Verizon/AOL Profile of Encore. Recorded at Encore's Towson and Columbia Chorales concert at Towson Presbyterian Church, December 8, 2019. Video includes interviews with Encore Founder and Artistic Director Jeanne Kelly, Conductor Stephen Harouff, Towson Chorale Master Esther Layton and others.
Encore Creativity has recently been designated as an official charity of the Chesapeake Bay Area Combined Federal Campaign. For those of you who are federal employees, you may make your pledge via a payroll deduction and it is easy to renew your gift each year. For retirees and survivors, you can now make a one-time contribution or a recurring gift that is automatically deducted from your retirement annuity.
The 2019 Combined Federal Campaign runs from September 9, 2019 through January 10, 2020 via the CFC giving portal.
Encore’s CFC Charity ID 49601.
View Encore’s video as part of the CFC Virtual Charity Fair
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Annapolis, Md. – (January 27, 2020) – Encore Creativity for Older Adults, the nation’s largest choral organization for adults over 55, will offer its second choir for adults diagnosed with early to moderate Alzheimer’s disease and other memory struggles at the Bender Jewish Community Center, 6125 Montrose Road in Rockville, Md. The choir, Sentimental Journey Singers, will run for eight weeks on Mondays, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., from March 9th to April 27th, 2020 in the JCC Art Gallery. All singers must participate with a care partner. An Open House to learn more about the program will take place Monday, February 10th from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Read more: Sentimental Journey Singers Expands to Montgomery County, MD
Participants will learn vocal techniques and three-part harmony while singing familiar songs and new pieces in a social group setting under the leadership of conductor Dr. Mary Ann East, also a performer and teacher and founder of Capital Harmonia, and pianist Rachel Thompson, a board-certified music therapist who works with adults with cognitive impairments and dementia. Sheet music and a CD will be provided so participants can practice at home. The program will culminate in a performance, Saturday, May 2nd at 1 p.m., at the JCC Social Hall. Tuition is $104 and $25 for care partners. Registration is open now at www.encorecreativity.org