Since 2005, the Choral Society’s Singing for Seniors program has held two festivals annually. Artistic Director Thomas Lloyd invited the late Helen Kemp, emeritus professor of Westminster Choir College and then conductor of a resident choir at The Manor of Yorktown in Jamison to join him in establishing a new program to support senior singers and the growing number of senior choirs in our region. Since the first festival, over 3,000 seniors have participated.

Helen Kemp was fond of saying, “You don’t stop singing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop singing.” And, it has been shown that singing into one’s golden years promotes emotional, physical, and mental vitality.