Raising Voices is a "family choir" that includes individuals with dementia including Alzheimer’s Disease, their caregivers, youth volunteers from Cawthra Park Secondary School and Mississauga Festival Choir volunteer mentors. It is offered free to all participants.
Raising Voices is an initiative of Mississauga Festival Choir (MFC) in close cooperation with Alzheimer Society Peel (ASP). An ASP music therapist works closely with MFC staff and volunteers to develop and deliver the program.
The choir is conducted by Bob Anderson, a renowned music educator and choral conductor. He has taught in the Peel District School Board since 1991, and joined the staff of Mississauga’s Cawthra Park Secondary School in 1999, teaching vocal and instrumental music in the Regional Arts Program.
The program comprises eight weekly 75 minute sessions for two terms per year. Professional and volunteer participants facilitate carefully planned music and movement sessions for groups of individuals with dementia and their caregivers.
For more information, please email [email protected].
Our CityTV spotlight: http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1118085
Raising Voices is an initiative of Mississauga Festival Choir (MFC) in close cooperation with Alzheimer Society Peel (ASP). An ASP music therapist works closely with MFC staff and volunteers to develop and deliver the program.
The choir is conducted by Bob Anderson, a renowned music educator and choral conductor. He has taught in the Peel District School Board since 1991, and joined the staff of Mississauga’s Cawthra Park Secondary School in 1999, teaching vocal and instrumental music in the Regional Arts Program.
The program comprises eight weekly 75 minute sessions for two terms per year. Professional and volunteer participants facilitate carefully planned music and movement sessions for groups of individuals with dementia and their caregivers.
For more information, please email [email protected].
Our CityTV spotlight: http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1118085
