Some lovely press for the concert on May 13th. NPR’s Joe Shapiro did a lovely story on Weekend All Things Considered WUWM’s Lake Effect did a long interview with music. Bill Glauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel really captured the complexity of the project.
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Transforming Activities in Long Term Care
Posted in art, cultural phenom, disability, music, public education, tagged Activities, alzheimer's, david greenberger, dementia, HBO Alzheimer's Project, long term care, meaningful, memory loss, Think Tank on May 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Activities. The word makes me think of things people don’t really want to do, but are coaxed into. The word seems a cold categorization of things that keep us busy and not thinking about other things…things that we might not have anymore. I’m neck deep in thinking about “activities” now as I prepare for the [...]
Song from HBO Trailer
Posted in cultural phenom, disability, film, music, tagged HBO Alzheimer's song on April 20, 2009 |
I’m seeing lots of traffic of people looking for who sings the song on the trailer to the HBO series on Alzheimer’s. It’s Gary Jules. Here’s a youtube clip.
Radio Segment on Songwriting Works
Posted in music, tagged alzheimer's, creativity and aging, dementia, judith-kate friedman, music and dementia, songwriting on May 6, 2008 |
Judith-Kate Friedman came through Milwaukee in April to give a workshop on Songwriting Works at Luther Manor (UWM’s Center on Age & Community sponsored, along with the Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music). Friedman works with groups of people to catalyze the creation of an original song. She [...]
