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Whether it’s a choir or 30,000 fans singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game, group singing helps us feel part of something bigger.

Group singing releases bonding chemicals like endorphins + oxytocin — nature’s way of building team spirit, through the highs & the lows 💙

SingWell's Research Symposium 2025 Friday November 21 Online + In Person at Toronto Metropolitan University

🎶 How does group singing promote well-being?

Join @singwell.bsky.social for a research symposium exploring how group singing supports social bonding, communication and more.

🗓️ Nov. 21, 2025
🕙 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
📍 @torontomet.bsky.social + Online

🔗 Info + registration www.singwell.ca/symposium-20...

Registration is open for SingWell's 2025 Symposium! 🎈

Join us as we celebrate the latest research strides from our network on how group singing can promote wellbeing. Open to all.

📅 Friday, November 21 | 10am–5pm ET
📍 Online + In-person at
@torontomet.bsky.social

singwell.ca/symposium-20...

We can't wait for #ThePromiseOfMusic — the 1st world congress on the social impact of music, Oct. 6-10 in Toronto 🎶

Join SingWell's Dr. Arla Good for a panel discussion on Music & #SocialPrescribing:

promiseofmusic.com/event/music-...

Also: Gabor Maté, Chilly Gonzales + so many amazing others! 👀

A few of the faces behind SingWell's brilliant student research team! 🌟

Their curiosity, care and research strides are already expanding horizons around music cognition, neuroscience and wellbeing. Excited to see how they continue to shape both research & practice 🙌

What a special day! Thank you to everyone who joined us over the weekend for this study on how singing together influences mood, stress & social connectedness. Special shoutout to Uria Tsur for facilitating such a moving experience & #Muse headbands for tech that's practical in real-world settings 🫶

Choirs connect us. But what if you can’t join in person?

Virtual choirs, powered by tech like #JackTrip + thoughtful facilitators are making it possible for people to sing without the audio lag.

How? Practical tips & tools now on the SingWell blog:

www.singwell.ca/using-jacktr...

Toronto friends! On Sept 20, join SingWell + artist Uria Tsur for a special group singing event — and be part of our pioneering study on how group singing impacts 💓 heart rate variability + 🧠 brain wave synchrony.

Spots are limited — sign up here:
www.singwell.ca/hrv-eeg-study/

📣 Call for participants!

On Saturday, Sept. 20, join SingWell and artist & group singing leader Uria Tsur in Toronto for a pioneering investigation on how singing together influences heart rate variability & brainwave synchrony. 💓 🧠

See details and sign up at:
SingWell.ca/hrv-eeg-study

@parkinsoncanada.bsky.social Please feel free to share! 🙏

📣 Attention #Parkinson's community!

SingWell is inviting YOU to participate in an online research study via @torontomet.bsky.social about #ParkinsonsDisease & quality of life.

🗣️ Share your voice through our survey at:
www.singwell.ca/parkinsons-s...

SingWell's @thinkauditory.bsky.social was on BBC
@channel4.bsky.social #SecretsOfTheSuperagers series yesterday, offering a look at how group singing can help aging adults combat #hearingloss🦻

Older adults in his study saw a 10-20% gain in speech understanding after 10wks of choir 🗣️

#healthyaging

📣 New SingWell research out today!

How do the impacts of group singing compare to those of group yoga?

And what does that tell us about what specifically makes group singing such a powerful practice for wellbeing?

Some noteworthy findings from SingWell researchers ⬇️

Why we sing — Outside/In We sing along at concerts. We chant at protests. We belt it out at birthday parties. Why do humans sing together?

Concerts. Karaoke. Church hymns. Protest chants. Sports games. Why is singing with others such a common feature of diverse settings?

SingWell's Dr. Arla Good joined @outsideinradio.bsky.social to explore just that in their episode 🌟 Why We Sing 🌟

Listen at ⬇️
outsideinradio.org/shows/why-we...

Why singing is good for your brain, even if you are no Beyoncé Music has the power to soothe the mind, promote brain health and bring people closer together. Singing, listening to music or making music all promote health.

Here's the original link if it's not working for you!

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Grateful to @torontomet.bsky.social for this excellent profile of SingWell's work!

We're proud to be part of such a strong research community and a network of amazing partners.

⬇️ Check this out for a great overview of who we are, what we do, and what inspires us so much about group singing.

"Nobody says you shouldn't jog if you are not good at it."

Love this quote by neuroscientist Dan Levitin in this article on what music can do for wellbeing, and how using your voice amplifies these benefits — whether you think of yourself as a singer or not.

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Anyone can benefit from the social, emotional, physiological & biological processes that are activated when we sing together.

Give us a follow for the latest on what what research is uncovering about one of the oldest human activities we know of — and please say hi, we'd love to be friends here! 👋

Why? Because research shows that singing with others leads to measurable improvements in many areas of wellbeing — from social connection to mental + physical health to the ability to use your voice and express yourself.

👯 We're also a hub for partners across Canada with a role to play in helping more people tap into the benefits of group singing — like S-LPs, second language teachers, music therapists, choral groups, and leaders in social prescribing.

Who are we?

🌏 Based at @torontomet.bsky.social, we're a global network of researchers examining the benefits of group singing, with a special focus on how singing can help people with communication challenges like #aphasia, #lungdisease, #hearingloss, #parkinsons or #stuttering.

👋 SingWell is on BlueSky! If you're new to our network, here's a little about us:

SingWell drives research + practice to help people harness the power of group singing to promote wellbeing & communication.

Here's a snapshot of what we do & why we're so passionate about the power of group singing ⬇️