SONGWRITING WORKS 2010-11
WORK SAMPLES:
1. AUDIO
a. SONG: "I'm 100 Years Old" (3:20)
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b. SONG: "Love Everlasting" (3:46)
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c. National Public Radio's Lake Effect,
SW Workshop/Training, Luther Manor,
Milwaukee, WI, 2008 Listen here. (Story #3)
d. Island on a Hill, debut CD by Singers & Songwriters of the Jewish Home, average age 87; cdbaby.com
2. RESEARCH and PRINT Publication:
a. Theresa Allison, MD, M. Music,
book chapter (pdf),
in the Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology, 2008
b. Theresa Allison, MD, M. Music, poster (ppt), GSA conf, 2007
c. Freeing the Voice Within: The Healing Art of Songwriting with Elders Diagnosed with Dementia," Judith-Kate Friedman, article, Signpost Journal NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK, 2004 (pdf)
d. Songwriting Works on the Olympic Peninsula. Nov 11, 2009 concert program booklet (pdf) and 2009 NEA annual report (pdf).
3. SW in the NEWS
a. "Peninsula Seniors' Stories to be told in song" on Veteran's Day, Peninsula Daily News, 2009
b. "Winning Mind Workouts" MetLife MindAlert Awards, Dow Jones' MarketWatch, 2007
4. RELATED RESEARCH, STATISTICS:
~ Dr. Gene Cohen, M.D, Creative Aging study (pdf), 2006
~ "Creativity Matters" Americans for the Arts Monograph, 2008
5. VIDEO
a. Demo Reel (TRT 9:20)
Five video clips of SW in assisted living and skilled nursing settings and in a festival performance with testimonials by participants and guest artist dance pioneer Anna Halprin.
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b. Documentary Film
• "A 'Specially Wonderful Affair,"
Nathan Friedkin's award-winning film about elder songwriters recording their debut CD at San Francisco's Jewish Home during the week of 9/11/2001.
http://fdigital.net/
Click on documentary tab;
then click ‘Specially Wonderful Affair on sidebar to left. (TRT 3:04)
• To view the film in its entirety (TRT 30 mins), click here: http://www.swa.blip.tv/#204103
• Read the SF Chronicle article (link).
c. Conference Performance
"Let the Fire Fall" composed by elders diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease performed as the finale of the 2004 ASA/NCOA joint conference
opening plenary session. Accompanying musicians Edie Hartshorne, Billy Cauley, Doug von Koss, Luisah Teish et.al
Slides from the Yosemite National Park archive.