About Us
Joyful Voices is a community chorus for singers with Alzheimer’s or Dementia and their caregivers. This chorus meets in the Fellowship Hall at Salisbury Presbyterian Church, 13621 Salisbury Road, Midlothian, VA on Thursday mornings from 10:00 am—11:30 am. The ensemble provides an exciting opportunity for people in the surrounding community to join for a unique choral experience and will offer two public concerts per year.
Joyful Voices Chorus is an Early Stages Support Group for the Greater Richmond Alzheimer’s Association. Our mission is to bring people with dementia out of the shadows through shared music making. We foster joy, well-being, purpose, and community understanding as we celebrate the potential of people living with dementia.
If you or someone you know would like to register, please find the
Registration Fee Information Sheet and the
Joyful Voices Registration Form to download or contact:
Joanne Sherman, Artistic Director
(804) 794-5311, Ext 128
Every registered singer living with memory loss must be accompanied by a registered caregiver for each rehearsal. We encourage all caregivers to sing with the group but that is not mandatory since dementia-aware volunteers are available to assist as needed. We sing old and new songs, learn vocal techniques and ensemble skills, stretch, move, groove, and share musical memories together. No vocal experience is required, just a love of singing.
The chorus also offers very important opportunities for volunteers to come and sing along, contribute refreshments for social time and concerts, help with set up and clean up each week and assist with preparing the printed repertoire for chorus members. If you would like to volunteer to sing in the chorus, please find the
Volunteer Singer Registration Form here to download.
To volunteer in other capacities, contact:
Joanne Sherman, Artistic Director
(804) 794-5311, Ext 128
Music is powerful! Music assists our brains in reorganizing and creating new neural pathways. If you are living with dementia, come experience the health and social benefits of music by singing with this chorus that was created just for you. Join us as we sing together to…
STIMULATE the mind,
ENERGIZE the body, and
ELEVATE the spirit as we
DEFY DEMENTIA one song at a time!
What They're Saying
Lohmann: Music brightens lives of those with dementia
· BY BILL LOHMANN Richmond Times-Dispatch
April 29, 2019
NBC 12 Feature By Terrance Dixon | January 10, 2019
Community Ideas Station November 01, 2018 -- Charles Fishburne
Virginia Center on Aging Winter 2019 Newsletter