The Centenarian Portrait Project by Teenagers

Songs For You

Listening to Joan was like reading a book, taking in all that information and picturing it in your mind. Her stories are so curious and involving. There are hardships and heartbreaks, but a bountiful amount of wonderful and extraordinary things that we've had the pleasure of turning into a song.

18-year-old Songwriter Jack C (VIC)

Songs For You

Bunurong Country

Bunurong Country

Bunurong Country

Bunurong Country

Bunurong Country

It’s an honour that I’ve met you, something that I’ll treasure for the rest of my life. You have changed a lot of my ideas about young people today, who think that when you’re old and should be disregarded. But the respect that you have given me, has changed me and I thank you very much.

81-year-old Participant Arthur M (VIC)

Artwork by Charlotte Frencken

My heart is so full, I feel like it is exploding. Watching the students transform because of the connections they have made; students who didn't want to ever do presentations, who have done them, because they are doing them for someone else.

Year 12 VM Teacher Chisholm TAFE

Julia S (VIC)

Songs For You is funded by the

Australian Government Department of Social Services.

Go to www.dss.gov.au for more information.

A special gift for us, in our later years.

76-year-old Participant Ursula Hoey (VIC)