Encore Creativity for Older Adults Hosts Free Spring Concert Series

Encore Creativity for Older Adults is pleased to welcome audiences to their upcoming concert series on April 30. Annapolis and Gaithersburg ROCKS, local rock & roll groups of singers 55 and older, will join at 2 P.M. at Maryland Hall, 801 Chase St, Annapolis, MD 21401. The Encore Chorale of Annapolis will close out the evening of festivities with their concert beginning at 5 P.M. at Maryland Hall. The concerts are the final performances in Encore Creativity’s spring concert season. Tickets for all performances are free with a pay-what-you-wish option. To reserve a free ticket, go to Encore Creativity’s website at https://encorecreativity.org or call (301) 261-5747.

Annapolis ROCKS will perform choral arrangements of an eclectic and fun mix of rock music of all eras, from Roger Emerson’s arrangement of the classic Love Me Tender to Eric Van Cleave’s arrangement of If I Could Turn Back Time. The local group, led by conductors Jeffrey Dokken and Ethan Lolley, promises to light up the spring with toe-tapping music alongside a live rock band accompaniment. The Encore Chorale of Annapolis, as conducted by Stephen Harouff, will usher in warmth with popular songs centered around themes of love and light this spring, with uplifting renditions of Susan LaBarr’s My Very Own and Sarah Quartel’s All The Way Home.

The groups are a member of the nonprofit Encore Creativity for Older Adults, the nation’s largest choral arts organization for adults 55 and older. Admission to the concert is free with a pay-what-you-wish option for those who wish to give back and support the organization’s guiding mission of providing an excellent and accessible artistic environment for all older adults.

Encore Creativity recently performed a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. to great acclaim, with over 400 Encore singers from across the nation in attendance. The performance was a culmination of Encore’s nearly 16-year-old history, with singers of all ensembles led by distinguished conductors for its annual performance as a part of the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage concert series.

About Encore Creativity for Older Adults

Founded in 2007 by Jeanne Kelly during a National Institutes of Health-funded study to address the mental and physical health benefits of singing for older adults, Encore Creativity for Older Adults now hosts chorales nationwide, plus its annual summer camp, winter retreat and travel abroad programs. Encore seeks to provide a place in the arts for all older adults who seek training under a professional artist, regardless of experience or ability, and serve a traditionally underserved community in the crucial area of arts and wellness.

Encore’s other programs, also offered online, include its ROCKS rock ‘n’ roll ensembles and its Arts for Life programs for those with cognitive change and their care partners. Across all its programs, Encore now has more than 1,500 singers and 30 ensembles throughout the country, from the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan region to Santa Clarita, California. Encore’s mission is to serve as a fun and welcoming thought-leader in the creative aging sphere.