Joe West
Joe West
"Joe West Young Man."
Joe was winner of the Local Adult Stairway to the Stars at the age of 16 and has been working for us, providing his tallents for Therapeutic Activities over the last year.
Taught Flute and Claranet by my wife (Hayley Darby) since the age of Seven, Joe has proved a fantastic all round entertainer, now having a great virtuoso on many instruments including, Keyboard, Guitar, Ukulele, Flute, Clarinet and Sax to name a few. On top of that Joe has the most magnificent Singing voice and mimics some of the greats including, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Sachmo to name a few. Along with his ukulele, Joe renditions "Leaning on a lamppost" and others from the great George Formby.
At the moment Joe spends his time in College at Farnborough, Hampshire, however he is available to work for us when he gets time off from study.
Anyone wishing to book Joe with us should get in touch as soon as possible as his booking Schedule gets full extremly quickly.
Music activities for the Elderly and Disabled:
Torquay, Torbay Devon.
With music there are so many therapeutic benefits that we don't immediately notice.
We all succumb to the 'Sound of Music' as it were and music can give us so much. Relaxation, Dynamics, Sadness, Joy even anger can be enhanced by listening or playing certain pieces.
What
we like to offer is the thrill of being involved as well
as just being the audience.
We can get residents/ individuals involved by Singing along
to well known tunes, or even tapping a tambourine along
to the beat.
We also like to take the music making further still and actually make some of the percussion instruments before we do a performance.
Many people enjoy the complete package which gives them something to build up to.
With
music, it can stimulate many senses not just Vocally but
also Aurally, sometimes the hard of hearing can pick up
deeper notes and get a sense of the rhythm. The completely
Deaf can actually feel the sounds of deeper notes also enabling
them to pick up rhythm's.
We try to involve as many people as possible in our music sessions and even try to tie it in with light exercise for those taking part.