MacPhail Music for Life™ is an interactive music education and creative arts program for adults 55+. Through our community partnership program, our trained teaching artists come to your site delivering a program that is tailor-made for the older adults you work with.
Classes include a variety of musical activities and adult music lessons, such as: singing, playing instruments, movement, composition, learning music history, and much more.
Experiential and sequential teaching creates an environment that promotes wellness, artistic growth, engagement, community, and self-expression. MacPhail Music for Life™ classes are tailored to all Care Levels: Adult Day, Assisted Living, Independent Living, Intergenerational Programming, Memory Care, and Skilled Nursing.
Classes include:
MUSIC FOR LIFE classes provide innovative, life-long learning music experiences. Structured around a musical concept and goal, activities include interactive singing, movement and music history activities.
SING FOR LIFE offers a choral format that focuses on the development of vocal technique, breathing, choral blend, and artistry with attention given to the aging voice. Singers contribute to the choice of repertoire and involvement in community presentations.
MACPHAIL HOUR: Led by MacPhail teaching artists, the hourlong concert/lecture series provides educational experiences celebrating music in its social, historic, and cultural contexts (classical, popular, jazz, and folk music) and teaching related to the composer, instrument or genre.
UPWRAPPING MUSIC: These music appreciation classes examine topics of music history. Teaching artists use lecture, video, audio, and live performance to teach about composers, performers, musical styles or genres and their significance and impact.
BODY, VOICE, SPIRIT integrates sound-making and gentle stretching to release tension and free the body and mind. Teaching artists combine techniques by theater artists and yoga practitioners in this joy-filled class.
MUSIC & MINDFULLNESS increases awareness of the present moment, while acknowledging one’s feelings, thoughts, and body through music. A board-certified music therapist leads self-care, meditation, relaxation, and deep breathing. Songwriting, music making, guided imagery, and music-based mindfulness help participants to forge a deeper connection with oneself while managing stress and anxiety.