DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creat...  One';">moreOne;">DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creativity Australia (www.creativityaustralia.org.au) is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation through The life-changing With One Voice program. We bridge The gap between people experiencing disadvantage and those more fortunate through The neuro-scientific benefits of community singing. We build supportive networks that help people connect to brighter futures. Creativity Australia is delighted to offer a suite of With One Voice “how to” guide videos, resources and mentoring for individuals, groups and communities looking to start new, inclusive With One Voice choirs using our innovative social franchise model. TogeTher, we can change The world… One voice at a time. With One Voice choirs are led by professional conductors and meet weekly, fo...    One';">less

DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creati...  One';">moreOne;">DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creativity Australia (www.creativityaustralia.org.au) is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation through The life-changing With One Voice program. We bridge The gap between people experiencing disadvantage and those more fortunate through The neuro-scientific benefits of community singing. We build supportive networks that help people connect to brighter futures. Creativity Australia is delighted to offer a suite of With One Voice “how to” guide videos, resources and mentoring for individuals, groups and communities looking to start new, inclusive With One Voice choirs using our innovative social franchise model. TogeTher, we can change The world… One voice at a time. With One Voice choirs are led by professional conductors and meet weekly, follo...    One';">less

DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creati...  One';">moreOne;">DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creativity Australia (www.creativityaustralia.org.au) is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation through The life-changing With One Voice program. We bridge The gap between people experiencing disadvantage and those more fortunate through The neuro-scientific benefits of community singing. We build supportive networks that help people connect to brighter futures. Creativity Australia is delighted to offer a suite of With One Voice “how to” guide videos, resources and mentoring for individuals, groups and communities looking to start new, inclusive With One Voice choirs using our innovative social franchise model. TogeTher, we can change The world… One voice at a time. With One Voice choirs are led by professional conductors and meet weekly, follo...    One';">less

DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creati...  One';">moreOne;">DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creativity Australia (www.creativityaustralia.org.au) is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation through The life-changing With One Voice program. We bridge The gap between people experiencing disadvantage and those more fortunate through The neuro-scientific benefits of community singing. We build supportive networks that help people connect to brighter futures. Creativity Australia is delighted to offer a suite of With One Voice “how to” guide videos, resources and mentoring for individuals, groups and communities looking to start new, inclusive With One Voice choirs using our innovative social franchise model. TogeTher, we can change The world… One voice at a time. With One Voice choirs are led by professional conductors and meet weekly, follo...    One';">less

DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creati...  One';">moreOne;">DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience The joy, freedom and inspiration of song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes people happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creativity Australia (www.creativityaustralia.org.au) is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation through The life-changing With One Voice program. We bridge The gap between people experiencing disadvantage and those more fortunate through The neuro-scientific benefits of community singing. We build supportive networks that help people connect to brighter futures. Creativity Australia is delighted to offer a suite of With One Voice “how to” guide videos, resources and mentoring for individuals, groups and communities looking to start new, inclusive With One Voice choirs using our innovative social franchise model. TogeTher, we can change The world… One voice at a time. With One Voice choirs are led by professional conductors and meet weekly, follo...    One';">less

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditiOned community choirs in The UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions ac...

"African Lullaby" by Joan Szymko. Traditional Bantu & African American song. Recorded live on Sunday, December 7, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Chamber Singers ensemble of The Girl choir of South Flo...  One';">moreOne;">"African Lullaby" by Joan Szymko. Traditional Bantu & African American song. Recorded live on Sunday, December 7, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Chamber Singers ensemble of The Girl choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. The familiar African American song, “Angels watching over me” is given cantus firmus treatment while a lilting African lullaby, "Abiyoyo" gently sways around it. The Bantu song, "Abiyoyo" is traditionally sung at bedtime as a song to entrance night time monsters into a dancing state; moTher and faTher can Then chase The monsters away so baby can safely sleep. Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo- yo-yo-yo-yo -yo-yo All night, all day, Angels watching over me, my Lord All night,all day, Angels watching over me  One';">less

The Drakensberg Boys choir & The Welsh Male Voice choir of South Africa performing 'You'll Never Walk AlOne' during The Dragons in Concert event on Saturday 25 August 2012. song Composed by: R.Rodgers & O. Hammerstein II Conducted by: Johann van der Sandt

To raise awareness of Alzheimer's Disease and oTher forms of Dementia, and to raise mOney for Alzheimer's Society UK, Homechoir singers around The world learned Kirby Shaw's amazing arrangement of Bart Howard's Fly Me To The Moon and recorded Themselves s...  One';">moreOne;">To raise awareness of Alzheimer's Disease and oTher forms of Dementia, and to raise mOney for Alzheimer's Society UK, Homechoir singers around The world learned Kirby Shaw's amazing arrangement of Bart Howard's Fly Me To The Moon and recorded Themselves singing it at home. Homechoir's sound engineers mixed all of The voices into a combined choir and this is The fantastic result. The choir raised more than £2.5k for Alzheimer's Society. Please enjoy and share this wonderful video!  

"Nigra Sum" by Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Robert Sieving. Text from "song of songs". Recorded live on May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Concert choir ensemble of The Girl choir of South Florida. Artist...  One';">moreOne;">"Nigra Sum" by Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Robert Sieving. Text from "song of songs". Recorded live on May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Concert choir ensemble of The Girl choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese.