Bath Aphasia Choir
A choir for people with communication difficulties after stroke or brain injury and their loved ones.
Many people with aphasia (communication difficulties after stroke or brain injury) find that they can sing fluently even though speaking is difficult. Singing can help to raise your mood and support language redevelopment.
The Bath Aphasia choir is led by Music Therapists Laura Cook and Denise Wong.
We are an aphasia friendly hybrid choir based in Bath. We meet at 2.00 – 3.30 pm on Wednesday afternoons in term time, at St. Andrew’s Community Church.
Laura leads the choir, whilst Denise accompanies alongside Tony, a stroke survivor on the guitar.
At the sessions we do some warm ups, then sing through some familiar songs. We share the words on a projector screen, with pictures to support with reading. Some people use the words and others find it easier to watch my mouth and copy as I sing. You can also hum, sing to ‘la’ or any other sound you find easy, or just listen.
We have a live online feed from the venue on Zoom, and people join us to sing along at home. People on zoom will be muted while we sing together, because of the timing differences. They will hear the sound of us singing in the hall and can sing along at home.
We sing for around an hour and ten minutes, and then have tea, coffee and biscuits and a chance to socialise at the end. The choir is a very friendly and welcoming bunch and we also like to have fun while singing!
Meeting details:
Wednesday afternoons
2.00 - 3.30 pm
Term time only
Venue:
St Andrew's Community Church (Main Hall)
Hawthorne Grove
Foxhill
Bath
BA2 5QA
Suggested donation - £2.50 per person, per week.