"...The case for bringing music education to the young is strong.
Music is abstract: it doesn't mean anything outside itself. In each person, music will evoke a different response. It evokes, suggests and implies and opens up the mind of the child in an extraordinary way" This abstraction of music offers the child a chance to move into a special world of thinking- to try to understand the most important thing about music is to make their own - they must make their own - they make it best through singing.

Each child has the capacity to sing.
Through singing is how we engage with every child,
Through singing is how we teach children to read and write,
Through singing we teach children to analyse.
 
The power of the creative thought transferred from music to all other areas of learning is potent. The neurological evidence is there. Music is worth teaching for its own sake.

It is worth teaching because it is good.
It is worth teaching because it is unique, it is worth teaching because it empowers children spectacularly..."

My mission at Sing Now Choir is to bring to children and young people solid, meaningful exposure to singing through a range of music activities, and development of basic choral skills.
Secondly, to then provide talented young singers expert choral tuition in a friendly setting where age-appropriate teaching strategies are presented in an enjoyable and (in the words of Richard Gill) humorous manner whilst striving for professional standards.
And finally, I believe in the importance of building an inclusive and accepting choral community where children can grow and develop as musicians and as human beings.

Lanneke Jones Oct 2024