Welcome to Souhegan Valley Chorus!
Come Sing with Us!
The Souhegan Valley Chorus is seeking interested singers to join us as we continue our 40th concert season. Weekly rehearsals begin on January 14, 2020 and are held in the Milford Middle School chorus room (33 Osgood Rd Milford NH) from 7:00-9:00 pm on Tuesday evenings. We start our semester with two open rehearsals, January 14th and 21st, where interested participants can attend a rehearsal and try us out with no obligation. Typically, at our open rehearsals, we do initial run-throughs of the music we’ll be performing. Once you’ve decided you like us (and you will!), you can pay your semester dues, and take the music home to study and practice. Then you can anticipate having lots of fun singing with great people!
This spring, the chorus will be preparing their selections for their spring concert titled “Getting To Know You – Storytelling through Song”. The May 16th concert will be held at The Amato Center in Milford NH.
SVC is directed by Jennifer K. Erdody of Milford and accompanied by Kimberly Vars Whitehead of Milford. The chorus consists of 60+ singers from Amherst, Milford and surrounding towns in the Souhegan Valley and is comprised of people from age 16-85. We perform concerts in December and May. This past year we participated in the Amherst Tree Lighting and sang at a Fisher Cats game.
Singing in a choir could be ‘the new exercise’
“Exercise is one of the few activities in life that is indisputably good for us,” writes Daniel H. Pink in his new book, ‘When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing.‘ “Choral singing might be the new exercise.”
“Choral singing calms the heart and boosts endorphin levels. It improves lung function. It increases pain thresholds and reduces the need for pain medication,” Pink claims, citing research published in Evolution and Human Behavior. It also seems to improve your outlook, boosting mood and self-esteem while alleviating feelings of stress and depression.
(Downloads a PDF file for you to view — Pages 12, 14, 18, together with articles about other choruses/choirs)
