Music – Virtual Programs

Music Memory Care is a live, online and on-demand workshop program that features Shannon Wallace, CDP, CDC  interacting/singing with participants who then experience full-body movement exercises, memory and hand-eye coordination games, problem-solving games (mathematics, geography, history), humor and interactivity, reflective conversation, all set to music/rhythm. Cost for individuals is $19.97/month and includes one/ weekly live workshop with me, and 24/7 on-demand video library access.

Giving Voice initiative inspires and equips organizations to help people with Alzheimer’s and their care partners live better lives through singing together.

Giving Voice provides tools to help launch a chorus as well as guidance in how to sustain a chorus in a community. They offer a free toolkit, based upon extensive learning and first-hand experiences operating choruses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

MUSIC & MEMORY provides education for individuals with a wide range of cognitive and physical challenges to through the use of personalized music. They train care professionals how to set up personalized music playlists for those in their care. Their online certification trainings comes with a fee.

MMM creates musical support groups for patients with Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and PTSD. Although the bands usually meet in person, they now offer free thrice weekly Zoom sessions which are led by a board-certified music therapist, and feature a mix of sing-alongs, solos and guest performers.

Music Therapy at home offers services that are online, in the comfort of the client’s home, assisted living or memory care community when most convenient for the client. Their online telehealth music therapy sessions have different fees.

Playlist for Life is creating a personalized playlist that caters to a person’s interests. Their paid online courses are for individuals working in helping people living with dementia with their playlist journey – from finding tunes to using music effectively and incorporating a playlist into a daily routine.

The Joy of Creative Engagement for Caregivers is a free program to caregivers of senior citizens with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Through donations and grants to Stories Love Music, the caregivers receive a free program that focuses on: How to treat their burnout and stress, How to apply creative tools to their caregiving day. The program blends music and storytelling, sparking the imagination and bringing us more fully into the present moment.

This program is an individualized virtual music therapy session for those living with the dementia. They use musical and the therapeutic relationship to enhance the lives of people, through active music making, conversation, visualization and community building. This is a paid service.