“I get sick if I don’t go to choir practice!”

(Cristin, choral singer, diagnosed with leukemia)

Choral Singing as a Health Promoting Resource

Health=quality of life=well-being=a better life.

A notion of health

Mastery/empowerment Vitality Social belonging Meaning and coherence

Aspects of a good life

a tool for developing competency and empowerment

a resource in building social networks

a producer of vitality a way of providing meaning and coherence in life

Ruud: Music-making as

Local community choir

Multicultural gospel choir

Chamber choir

Please feel free to contact me: Anne Haugland Balsnes Ass. Prof. of Music, Ansgar University College E-mail: balsnes@ansgarskolen.no Phone: +47 48 18 71 08