Tune In.
Touch Hearts.

Music Share for Seniors helps unlock cherished memories – one playlist at a time.

We are a charitable organization dedicated to helping seniors overcome social isolation through music-based experiences, heartfelt conversations and vital companionship.

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2025 By the Numbers

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Engaged Facilitators

Our compassionate volunteers lend their time to provide seniors with music and connection, making every interaction meaningful and cherished.

Become a volunteer today, and give the gift of connection and song!

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Sessions Facilitated

Through each personalized music session, we strive to ensure our participants feel heard, valued, and connected.

Bring our program to your community, to help foster meaningful connections between your co-residents.

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Hours of Programming

Through this heartfelt service, Music Share for Seniors takes pride in creating moments of joy for seniors in our community.

Bring our program to your community or donate today, to help us provide more crucial programming. Become part of our movement of care!

We curate musical experiences that uplift
and inspire.

Music Share aims to create moments of joy for seniors facing physical or mental health challenges.

Our trained facilitators lead in-person listening sessions, using individually curated playlists to spark memories, foster connection, and empower residents to engage with the music they love.

Music Share for Seniors Volunteer with Program Participant
Music Share for Seniors & The Baycrest Centre

There are lonely seniors living in our communities.

  • In Ontario, there are more than 78,000+ residents living in long-term care.
  • It is estimated that 228,000 Ontarians are living with Dementia, and that this number will increase to more than 430,000 people by 2038.
  • It is estimated that the number of seniors living in Ontario will increase from 2.8 million in 2022, to more than 4.4 million by 2046.
Music Share for Seniors Volunteer with Program Participant

Our impact

Social engagement does more than liftour spirits: it plays a vital role in supportingmental and physical health.

When peopleconnect regularly, they build a sense ofbelonging and reinforce the bonds thathold communities together – key foremotional resilience and overall well-being.

  • Visited more than
    160 seniors
    every week

  • Created more than
    8,500 interactions
    throughout last year

  • Facilitated more than
    4,400 hours

    of programming

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How it Works.

Local Program Seeking Old Tablet Donations

Music Share for Seniors is hoping to collect gently used iPads or tablets to provide seniors access to meaningful music amid the pandemic.

The Healing Power of Elvis Tunes:

New Venture Uses Music to Connect Seniors to Happier Times

According to the Canadian Association of Music Therapists, practitioners have been plying their trade in Canada since at least the 1950s, using “music purposefully within therapeutic relationships to support development, health and well-being.”

Can A Song Unlock Your Memories?

“Music helps to alleviate feelings of loneliness by connecting us back to moments, people, and places.” Julian Powell, the charities founder, discusses.

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Why Start Volunteering?

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