Larry Bisquiaier, Dave Drubin, Haywood Giles, and Andre LaVelle playing at Charlottesville Health and Rehab.
Bringing talented musicians to grateful audiences will continue, through the kind support from our donors, including BAMA Works, Twice is Nice, Crutchfield, Better Living, OLOP, The Lodge at Old Trail, and private contributors.
SPECIAL SCAM ALERT FOR WE BRING THE MUSIC MUSICIANS: Several musicians mentioned on this website have been approached by someone calling himself "Bruce Gilbert" who wanted to hire people to play at his wedding. The complicated payment details include some people being overpaid and this being fixed by the contacted musicians Venmoing the balance to someone as they wait for their own check. Some musicians have not heard back after requesting more details, so if your receive a similar request (possibly using a name different from “Bruce Gilbert” be aware that this may be a scam.
Upcoming events
May 2024
Wednesday, May 1 Cedars Healthcare Center
10:45 Joe Tucker
Friday, May 3 Branchlands Senior Independent Living
3:00 Pete and Ellen Vigour
Wednesday, May 8 Lodge at Old Trail
3:00 Jazz Connection
Thursday, May 9 The Blake at Charlottesville
3:00 Kim and Jimbo
Friday, May 10 Monroe House
2:00 Stan Hamrick
Friday, May 10 Christopher Center
2:00 Jazz 1,2,3
Saturday, May 11 English Meadows
2:30 Joe Tucker
Sunday, May 12 Albemarle Health & Rehabilitation
2:00 Ken Matthews
Tuesday, May 14 Betty Queen Louisa
11:30 Kim and Jimbo
Friday, May 17 Our Lady of Peace
2:00 Redds
Friday, May 24 Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Edge
2:00 Dick O Trio...
Tuesday, May 28 JABA Respite & Enrichment Centers
1:00 Paulien Trio
Tuesday, May 28 Morningside of Charlottesville
3:00 Steve Brcker Quartet
Tuesday, May 28 Rosewood Greenbrier
2:00 Kim and Jimbo
Thursday, May 30 JABA Mary Williams Community Senior Center
11:00 Paulien Trio
Our Fundraiser on July 15th was very fun and very successful! A million thanks to the musicians who participated and to Our Lady of Peace for hosting. See pictures at Scenes from our 2023 fundraiser.
As of February 1, 2023, we have changed our name from Nursing Homes Swing to We Bring the Music. Read more about this on our Newsletter page.
Your purchases at Kroger can now help We Bring the Music bring more live music to more nursing homes! See webringthemusic.org/kroger for more details.
We Bring the Music recently received generous grants from Twice is Nice, The Bama Works Fund, Charlottesville's Church of Our Saviour, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and several other donors through the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation.
Take a look: at the videos that we have uploaded to the Performance Videos page. They will give you a good idea what a We Bring the Music event is like.
See this gallery for pictures from our successful benefit at Cville Coffee in 2019.
Also take a look at Music and Memory, a non-profit organization that brings personalized music into the lives of the elderly or infirm through digital music technology, vastly improving quality of life. They're doing great work that has a lot in common with We Bring the Music.
We hope that you will consider giving some of your time to We Bring the Music and enjoy the live music at the same time that you help others to do so. The small staff of people who arrange the We Bring the Music performances could use some help making these concerts go smoothly. If you can show up a little early to one or two of the performances each month, check with the nursing home's activity director to ensure that the residents know about and attend the concert, and take a head count, you can then sit with the residents to enjoy the music knowing that your efforts made it all the more enjoyable for the residents, the staff, and the musicians. Contact us for more information about volunteering.
Musicians: Update or include your information for the Musician Listings. We send periodic reminders to the activities directors of the nursing homes that musicians are listed on our website so that they can contact them directly when they need music for additional events. Fees are negotiated directly with the musicians. This has worked well for some of the musicians with several events being arranged in the past few months. We look forward to the list being a good resource for other venues—restaurants, wineries, etc.—as soon as we get the word out. If you want to send your information, we'll be happy to post it to the site.
Your tax-deductible donation to We Bring the Music will help us pay the musicians who bring their talents to brighten the lives of care facility residents.
Upcoming Events
We look forward to scheduling new events when the coronavirus threat is no longer an issue to plan around for the population in general and for nursing home residents in particular.
You are welcome to join us at any event to find out just what We Bring the Music is all about. Just let us know ahead of time (434-973-3956) so that we can inform the residence.
If you would like to know what else is happening this month in our area, take a look at http://cvillejazz.org/ and click on the “Events in Town” link.
Nursing Homes Swing is supported by the following organizations:
