SAM'Chante choirs La SAMS

SAM'Chante choirs

When we sing a song, there can be an emotion, something that comes back. For a few moments, there's no longer any illness, no impediment to communicating or being together.

Tiphaine Legrand, choir director

It's an opportunity to get together, break isolation, create social bonds and express ourselves through music, whatever our singing experience.

Elizabeth Bacon, choir director

These choral activities remind me that even at my age, you can still participate, be part of a group and be active!

Choir member

The SAM'Chante choirs are a choir project for people with Alzheimer's or aphasia, for whom singing becomes a real source of well-being and health.

With weekly workshop-meetings to which caregivers are also invited, our choirs offer a warm environment where participants benefit fully from the many advantages of choral singing, accompanied by the kindness and talent of accomplished choral conductors.

These musical encounters aim to work on words, voice, breathing and coordination. Thanks to singing, music and its interaction with the brain, participants in these choirs are able to sing along, while sharing lasting memories associated with the songs.

Other choir projects are in the works. Contact us to find out more: info@samsante.org
We also offer online SAM'Chante activities , find out more here.

SAM'Chante Choir at the Laval Stroke-Aphasia Center, with choir director Tiphaine Legrand.

In collaboration with the Montreal University Institute of Geriatrics and choir director Elizabeth Bacon.

At the Maison des aînés de Chomedey, with choir director Julien Patenaude

The choir from the documentary series All in Choir, directed by Lorenzo Somma

Watch this excep from the program Chassés-croisés, hosted by Sophie Fouron, with the SAM'Chante choir at the AVC-Aphasie Laval center and choir director Tiphaine Legrand.

Why choral singing?

Whether it's learning new songs or revisiting familiar ones, choral singing is not only an enjoyable activity, it also has many beneficial effects on physical, social and mental health.

Promoting well-being: choral singing has a positive and significant impact on the cognitive functioning of people with aphasia and Alzheimer's disease. Working on diaphragmatic breathing also reduces stress and anxiety.

Forming social bonds: singing in a group helps create a sense of belonging, forge bonds, connect with others and break down isolation.

Improved mood : music activates the secretion of dopamine: the happiness hormone!

"Recent research has shown that the pleasure of making music is increased tenfold when we make it together. Not only do we resist pain better, but we also integrate better into the group." Isabelle Peretz, C.M. O.Q. MSRC (US)NAS