We Bring the Music regular performers Parker and Haywood Giles.
Bringing talented musicians to grateful audiences will continue, through the kind support from our donors, including BAMA Works, Twice is Nice, Crutchfield, Better Living, Our Lady of Peace, The Lodge at Old Trail, and private contributors.
The May 16 Family Fun Day sponsored by Our Lady of Peace and We Bring the Music raised some great funds for We Bring the Music to continue their work of sending live music to facilities around Charlottesville. There were multiple live music acts, a Classic Car show, face painting and games for kids, and even fire spinners! See pictures at 2026 Family Fun Day.
Read about big We Bring the Music supporter Twice is Nice (and about We Bring the Music) in the recent Cville Right Now article Twice is Nice awards over $300,000 in grants to area nonprofits.
Upcoming events
October 2026
Thursday, October 1 10:15 Southern Albemarle Community Center
Elizabeth Marion
Friday, October 2 2:00 Linden House
Jazz 1,2,3
Friday, October 2 3:00 Green Acres Rehabilitation and Nursing
Rick & Noriko
Friday, October 2 3:00 Branchlands Senior Independent Living
Kim & Jimbo
Monday, October 5 10:15 Cecilia Epps Community Senior Center
Elizabeth Marion
Wednesday, October 7 12:30 Blue Ridge Respite
Kim & Jimbo
Wednesday, October 7 10:30 Cedars Healthcare Center
Brian Franke
Thursday, October 8 2:00 Lodge at Old Trail
Stan Hamrick
Friday, October 9 2:00 Monroe Health and Rehabilitation Center
Jazz Connection
Friday, October 9 2:00 Christopher Center
Jeffersonland Chorus
Saturday, October 10 2:30 English Meadows
Royce & Friends
Sunday, October 11 2:00 Albemarle Health & Rehabilitation
Haywood Giles
Wednesday, October 14 10:00 Betty Queen Louisa
Kim & Jimbo
Friday, October 16 2:00 Our Lady of Peace
Kim & Jimbo
Friday, October 16 10:30 InnovAge PACE
Eddie and Ayuko White
Monday, October 26 2:00 Martha Jefferson House
Stephanie Nakasian Trio
Tuesday, October 27 1:00 JABA Respite & Enrichment Centers
Rick and Noriko
Tuesday, October 27 11:00 JABA Mary Williams Community Senior Center
Pete & Ellen
Tuesday, October 27 3:00 The Estates of Charlottesville
Rick and Noriko
Tuesday, October 27 2:00 Spring Arbor
Pete & Ellen
“I’ve been performing for seniors since 2010. I’ve always booked my own gigs and performed solo. We Bring The Music helps me feel like I’m not alone or weird for my passion of working with seniors. There have been times where I’ve traveled long distances to perform and not been paid by nursing homes with tight budgets and fluctuating owners. With WBTM, I know I’m going to get paid which brings a great sense of pride and legitimacy to my work. I feel supported.”
— Liz Marion
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 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. A receipt will be sent to the email address that you provide with your donation.
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 about other jazz concerts in the Charlottesville area, see http://cvillejazz.org/ and click on the “Events in Town” link.
Nursing Homes Swing is supported by the following organizations:
