NORTHAMPTON The Young@Heart Chorus, which was slated this weekend to give its first live performance in over two years, has been forced to postpone the show until June 9 after two of the elderly singers tested positive for COVID last weekend.The.
NORTHAMPTON The Young@Heart Chorus, which was slated this weekend to give its first live performance in over two years, has been forced to postpone the show until June 9 after two of the elderly singers tested positive for COVID last weekend.The.
After COVID-19 arrived in early 2020, the Young@Heart Chorus, like so many other musical groups, had to make do with online rehearsals and performances for well over a year. Then, when the pandemic seemed to ease last summer, the elderly singers.
After COVID-19 arrived in early 2020, the Young@Heart Chorus, like so many other musical groups, had to make do with online rehearsals and performances for well over a year. Then, when the pandemic seemed to ease in the summer of 2021, the elderly.
A year of singing with the Young@Heart chorus
Published: 4/8/2021 10:15:12 AM
In the last 10 years, Iʼve had six life-saving surgeries on my vocal cords. I didnʼt think I’d ever be much of a singer anymore, but I was grateful to choose life over being a sometime-performer of Irish folk songs. And, while soloing wasn’t much of an option anymore, I could still sing harmony and was deeply involved with writing music and performing.
So I said yes to Bob Cilman when he asked me to join the Young@Heart Chorus about a year ago. He’d increased the chorus’ age to 75 the age I turned March 22.