Their emotion is right on target, and they're interacting verbally. That's the effect of singing.'
CHICAGO â Studies have shown that music could greatly impact our mood and health.For a local choir, it serves up healing powers for those coping with early-stage dementia.The Good Memories Choir held its first spring concert since the pandemic. After four weeks of rehearsal, the Good Memories Choir gets in one last warm-up before the big show at the Fourth Presbyterian Church.The average age in this choral group is 75, and you don't necessarily need to know how to sing to participate.
'So often, after you're struggling on the dementia journey, you spent a lot of time on doctors visits, and going to neurologists and doing this, and that, and the chance to have something joyful to do together is really remarkable,' said Good Memories Co-Founder and Conductor Jonathan Miller.
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