Singing for Wellness Conference: Body, Breath, and Voice

Friday 11 July, 10am-3pm

The Levinsky Hall, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA

The social health and breathing benefits of a three-year Singing for Wellness project in Devon are to be shared at a conference at the University of Plymouth (UoP) this summer, with some people saying it’s been “life-changing”.

At the conference, the choirs will be performing songs and talking about how Singing for Wellness has helped them.

The project, run by Wren Music in conjunction with the UoP, has reached hundreds of people with respiratory conditions, many of whom felt socially isolated because of their illness.

The event, which is free to attend, will also see the launch of a Wren Music songbook of well-known songs which can be adapted according to people’s breathing abilities. Each song has with it a ‘song scale of efforts’ which has been devised by the project leaders as a guide to the effort it might take to sing the song. The book will be part of a future ‘tool kit’ for other organisations to use so that more choirs can be set up in the region.

The project has been supported by The National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities.

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