When cellist Biana Kovic taught at a summer music workshop in northern Maine in her 20s, she encountered a man in his 80s who had traveled from Boston to study the cello with her. He had made the drive alone. She asked him what motivated him to get in a car by himself and drive more than …

Music therapy, a field in which specially trained therapists use music to educate and heal, is growing  in health care, oncology, and in geriatric settings, particularly with Alzheimer’s patients.
This is good news for two reasons: we and our loved ones can benefit from music therapy as clients and patients – and – the late-life job seekers among us can investigate the field …

Say you’ve always dreamed of playing in an orchestra – but you’re 55 and don’t play a musical instrument? Well, this is one dream that can come true. If you were to start violin lessons today, you’d be accepted into the New York Late Starters String Orchestra in one year  – with no audition.
The New …

Denise Graveline is president of don’t get caught, a communications consultancy in Washington D.C., and a musician-in-waiting. 
Professionally, Denise has worked as a journalist and as a communications executive for the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American Chemical Society; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She’s pretty much done everything there …

Today I received my September/October issue of the AARP magazine. I’m an “associate” member of AARP, as I’m not yet old enough for full membership (that happens next year…).
I’m the woman at the hair salon who flips through the AARP magazine instead of Vogue.
The AARP magazine was called “Modern Maturity” until 2002, when it switched …

There are few things in life that offer more rewards than music. Unlike many forms of sports, music has no age restrictions at all. It is not competitive. It is creative, interesting and challenging. The health benefits both physically and psychologically have been understood by researchers for many years but I’m not so sure that the …