Shows for Seniors and Special Audiences

Robin Greenstein does musical programs tailored for seniors and special audiences, including hospitals, nursing homes, health related facilities, psychiatric and senior centers. These programs include "Sing-along to Standards", folk music shows, patriotic programs and much more. Accompanying herself on guitar, ukelele and/or banjo, Robin sings in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Ladino and Yiddish. For many years she has worked for Hospital Audiences, Inc. performing throughout the five boroughs of New York City. More recently she has been performing for Music That Heals, which brings music to sick children in hospitals, homeless children in shelters and day care centers and juvenile facilities. She has performed for Hadassah, Hatzilu, the Atria and Hallmark at Battery Park City (upscale asssited living Residences),

Robin has a B.A. in Music and majored in Classical Guitar. She also studied American folk music extensively. Her first job out of college was working under a federal CETA grant to do music research in Sephardic Jewish Music by collecting songs from NYC residents under the auspices of the American Jewish Congress.

Robin has sung the National Anthem at Madison Square Garden for the NY Knicks, was a headline performer for the Renaissance Cruise Line, played at Club Med in various locations, and spent 3 months singing at a theme park in Japan. She tours Europe regularly and her work with Martin Guitars took her to mainland China in October of 2002 where she performed in Shangahi and Beijing. She has a lot of experience working with all kinds of seniors, from the very active to the bedridden.

She has released two CDs of original material and a children's music recording. Her latest release is IMAGES OF WOMEN, a collection of Afro and Anglo-American folk and blues songs about women.

sample repertoire:

Standards Country Jewish
     
Sing-Along Banjo / Ukelele Foreign Language
     
Gospel Pop Traditional Folk
     
Rock 'n Roll Broadway Swing

Shows offered:

Themes include Patriotic Programs for Memorian Day, Veterans Day,July 4; Earth Day, December holidays, Valentine's Day shows, Passover and Purim programs, Women's Month shows, Songs of the Sea, St. Patrick's Day, Black History Month, seasonal celebrations, Sing Along to Standards, Celebrate America, etc. Robin is gifted at putting together a tailored show for your special events.


Raves from Clients!

"I wanted to put down in writing how very much I enjoyed your performance for the Clifton-Passaic Chapter of Haddasah on Feb. 21. You knew what the audience wanted and you gave them themusic theylike. When I am in charge of a program, and we have entertainment, I like to sit in the back of the room to see the reaction of the audience Well, the reaction to you was wonderful. Everyone seemed to be enjoying your performance. There was a wheelchair-bound woman having such a good time that when her aide came to get her, she was very reluctant to leave. You did good!"
    Mildred Gelman, Clifton Passaic Haddassah, NJ

"Our school serves children with special needs. As mandated by the the Pre-Kindegarten performance standard, Robin's performance enabled the children to engage in a variety of personal creative movements and functional physical movement individually and in a large group, instrumental in exercising and developing large and small muscles. Our children and the attending adults enjoyed Robin's performance. She encouraged children and adults to get up and participate by clapping, dancing, twisting, jumping and repeating music lyrics."
Florence Massey, Principal, AHRC Francis of Parola Pre-School, Brooklyn, NY

"Thanks so much for the very special music made during our dinner on Sept. 22. The songs were so appropriate for this group of Barnard grads. Your music was so outstanding that some of us just had to get up and dance (not bad for septennarians). You received many kudos from our guests."
Marilyn Rosenblatt, President, Barnard College Club of New York, NY

Some ongoing clients
Daughters of Israel, West Orange, NJ Tarrytown Care Center, NY
Meadow View Nursing Home, Secaucus, NJ Jewish Home, NY, NY
Hudson Valley DDSO Block & Hexter Vacation Center, PA
Atria -Kew Gardens The Hallmark at Battery Park City, NY
Brighton Beach Nursing Home, NY Daughters Of Israel, NJ
United Cerebral Palsy of NY Hospital Audiences Inc.
Norwood Terrace, Plainfield, NJ Stratford Manor, West Orange, NJ

Sound Clips:

click below to hear sound samples:

Bye Bye Blackbird (delayed due to copyright issues, thanks for your patience)

Jewish music

Gershwin (delayed due to copyright issues, thanks for your patience)