– Project aims and overview report
– About the Music Workshop “Shall we sing?”
– Summary of the validation evidence of the season 2019 and the point of the workshop revision
– How to make the best of online activities that enrich senior life: a case study of Wonderful Graduate School

From June to September 2020, three online revision planning meetings, the revised workshop demonstration, and a review meeting took place.

Nahoko Kusaka, a researcher specializing in geriatric psychology, and the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Workshop Leaders continued discussions, sorting out and revising the program designs of “Shall we sing?” This process has led them to examine how they can develop a music workshop that stimulates the elderly’s willingness to participate proactively in cultural activities. Such music workshop also encourages social participation and the creation of things that make one’s life worthwhile, which are ikigai, for the elderly.

Nahoko Kusaka (Geriatric psychology/Professor, Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts)
Kusaka does research on a “community of practice,” which encourages both “individual independence” and “symbiosis” by cooperating among diverse people of all ages. Recently, she has been working on an examination of developmental support for life design in old age, as well as empirical research about the prevention of the elderly’s isolation in collaboration with industry and academic sectors. Kusaka is the author of numerous books including Wonderful Aging and Designing Your Life. She holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology. She is also an FJCBCP (Foundation of the Japanese Certification Board for Clinical Psychologists) credentialed clinical psychologist and a nationally licensed psychologist.

– People in the field of arts/music education/social well-being
– Artists
– Municipalities/cultural administration personnel
– Students
– Researchers
and more from such fields

Free Participation

Approx. 100 (application required, first-come-first-served basis)

Application Period
Tuesday, November 17 2020 10:00–Thursday, January 14 2021 15:00

How to apply
If you wish to participate in the session, please apply by email with the following subject and information:

[Subject] Application for the Reporting Session on Jan 17
[Main text] Please include 1. Your name (both in Roman and Japanese phonetic alphabet) 2. Company/School name you belong to (If you are an artist, please fill in your field.)
[Sending address]
To: Jan 17 Reporting Session Team of Production Section, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Email: onstage(at)t-bunka.jp
* Please convert “(at)” to at sign.

[Notes]

• The applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis and will be closed when the application number reaches the limit. The seats, however, will again become available in case of cancellations or other reasons. Please note that we do not offer wait list for the cancellation.
• You may submit one application for participating in the session for yourself only.
• If an applicant submits multiple times, only the first application will be valid.
• To ensure that you receive emails from us, please add the domain “@t-bunka.jp” to the whitelist such as approved sender list you have enabled them on your email setting. (If you have set up those sender filterings on your email, you may not receive the application confirmation email and short notices from us.)
• The link to join the session will be sent to your registered email at least three days before the event.

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Production Section
TEL: 03-3828-2111