Our concerts
Who we serve
We perform in Nursing homes, Assisted Living residences, Senior Community Centers, occasionally for underserved communities and for fundraising of NGO who fight against exclusion.
We perform in each venue a few times a year to create bonds and foster intergenerational connection with the residents, to get to know them and come back with the music they want to listen to.
Once we know an audience better, we can adapt our repertoire or prepare pieces they would like to hear.
We strive to serve every type of income level community of seniors. Whatever the socio-economic background, so many older adults suffer from isolation and severe loneliness once they are placed in retirement homes. We dream about having a Factory for each Home.
Where we played in NY
Here are all the venues we performed in NY up to now:
Goddard Riverside Senior Center
Carnegie East House
Encore Community Aging and Residential Services
Encore 49
Henrystreet Senior Center
James Lenox House Assisted Living residence
Dyckman Senior Center
The Riverside Rehab & Healing Center
Vista on 5th
Mary Manning Walsh Archcare
WestBeth Senior Center @ Greenwich House
305WestEnd Assisted Living
Amsterdam House Nursing Home
Village Care at 46 & Ten Assisted Living Residence
Sunrise East 56 Senior Living
Schervier Rehab and Nursing Home
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Happy to explore many more! Please contact us if you are interested in organizing a performance in your nursing home.
What we play
The repertoire ranges from jazz, classical to generational hits, popular among seniors.
The group of musicians varies from one concert to the next, typically from 6 to 12 children.
Each concert is unique and customized and lasts around an hour.
Each child can play their own piece of music.
First set
We all play songs together, usually those loved and popular among seniors, e.g. “Oh when the saints”, “New York New York”, “La Vie en rose”,…
Second set
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At The Happiness Factory we truly believe music is the language of the soul and should touch its listeners.
We encourage a variety of different music pieces which can unlock memories of the seniors.
They usually love music they recognize and very often ask us to take the mic and sing with us.
Even beginners can join by playing or singing along. The unity works at every single concert to enchant the room. Music should remain improvised moments, it is not always necessary to organize rehearsals beforehand.
We welcome all instruments, we bring our keyboard if there is no piano in the room.
We also provide speakers, mics and amplifiers.
What we share
At The Happiness Factory we spread joy but not only through music.
During the concerts, children who are not musicians but would like to participate, have the opportunity to offer their drawings to the elderly. This could also be holiday cards or even letters written by strangers who want to share a few words with them. We partnered a few times with the non profit organization 1letter1smile which provides us with letters written for the seniors.
Children can also say a poem, dance or participate in many ways.
