Healing Through Guitars

"Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch."

-Debasish Mridha, M.D.

Join Healing Through Guitars where kindness is the good kind of contagious!

Burlingame Villa

Set List:

1. Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
2. Surfin' U.S.A. - Beach Boys
3. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
4. Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
5. Lola - Kinks
6. Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
7. I'll Be There for You - The Rembrandts
8. All My Loving - The Beatles
9. Take a Chance on Me - ABBA
10. Imagine - John Lennon
11. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews
12. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
13. Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
14. Can't Help Falling in Love with You - Elvis Presley
15. A Spoon Full of Sugar - Julie Andrews

16. Can Can-Jacques Offenbach
17. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
18. Lips are Sealed - GoGos
19. California Girls - Beach Boys
20. Dancing Queen - ABBA
21. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
22. Every Breath You Take - Police
23. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
24. Let it Be - The Beatles
25. Shake it Off - Taylor Swift
26. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
27. Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
28. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Franki Valli
29. True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
30. Malagueña-Ernesto Lecuona

"Malaguena"

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"

"Country Roads"

Schedule a Visit or Volunteer

Contact below to schedule a visit to a senior home or residence or join us in volunteering, it's a lot of fun! All instruments welcome.

Availability :

Wednesdays 5-8

Saturdays 8-3

Sundays 12-4

Cities: San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, San Mateo, Belmont and Redwood City

Power of Music

Exciting new research shows that music has the power to heal. Music therapy is now being used to treat asthma, Alzheimer's disease, depression and other illnesses. Music also helps reduce stress and anxiety. In fact, live music is being used in some oncology waiting rooms as a way to create a calming environment for patients.

https://www.pbs.org/video/njtvnews-music-helps-bring-back-memories-elders-dementia/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/well/music-therapy-treatment-stress.html

Expansion Update

Healing Through Guitars is looking to expand its reach. Caroline presented a proposal to the Burlingame City Council encouraging the City to use its existing communication channels to connect volunteer musicians with local senior care communities.

The proposal recommends:

Adding a volunteer musician page to the Burlingame Parks & Recreation website listing senior communities that welcome live music volunteers.
Promoting these volunteer opportunities through the City's newsletter, Gazette, and social media channels.
Working with the Parks & Recreation Department to make volunteer music a lasting part of the City's senior outreach efforts.

The proposal requires no new funding or staff, only better awareness and coordination. By making it easier for musicians to find places to volunteer, Healing Through Guitars hopes to inspire more performances and bring the healing power of live music to even more seniors throughout the community.

831/26 We are working with Burlingame Parks and Recreation to modify the outreach plans to fit the new city

city guidelines. The goal is to have the plan implemented before December so musicians can fill the senior communities with holiday music.