Community Choir Members on Singing & Wellbeing - The Guardian

Tell us about your experience of singing in a choir and how it has affected your wellbeing Singing has long been trumpeted for its benefits to our wellbeing. A recent study found that group singing sessions were effective in helping new mothers with postnatal depression – reducing symptoms for up to six months. Meanwhile, actor and writer James Corden said he was so inspired by the “unbridled joy” he saw when his mum sang in her choir that he teamed up with writing partner Ruth Jones to write a new comedy drama called, appropriately, The Choir. Do you sing in a community choir? Perhaps you are new to singing, or maybe you’re a seasoned songbird? We would like to hear from you. What do you enjoy about singing with other people? Have you got a favourite song or memories of a particular performance? Tell us.