Description
In partnership with the UCSD Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Villa Musica presents Musical Biographies™. This program is designed to bring together people with Alzheimer’s disease, their care-givers, and family in a unique multi-sensorial experience that centers around music and memory. Musical Biographies™ is a 6-week series of classes that provide small groups of older individuals living with Alzheimer’s (and their care givers) a platform for creating memory books inspired by a musical playlist. Participants will work with Villa Musica and UCSD staff, care givers, and extended family members to identify music that inspires memory: memory of an important occasion, an event, an era, and then design and decorate a personal biography that brings their musical choices to life.
For 2023, we will be hosting Musical Biographies™ at 3 different locations during the Spring and Fall. You can browse the options below and call / email Tracey, Bella, or Kaylee depending on which location and days work best for you. For more information about the Musical Biographies™ program, reach out to Tara Graviss White at tgraviss@villamusica.org.
Spring 2023
Where: Villa Musica
10373 Roselle Street, Suite 170
San Diego, CA 92121
When: April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18 (Thursdays), 10am – 12pm
Number of participants: 2 – 6 (pairs of participant / caregiver)
Fee: No Cost to Participate (donations welcome)
Learn More & Register by contacting Tracey Truscott at ttruscott@ucsd.edu or by calling (858) 822-4800
Where: Glenner Towne Square
2765 Main St
Chula Vista, CA 91911
When: April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24 (Wednesdays)
Number of participants: 2 – 6 (pairs of participant / caregiver)
Fee: No Cost to Participate (donations welcome)
Learn More & Register by contacting Bella Buenrrostro at bbuenrrostro@glenner.org or by calling (619) 864-7276
Where: Glenner Center Hillcrest (Little Blue House)
3686 Fourth Ave, Suite A
San Diego, CA 92103
When: April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23 (Tuesdays)
Number of participants: 2 – 6 (pairs of participant / caregiver)
Fee: No Cost to Participate (donations welcome)
Learn More & Register by contacting Kaylee Killebrew at kkillebrew@glenner.org or by calling (619) 543-4705
Fall 2023
Where: Villa Musica
10373 Roselle Street, Suite 170
San Diego, CA 92121
When: October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9 (Thursdays)
Number of participants: 2 – 6 (pairs of participant / caregiver)
Fee: No Cost to Participate (donations welcome)
Learn More & Register by contacting Tracey Truscott at ttruscott@ucsd.edu or calling (858) 822-4800
Where: Glenner Towne Square
2765 Main St
Chula Vista, CA 91911
When: October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8, 15 (Wednesdays)
Number of participants: 2 – 6 (pairs of participant / caregiver)
Fee: No Cost to Participate (donations welcome)
Learn More & Register by contacting Bella Buenrrostro at bbuenrrostro@glenner.org or by calling (619) 864-7276
Where: Glenner Center Hillcrest (Little Blue House)
3686 Fourth Ave, Suite A
San Diego, CA 92103
When: Oct 10, 17, 24, 31 November 7, 14 (Tuesdays)
Number of participants: 2 – 6 (pairs of participant / caregiver)
Fee: No Cost to Participate (donations welcome)
Learn More & Register by contacting Kaylee Killebrew at kkillebrew@glenner.org or by calling (619) 543-4705
Read more about the benefits of music therapy programs like Musical Biographies™ in this article by the San Diego Union Tribune.
