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Senior Care & Hospitals Nature and music are intimately Outdoor musical instruments are Parks & Trails
connected and combining the
perfect for parks, trails and recreation
therapeutic effects of being outdoors, areas. Fully inclusive, accessible and Everyone is impressed
along with the healing energy of music, multi-generational, our instruments “
can help to fuel the senses and become a make music-making possible for would with the instruments, their
welcome addition to the daily routine for be musicians of any age or ability. build quality and sound.
The musical instruments are seniors living in a care environment. ”
“
a great success! They have Constructed from durable, easily
Our instruments provide opportunities cared-for materials, the instruments Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Indiana
encouraged the residents outside, for music-making for all adults are low maintenance and require no

to take longer walks, laugh, talk regardless of musical experience and safer surfacing. Whether in a small town
and socialize. ” active music-making can be such a or mega-city, they make original,
unusual additions to any number
rewarding experience.
Aldersro Elder Centre, Director of public outdoor spaces.
Playing music together creates a new
and different way of communicating. Our case studies, white
It can help enhance sociability and papers and testimonials
create opportunities to forge and retain all confirm the benefits
relationships. Music can also be effective that music can bring to a
in helping people connect across community and how outdoor
generational barriers. Intergenerational musical instruments in a park or
music-making with family members, open space provide opportunities to
other residents, visitors or carers access music-making to people who
will encourage fun and/or calming may not otherwise be able to.
interactions between the ages.
Musical instruments in outdoor
Music for the young and young at heart! community spaces engage people of
all ages, cultures, and abilities. Music-
making in the great outdoors brings
people together in a way that few
other activities can.