Drumming for Vitality

An interactive experience where residents move, play and sing together!

Drumming For Vitality

Drumming For Vitality is an interactive music and movement program that brings joy and expression to your residents. Our program uses four modalities of music enjoyment – singing, drumming, movement, and listening – to engage and uplift residents in a fun and supportive atmosphere.

No prior drumming or musical experience is necessary and all instruments are provided.

With over 40 successful partnerships with senior care facilities across Pennsylvania – including Memory Care, Personal Care, and Independent Living communities – we are confident that our program can bring vitality and enjoyment to your residents.

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No prior drumming or musical experience is necessary and all instruments are provided.

Methods That Work

Drumming for Vitality is interactive, that means that everyone gets to participate and benefit from the music making process.

During our interactive session residents experience music through four modalities:

Playing Music: call and response, music creation, free form, playing with their favorite songs
Movement: range of motion, moving with rhythm, mind/body connections
Singing: traditional songs, big band, rock and roll and more…
Listening: relaxing meditation sound and breathing awareness

Methods That Work

Drumming for Vitality is interactive, that means that everyone gets to participate and benefit from the music making process.

During our interactive session residents experience music through four modalities:

Playing Music: call and response, music creation, free form, playing with their favorite songs
Movement: range of motion, moving with rhythm, mind/body connections
Singing: traditional songs, big band, rock and roll and more…
Listening: relaxing meditation sound and breathing awareness

Results In Real Time

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Music Creation

Listening skills work with analytical left brain processes.
Creativity stimulates right brain activity.
Reacting to the changing music creates an in the moment experience that helps everyone stay focused and present.

Social Involvement

Group drumming stimulates feelings of connection to others through the release of oxytocin, dopamine and serotonin.
Creating music to a shared pulse is a collaborative effort. Everyone is contributing and providing something unique.
Singing and playing music in a group is highly engaging and activates many parts of the brain.
Music helps reduce stress levels in participants thus making them more open to share memories and emotions.

Feeling The Music

Drumming creates vibration that can be felt so even participants with hearing and visual impairments can be involved.
Body movement along to the music is motivational exercise.
You don’t have to learn special techniques to get started drumming right now.
Drumming involves many muscle groups in the body. Stimulating range of motion, blood flow, oxygen intake and cardiovascular health.
Music can evoke memories that help lift peoples spirits.

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Benefits That Science Reveals

√ Building Resilience to Dementia and Alzheimers

√ Improves Short and Long Term Memory Recall

√ Stimulates Blood Flow Through Rhythmic Movement

√ Encourages Communication and Social Interaction

In a randomized controlled pilot study it was found that group music with rhythmic exercises may help cognitive function and mental health.

As a non-invasive and non-pharmacological alternative music addresses a number of psychological symptoms among older adults.

This study found that when using music that the residents grew up with it appeared to be more effective to improve their cognitive function and mental health.

“I just wanted to express my appreciation for the magic you created on the memory floor this afternoon.
I come to visit my sister and take her for a walk every day so I know that the residents are usually sitting around sleeping or staring into space or slowly wandering around. I have never seen more residents participating in an activity and I have never seen so much enthusiasm or so many smiles. You brought true joy into lives that have so little. You have a gift for what you do and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the happiness and movement you gave my sister and the others.”
Sincerely
Barbara R

“Everyone was talking about the drum circle yesterday and this morning a few staff were still commenting on how it was a great time. It was amazing to see so many of our residents participating. It really was great fun!I think it’s great that you are up for trying new things. I love the movement with the boom whackers with the left ,, center,, right…. Your solo was great and it allowed for a little rest and the closing was great with the surf of the ocean. Everyone enjoys following your rhythm and it is a good challenge (even for me)-lots of good things for sure!”

Dana Gregg | Therapeutic Recreation Director | The Village at Penn State

“The residents have been so complimentary of the drumming program from yesterday. One of the newer residents who attended for the first time said it made her feel better than any medicine!”

Donna Canovali| Engage Life Director | Atria McCandless

What You Get

Totally Interactive Experience

◊ Everyone gets their own drum or instrument to play

◊ Hands on engagement for the whole session

◊ Playing music by their favorite artists

Engaging, Enthusiastic and Professional Facilitator

◊ Professional Music Educator since 2009

◊ Drum Circle Facilitator since 2017

◊ Drum Circle Facilitators Guild member since 2022

◊ Berklee College of Music graduate (2009)

◊ Jim Donovan Drum Circle Leadership Training Certificate (2017)

◊ Village Music Circles Facilitators Intensive 6-Day Training (2023)

◊ 1000+ Drum circles facilitated

◊ Read Full Bio

Custom Tailored Programming

◊ Sessions are designed for THE RESIDENTS involved

◊ Residents can request songs

◊ Matt works with activity directors to insure that programming is working

All programs come with a full 100% money back guarantee if you are not completely satisfied with the experience.

Matt is a member of the Drum Circle Facilitators Guild which is a professional association of drum circle facilitators dedicated to serving communities through rhythm-based events designed to heal, empower and unite diverse populations. The Guild is dedicated to professionalism in the field of drum circle facilitation.

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