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The Mission

Sound Affects music programming connects professional musicians with underserved adults living in care facilities or at home. Through live performance, one-on-one residencies, and advocacy, Sound Affects meets the needs of those who are prone to isolation and who cannot access public music in the ways that they wish.
Sound Affects is an evolving platform for both underserved adults and musicians to use music to engage in their larger community and to experience mutual and lifelong esteem.

 

The Values

QUALITY

All people should have access to great music made by great musicians

QUANTITY

All people should be able to hear and see music as often as they want to

 

VARIETY

Experiencing different kinds of music through different avenues improves wellbeing

PERSONALIZATION

People are individuals with individual histories and the ways in which we enjoy music are unique

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Sound Affects is A GRASSROOTS EFFORT! Professional musicians, care facility residents, senior living staff, community partners, volunteers, and donors all are crucial members of the project.

Learn more about the different ways that people become involved in Sound Affects and which might be a good fit for you.

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The Programs

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Performances for RESIDENTS
IN care communities

We book contemporary bands and musical acts and will bring the show into any care facility setting

 

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ONE-ON-ONE personalized Artist Residencies

Sound Affects has created a way for musicians to connect on a more personal level as artists-in-residence

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Sound Affects has a four pronged approach to brInging music to facility-based AND HOME-BASED OLDER ADULTS

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Music Supplies and
WISHLISTS Project

Sometimes helping residents access a world of music is as simple as giving the gift of a pair of headphones

 

4

LONG TIME LISTENER
Podcast PROJECT

The podcast giving older adults a platform to tell their musical stories and more

COMING SOON

“The interview for me has engaged me to think about music and my autobiography of music that I haven’t looked at with the same specificity as you’re encouraging and I thank you for that.”


LONG TIME Listener

The Podcast

Check back soon for Season 1 of Long Time Listener, a podcast that features the stories of music lovers paired with the recordings their love of music has inspired

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May 2019

“I can tell that when you come to the Park Regency assisted living facility, you feel connected - Music is the joy of a lot of people here and your program seems able to plug into that and give it life. We really enjoy your being here.”

Paul Hume/Park Regency Assisted Living

 
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What’s New with Sound Affects?

 

Executive Director, Hanna Doreen Brown, talks about Sound Affects programs and music for underserved populations on On The One podcast:

Sound Affects’ YOUTUBE SERIES:

tips for using music to connect with the older adults in your life


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Get Involved

Sound Affects is a budding not-for-profit project and there are many ways to get involved:

Be a Sound affects musician

Share your music and spread your reach in a special way

be a sound affects facility

Bring more music to the community where you work, live, or visit

be a sound affects supporter

Join the Sound Affects team as an advocate or a community partner

 


Special thanks to
Partnership For Age-Friendly Communities
for helping Sound Affects bring musical joy to our older residents

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Funded in part by the Larimer County Department of Human Services Office on Aging, Sound Affects is grateful to its donors!

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