Introducing… Paula Lammers, Director of the NEW Connecting Voices Chorus!!
As director for Connecting Voices Chorus, I look forward to being a conduit to help individual participants connect to the music, their singing partner, to the community of singers, and most importantly connect with JOY.
Paula Lammers
Having experienced firsthand the power of music to build connections in her own interaction with a family member living with dementia, Paula Lammers is thrilled to lead the NEW MacPhail Connecting Voices Chorus. A continuation of the work that MacPhail began with the Giving Voice Organization, Connecting Voices Chorus seeks to build community and foster connection through music for people living with dementia and their care partners.
This fall choir members will work on music centered around the theme of Gratitude and Thanksgiving. In the words of Olympian Kristin Armstrong, “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” Join us to sing uplifting songs such as “Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive,” “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” “High Hopes,” and “What a Wonderful World.”
“When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in”
Kristin Armstrong
Welcome Paula!
Paula Lammers has extensive experience as a voice teacher, performer and Music for Life teaching artist. She completed the ArtSage training course for artists working with older adults and has also undergone various dementia-related trainings. She worked alongside Giving Voice Founding Artistic Director Jeanie Brindley-Barnett who mentored her in adaptive conducting techniques. Paula has also served a number of MacPhail Music for Life community partnership sites working with residents in a variety of senior living sites, including memory care settings.