- Thu, 24 Oct 2024 to Thu, 28 Nov 2024
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Come and Sing - Music For Health
Event Series
Thu, 24 Oct 2024: 6:00pm View details
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Thu, 28 Nov 2024: 6:00pm View details | Book ticketsCome and Sing - Music For Health
Led by three young and talented professional musicians, these workshops are for everyone who would love to improve their health and well being through music.
No experience is necessary. Come to as many as you like, but if you come to four, the fifth one will be free!
Everyone who comes to these workshops will have a chance to join us on stage at our annual Carols and Brass extravaganza at the Victoria Theatre
The workshops will be held at Calderdale Music Centre, The Old Courthouse, Blackwell, Halifax, HX1 2DLSo - What difference can singing really make to how we feel?
1. Singing makes you feel better
Singing is actually aerobic exercise! Just like running, it increases the oxygen in your blood. Singing triggers the release of endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine — those "feel-good" chemicals that enhance mood, help with pain relief and promote a sense of well-being. People typically experience a natural high during choir sessions and continue to feel positive, uplifted, and full of energy afterwards.
2. Singing is good for your lungs
if you are recovering from any health episode that has affected your lungs - long covid for example - you will be find that singing aids rehabilitation. It helps you breathe in a controlled way and helps your lung capacity.
3. Singing helps you beat stress and relax
Singing and humming along to your favourite tunes, reduces stress levels and helps you overcome anxiety. If you are having a bad day, just sing! Take a few minutes out of your day connect with your body and be in the moment! Express yourself and enjoy yourself!
4. Singing helps improve memory
Singing is good for memory and concentration requiring focus and attention to lots of things at the same time. Music is playing an increasingly important role in dementia care, as it has shown to be an effective way to evoke memories, even when other forms of communication have faded.
5. Singing with others is a communal activity
Singing with other people, helps us feel connected, and achieve a sense of worth as part of a collective, synchronised creative act of music making. It helps you meet people with interests like yours and have fun alongside others. Singing with others, and taking part in a performance, might take you out of your comfort zone but in doing so it will make you more self-confident.
