Student Emily Falvey sits with a local senior citizen to interview him about his life.
Make Music Nashville at Brookdale Green Hills Cumberland from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. June 21, 2017.

Students Celebrate Music with Seniors, Write Songs Based on Their Lives

“These six songs didn’t exist 24 hours ago,” Belmont Songwriting Lecturer James Tealy said. “They only existed as seeds and dreams in your story…and now they’re songs. Isn’t that a beautiful thing?” 

Senior songwriting and music business major Emily Falvey sat on a piano bench and readied her fingers. She took a deep breath, moved towards the microphone and began singing to the crowd, a group of residents from the Heritage in Brentwood, a local senior citizens home. The facility was full of listeners, all eager to hear the story Falvey told through her words — but it wasn’t her story she was telling.

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