What We’re Reading: Finding Hope in ‘Memory Choirs’

What We’re Reading: Finding Hope in ‘Memory Choirs’

What We’re Reading: Finding Hope in ‘Memory Choirs’ Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. Join the chorus Back in May, we published a great story by Michaela Haas about the ways that science is proving the value of music as a therapeutic tool. This week, Contributing Editor Geetanjali Krishna shared a story from National Geographic that goes deep on the power of memory choirs for those with dementia. Geetanjali says: A fab story about the connection between music and our brains, and the role that social prescribing can play in the treatment of memory and age related conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. I reacted emotionally to it because it reminded me of the time my late dad in law, who had early stages of dementia, picked up his old harmonica and remembered tune after tune from his youth. Digging up dirt Have you heard of the National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest, a.k.a. the …