes. We can play the same weekday afternoon every month or every other week, with a single point of contact for the whole run. We’ll change up the song list from visit to visit, so your residents hear new songs along with the ones they keep asking for.

How long is a visit, and what does the space need?

A visit is usually one set of 45 to 60 minutes, or two shorter sets with a break. A duo needs about 8 by 6 feet of floor space and a solo musician needs about 6 by 4, with one outlet. Setup usually takes 45 minutes to an hour before the program, and packing up takes about half an hour. The musicians will use whichever door you prefer.

Can you provide a certificate of insurance?

Yes, and we can name the community as additional insured. Just tell us which forms your business office needs.

Let’s find the right music for your residents.

We’d love to play for your community, so just send us a date.

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