CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

DECEMBER 8 & 9, 2011: Postive Aging Conference: Advocacy Leadership for Positive Aging - Life Planning in the 21st Century. Judith-Kate Friedman joins panelists Jan Hively, Peter Whitehouse, Mary Radu, Ramsey Alwin, Connie Corley (12/8 morning); Soul-Life, Persistent Creativity and Aging in Style: A Conversation about the Handmade Life and Staying Fully Alive with Cath Mich and Judith-Kate Friedman. (12/8 afternoon); Judith-Kate Friedman in musical collaboration with John Fitzgerald, et.al (12/9 morning).

 

NOVEMBER 6, 2011: Songwriting Works' 1st Annual Community Songfest

at the NorthWest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., Port Townsend, WA 3-6pm

 

NOVEMBER 5, 2011: An Evening with Songwriting Works at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E Lauridsen, Port Angeles, WA, 7pm. more info.

 

AUGUST 2011: Songwriting Works' Community Music Teams launch as part of Washington Health Foundation Rural Health "Music for Wellness" Initiative.

 

JUNE 1 and 2, 2011: Inaugural Conference: Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. Judith-Kate Friedman sings at pre-conference & opens for keynote.

 

APRIL and MAY 2011 on the Olympic Peninsula:

See SONGWRITING WORKS' MUSIC FOR WELLNESS FOCUS GROUP EVENTS See WEBPAGE:Port Townsend, Quilcene, Brinnon, Chimacum, Sequim, Port Angeles.

APRIL 26th, 2011: Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Caregiving Legacy Award - Awardee Presentations at the Aging in America Conference. Songwriting Works will receive the award in the category of Creative Expression. 10am San Francisco Hilton, Union Square 9 (Tower 3)
GILBERT AWARD RECEPTION & CELEBRATION 5:30pm Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street at O'Farrell, San Francisco Union Square. Short performance by Songwriting Works participants: Singers & Songwriters of the Jewish Home San Francisco with Judith-Kate Friedman. No host dinner to follow.
Read the INVITATION.

Creativity Matters Symposium : Health, Wellness and the Arts, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Yerba Buena Lane between Market and Mission Streets, San Francisco, 8am to 4pm. Judith-Kate Friedman presents in the afternoon sessions. Speakers include Susan Perlstein, founder emeritus of the National Center for Creativie Aging and Elders Share the Arts; Stu Kandell, founder of Stagebridge Theater; Maria Genne, director of Kairos Dance Theatre; Michael Patterson of MindRAMP, LLC. Info: creativeaging.org

 

April 15, 2011: Person-Centered Arts, Theatre and Music: Three International Perspectives. Panelists Judith-Kate Friedman (musician, founder Songwriting Works Educational Foundation, US) David Barnet (theatre artists, founder GeriActors & Friends, CAN) and Julie Gross McAdam (M.A.C. Arts, Australia) present. SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS IN HEALTHCARE Annual Conference, hosted by Stanord University Hospital and Clinics, Burlingame, CA thesah.org

 

Jan 12, 2011:
Nat'l Center for Creative Aging Webinar on Creative Engagement with Older Adults and the "Creativity Matters" toolkit. Presenters: Judith-Kate Friedman, founder and director of Songwriting Works™ and Susan Perlstein, founder emeritus of the National Center for Creativie Aging and Elders Share the Arts. 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern. Registration, info: creativeaging.org

 

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More concerts and programs are added ongoingly. Please watch for updates.
Or contact us.

 

Billy Cauley and Judith-Kate Friedman open the 2nd Art of Aging festival, Berkeley, CA
photo by Stu Kandell

 

Jewish Home Singers & Songwriters at the 1st Art of Aging festival, San Francisco, CA
photo by Gary Wagner