Music & Medicine: The Longwood Chorus Spring Concert is this afternoon. Join us in person or online!
Every Tuesday evening, I have the joy of leading rehearsals of The Longwood Chorus, a wonderful ensemble of 80+ members of Boston’s vibrant medical, health, and science community. Our spring concert is today, Sunday May 18 at 5pm ET. So, if you’re in the area, please join us at All Saints Parish in Brookline at 5:00 p.m. (For more information, check out the poster below). You can reserve tickets here, which I do recommend since we often sell the house out. And if you’re not local to Boston but would like to watch the concert, you can livestream it! Here’s the link:
If you would like to read more about the music we will perform and this incredibly vibrant ensemble, here’s the concert program.
About my journey in music and medicine.
Before I went to medical school, I thought I might someday become an ear, nose, and throat doctor—specifically a laryngologist specializing in voice disorders and voice injuries. The idea was to combine my passions for choral music and singing with medicine. It turned out that ENT was not the right field for me. Among other things, while the operating room was an amazing place to learn (some of my best memories from medical school were in the OR), it just wasn’t where I saw myself in the long run. On the other hand, emergency medicine ended up being a perfect fit for a number of reasons. One of them is that the schedule (while intense) is fairly flexible, allowing me to do things like run the music side of an amazing organization like the Longwood Chorus. Working with this ensemble is truly the culmination of two of my major life interests.
You should sing!
More importantly, there’s a lot of research showing that singing has benefits. I always say that there’s a chorus for everyone. Yes, you! No matter how good or bad you think you are at singing, there’s a choral group just right for your level. And if you’re a healthcare or science student or professional in Boston, The Longwood Chorus might be your future home. Here’s the audition link for our fall cycle, if that’s you: Sign up now!
Have a great day, everyone!
Yours,
Jeremy
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Benjamin Britten💜💜 We did some of his songs in my college choir (Umass) so good and so different!
Addicted to the classic rock sounds from the 60s and 70s, I've played guitar and been the lead vocalist in a number of bands over the years.