community matters - the choir

'Choir singing improves health, happiness - and is the perfect ice-breaker.'

Jacques Launay, Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

There's a very interesting article by Jacques Launay on the benefits of singing in a choir which is well worth a read.  Even better, why not join a community choir like the one I'm visiting this evening? It may be a cold, dark and rainy winter night but that doesn't stop twenty or so choir members from turning up to practice in the hall of a village primary school.

They extend such a warm welcome and for ninety minutes I listen enraptured.  There may be the odd wrong note, on occasion voices waver off track. However, the sense of community, togetherness and harmony fills the room with a special magic.  It's a privilege to be there!