Sip & Sing, A GIving Voice Fundraiser
June 3rd, 2023, 2:30-5:00pm, Dock and Paddle, St.Paul, MNYou're invited! Grab your friends and family for a Giving Voice Fundraiser hosted by Beer Choir Twin Cities.
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Upcoming Events at a Glance
June 3, Sip and Sing, a fundraiser for Giving Voice hosted by Beer Choir Twin Cities. Saturday, June 3rd, 2:30-5pm, Dock and Paddle and Lake Como Pavilion, St. Paul. Raise your voice, raise your glass, help us create choruses that defy dementia through music.
June 16, Dementia and Music: A Conversation About Wellbeing with Giving Voice, webinar on Zoom, Friday, June 16th at 10am CST/ 11am EST, special guest Dr. Al Power, author of Dementia Beyond Drugs and Dementia Beyond Disease.
June 20th and June 21st, Summer Semester begins, Registration for Summer Semester is underway! Our Minneapolis and St. Paul Choruses are offering a 6 week semester. We take the summer off from concerts, which makes this shorter semester a great time to keep up with singing or try singing with us for the first time! Find more information here.
Dementia and Music: A Conversation About Wellbeing with Giving Voice and Special Guest Dr. Al Power
Friday, June 16th at 10am CST/11am EST on zoomJoin Giving Voice for a free event, a webinar with special guest, renowned gerontologist, dementia expert, and advocate Dr. Al Power. Not only is Dr. Al a premier expert in the area of wellbeing and dementia, he literally wrote the book(s) on it! "Dementia Beyond Disease: Enhancing Wellbeing" and "Dementia Beyond Drugs"', he is also an accomplished musician and songwriter. Sign up for our newsletter to get registration information for this free event!
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Step into Spring with Giving Voice Concerts
Friday May 12th, Saturday May 20th, and Sunday May 21stJoin us for a celebration of songs that connect! Come join us for a collection of uplifting songs that will bring joy to your heart. Spring means concert season! Friday, May 12th, Saturday, May 20th, and Sunday, May 21st. Our choruses will show a different side of what it means to live with Alzheimer's. It is possible to live well with dementia. There is still friendship, laughter, joy...and music! After working hard all semester to learn a repertoire of fabulous music, we are ready to entertain you and make your heart sing!
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Save the Date(s)
Friday, December 9th at 11am; Saturday, December 10th at 11am and 2pm; Sunday, December 11th at 1pmWe've got some great shows coming up that you won't want to miss, so mark your calendars now! Our choruses have some fun repertoire lined up that will be sure to get your toes tapping. If you've got the theme song from the "Golden Girls" in your head, you know what we're talking about! Our Minneapolis and St. Paul Choruses will be singing songs about friendship. We got some familiar tunes and some new favorites lined up. Our Edina chorus is heading "Back to Broadway" with lots of old favorites from classic musicals. We are having the best time rehearsing these songs and we can't wait to share them with you!
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4th Annual Giving Voice National Collective Leadership Gathering
July 21st, 2022This event "The Power of Music" is a chance to connect, learn and share. We will take this opportunity to reflect and look to the future!
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Summertime Community Sing
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022We have so much fun singing together, we want to share the joy with everyone in our community! We provide the music, you provide the voices. No need to worry about being a good singer, we sing together and every voice matters. August 3rd at 6pm at Water Works at Mill Ruins Park in Minneapolis. See you there!
Join Us!It’s Concert Season! Spring 2023
Join us for a celebration of songs that connect! Spring means concert season! Friday, May 12th, Saturday, May 20th, and Sunday, May 21st. Our choruses show a different side of […]
Defying dementia through music. Why concert season is our favorite time of year
“It’s about more than just the music, you know that, right?” Angela Lunde, Co-Investigator at the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, shared these words with a room full of […]
Sip and Sing with Beer Choir Twin Cities
Join us for The Sip and Sing, a fundraiser for Giving Voice hosted by Beer Choir Twin Cities Your donations will help support our dream of helping to launch […]
Why there are more people with Alzheimer’s Disease than you realize
Did you know that Alzheimer’s Disease is far more common than most people realize? It’s true. Alzheimer’s disease impacts of people and the numbers are increasing every day. So why […]
Congratulations to Jeanie Brindley Barnett, Artistic Director
We are so thrilled to see our very own Jeanie Brindley Barnett featured on Star of the North, the website for the Minnesota chapter of the American Choral Directors […]
Newly diagnosed with dementia? Here’s our best tip
If you are newly diagnosed with dementia, or if you have a loved one who is newly diagnosed, we want you to know it’s okay to ask for help. […]
Music and Alzheimer’s, using music as a tool to dispel myths about dementia
Clarence Jones, Community Health Dialogues, KMOJ, Minneapolis Listen to the discussion about using music as a tool to dispel myths about healthy aging and dementia. Thanks to Clarence Jones, KMOJ […]
Meaningful living after a dementia diagnosis
Everyone needs a sense of purpose. Everyone. A dementia diagnosis doesn’t change that. It is still possible to have a purpose driven life after a dementia diagnosis. That’s what […]
Thanks to our newest sponsor, A Wandering Fire: Artisan Pizza & Catering
Many thanks to our newest concert sponsor, A Wandering Fire: Artisan Pizza and Catering! If you’re in the Twin Cities area, you may have seen their mobile oven or […]
Save the date(s)
We’ve got some great shows coming up that you won’t want to miss, so mark your calendars now! Our choruses have some fun repertoire lined up that will be […]
Join us for a Summertime Community Sing
Twin Cities friends! Join us for an all-ages Summertime Community Sing. Everyone’s invited. We have so much fun singing together, we want to share the joy with everyone in our […]
The Power of Music
Date and time Thu, Jul 21, 2022, 1:00 PM – Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT Location Westminster Presbyterian Church 1200 South Marquette Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403 View map […]
It’s concert season, the most wonderful season of all!
Spring means concert season here at Giving Voice Chorus, and we are excited to announce we have a full slate of concerts coming up. We invite you to join us! […]
Giving Voice is moving on up! Our office has moved
You may have noticed, we have a new address! In order to grow our team and focus on the future, we have moved into a new location with a bit […]
Our Fall Semester Celebration Video!
We had such a great time getting our choruses together in-person and on zoom this past December! It was so wonderful to be able to offer a choice so that everyone could participate.
Thank you to Maude’s Awards!
We are ecstatic!! Thank you to Maude’s Awards for the recognition and for shining a light on those working to enrich the lives of those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2021 Giving Voice Leadership Gathering
This summer’s Giving Voice National Leadership Gathering was a great success. We are so grateful for the opportunity to gather together and learn from each other…
Giving Voice is proud to be a National Endowment for the Arts Organization
Cue the confetti! We’re celebrating! Giving Voice is proud to announce that we are now…
“A Place in the Choir” 2021 Spring Concert
Last May’s concert was exceptional! Click to watch “A Place in the Choir”, a virtual concert from Giving Voice
Star Tribune Profiles Giving Voice
Read the article about the “Love Never Forgets” world premiere concert at the Ordway.
Your Story is Important
We want to hear how you bring renewed purpose, learning, friendships, and just plain happiness to the lives of people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Write with […]