Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences CeleBRation Choir

The CBR choir is a social singing group for people with neurological conditions like stroke or Parkinson’s disease.

Currently led by music therapists Alison Talmage and Miona Stamenovic, warm-ups include voice and breathing exercises to help maintenance of vocal function. Research is showing that singing may also help to ‘rewire’ the brain after brain injury, and so could help with conditions like aphasia. We sing a wide variety of well-known songs so you’re sure to know some. Whatever your condition, we aim to enjoy singing and have some fun!

To find out more, you can look through our CBR Choir brochure by clicking this link: ChoirBrochure.pdf(2.4MB PDF)

Choir session times

If you love singing and live with a neurological condition, then the CBR Choir is for you!

Daytime: Mondays weekly 1.45pm-3.15pm Building 733, Room 231

View the choir timetable for term 2/3(476.2KB PDF)

Contact: Alison Talmage, 027 464 2465, cbrchoir@auckland.ac.nz

Where: The University of Auckland Tamaki Campus. Corner of Morrin Rd & Merton Rd, Glen Innes, Auckland. Free parking and easily accessible.

Map to the choir venue

Watch the choir in action

You can find out more about the CeleBRation Choir in these media articles.

Listen to the choir on Radio NZ National One in Five and Nine to Noon.
Read about research into singing in the New Zealand Listener.
Read about our visit from Auckland City Mayor Len Brown
Read about the choir in the Central Leader, featuring Anna Gabb and Jennifer and Tony Wiseman.
The CBR is a member of Music Therapy New Zealand and the New Zealand Choral Federation.