“I think there’s something physical about singing in a choir that does you good…There’s a general improvement in my mental health. I feel better for singing.”
The HarmonyChoir in Edinburgh was originally started by Liesbeth Tip, a clinical psychologist who is doing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh, as a two-month research project to explore the impact of singing on well being and views of mental health. Due to popular demand, it is still going.