Memory Care

I have performed piano for Memory Care patients since 2016. It’s been a very rewarding experience, and I feel joy in helping alzheimer’s and dementia patients to reconnect to some wonderful memories through Music.

Here is a list of music that I normally perform in the Memory Care units and Senior Living communities around San Diego. I tend to play the old time classics and traditional songs, since these are the songs that seem to make the biggest connection.

A more complete list of songs can be found here.

Traditional

A Bicycle Built For Two
And The Band Played On
By The Light of the Silvery Moon
Happy Days Are Here Again
I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
I’ve Been Working On The Railroad
In The Good Old Summertime
It’s A Small World
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
My Darling Clementine
My Wild Irish Rose
Oh Danny Boy
Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Traditional Country & Folk

Aloha Oe
Beer Barrel Polka
Clarinet Polka
Hey, Good Lookin’
Home On The Range
Jambalaya
Oh Susannah
Red River Valley
She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain
Tennessee Waltz
Tiny Bubbles
When The Saints Go Marching In
Yellow Rose of Texas
You Are My Sunshine

Standards and Movie Classics

All of Me
Always
Autumn Leaves
Besame Mucho
Black Orpheus
Charade
Cheek To Cheek
Edelweiss
Fly Me To The Moon
Hi Lili Hi Lo
I Love Paris
Mona Lisa
Moon River
My Favorite Things
New York, New York
Pennsylvania 6-5000
Que Sera Sera
(Somewhere) Over The Rainbow
The Entertainer
The Nearness of You
The Sound of Music
The Way You Look Tonight
Theme from Love Story
Theme from Ragtime
True Love
When You Wish Upon A Star

Patriotic

America The Beautiful
Battle Hymn of the Republic
God Bless America
I’m A Yankee Doodle Dandy
My Country Tis of Thee
Simple Gifts
Star Spangled Banner
Stars and Stripes Forever
This Land Is Your Land
You’re A Grand Old Flag

Armed Forces

And the Caissons Go Rolling Along
Anchors Away
Marine Corps Hymn
Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder

Classical

Beethoven – Pathetique Sonata, 2nd movement
Mozart – Sonata in C
Bach – Invention No. 1
Bach – Invention No. 7
Chopin – Waltz
Chopin – Nocturne in Eb
Beethoven – Fur Elise

Note: If you a request please use the contact form to send me a message.

Or leave a comment below and I’ll do my best to learn the song, if I don’t know it already.

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