Music Builds Communities

A Community project for Newmarket and Area

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“.....bringing people together through music!”

Contact Us on info@musicbuildscommunities.org              Phone: 07968-912046

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So You Think You Can’t Sing?

• Have you always wanted to sing but thought you were not good enough?
• Would you enjoy singing with others but in a less formal group?
• Would  you love to have opportunities to enjoy singing in this area?

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MBC Midweek -- Singing for Fun

Singing together is good for your health…………………………

Group singing has been scientifically proven to lower stress, relieve anxiety, and elevate endorphins.

When you sing, musical vibrations move through you, altering your physical and emotional landscape. Group singing, for those who have done it, is the most exhilarating and transformative of all. It takes something incredibly intimate, a sound that begins inside you, shares it with a roomful of people and it comes back as something even more thrilling.

As the popularity of group singing grows, science has been hard at work trying to explain why it has such a calming yet energizing effect on people. What researchers are beginning to discover is that singing is like an infusion of the perfect tranquilizer, the kind that both soothes your nerves and elevates your spirits.

The elation may come from endorphins, a hormone released by singing, which is associated with feelings of pleasure.  Or it might be from oxytocin, another hormone released during singing, which has been found to alleviate anxiety and stress. Oxytocin also enhances feelings of trust and bonding, which may explain why still more studies have found that singing lessens feelings of depression and loneliness.  A very recent study even attempts to make the case that “music evolved as a tool of social living,” and that the pleasure that comes from singing together is our evolutionary reward for coming together cooperatively, instead of hiding alone, every cave-dweller for him or herself.

The benefits of singing regularly seem to be cumulative. In one study, singers were found to have lower levels of cortisol, indicating lower stress.

It turns out you don’t even have to be a good singer to reap the rewards. According to one 2005 study, group singing “can produce satisfying and therapeutic sensations even when the sound produced by the vocal instrument is of mediocre quality.”  Singing groups vary from casual affairs where no audition is necessary (like Singing for Fun) to serious, committed professional or avocational choirs

Group singing is cheaper than therapy, healthier than drinking, and certainly more fun than working out.  It is the one thing in life where feeling better is pretty much guaranteed.  Even if you walked into a session exhausted and depressed, by the end of the night you’ll walk out high as a kite on endorphins and good will.

So “Singing for Fun” is not only fun………it’s also good for your health ……

You might like to join the MBC Singing for Fun Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/527835421109512/

Next Session

November 20

"Songs about Fire(works)"

£2.50 donation     Under 18 (or in full time education) £1                        Paid on the door

Preliminary Song List from which songs will be selected and published nearer the time