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Virtual Choral Singing Helps Older Adults Beat Pandemic Blues
Encore Offers New Winter-Spring Choral & Enrichment Program for Adults 55+
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ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ During the ongoing pandemic, musical engagement can be uplifting, especially for older adults. As the long winter continues, Encore Creativity for Older Adults, (www.encorecreativity.org) the nation s largest choral organization for adults over 55, remains committed to keeping the older population singing and learning. The nonprofit is offering a new winter-spring session, beginning January 25th, 2021, of its popular Encore University, a 15-week virtual program of singing plus enrichment courses in vocal technique, music theory, music history and movement. The session culminates with a virtual spring concert, an inspiring multimedia production. No prior music experience is necessary.
While Christmas Day will be different and difficult for many this year, it will be especially difficult for seniors who live alone and will be in solitude because of COVID-19 risks.
Don Greenwood, a retired architect and lifelong resident of Fairfax County, discovered a passion for singing in his later years. And though like many older adults, heâs been forced to isolate throughout much of the pandemic, heâs still found a way to make his voice heard.
The 72-year-old Greenwood has been rehearsing and recording his first virtual holiday choral concert involving more than 400 older adult singers from across the country. Â
Produced by Encore Creativity for Older Adults, the nation’s largest choral organization for adults over 55, in collaboration with AARP, this multimedia production premiered on Encore’s home page, www.encorecreativity.org and on YouTube and Facebook last week and will be available for viewing until Jan. 16.