{"id":2188,"date":"2019-01-28T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T08:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2019-01-28T09:52:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T07:52:05","slug":"singing-towards-success-negbas-new-childrens-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/en\/2019\/01\/28\/singing-towards-success-negbas-new-childrens-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing Towards Success: Negba\u2019s New Children\u2019s Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new musical initiative\nlaunched this fall at Negba, as one of the many cultural ventures offered to\nadvance Negba\u2019s youth.  Approximately ten kids from grades 2 through 6\npassed the intensive audition for the Negba Children\u2019s Choir, which was open to\nall Negba children.  Members of the choir possess the full range of\nvoices- alto, soprano, and tenor- of a professional singing group.  And\nthey also are heavily committed, since the weekly evening rehearsal takes place\non their own time, after the hours of Negba\u2019s regular\nactivities.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWe\u2019ve been\ndreaming of establishing a choir for Negba\u2019s young children for some time,\u201d\nsaid Eyal Peretz, Negba\u2019s Program Director.  \u201cWe already run a children\u2019s\nmusic Appreciation cooperative with the Israel Sinfonietta in Beersheva, and\nthis choir is another chance for children who love music and singing to more\nactively participate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Negba\u2019s teens already\nenjoy two participatory music programs- a music empowerment seminar, and the\nNegba Teen Band.  Eyal sensed the opportunity had arrived for a similar\nprogram for Negba\u2019s younger children when two national service volunteers with\nmusical backgrounds, Hadar Bach and Hallel Biti, joined Negba’s staff at its\nAfter-School Homes for Children.  Both play piano and are musically\ninclined, having taken music\/voice lessons from a young age.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI love being in the choir!\u00a0 It is the most fun thing I do at Negba,\u201d said Shira, 11.\u00a0 \u201cIt also makes me feel special and I\u2019ve met lots of new children from other Negba Homes.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0Fellow choir member, Nahorai, 8, expressed a similar feeling.\u00a0 \u201cI never ever sang in a choir before, and it gave me a chance to sing for the first time.\u00a0 I feel that I\u2019m doing something that I am really good at and I\u2019m proud of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic\nresearch demonstrates a strong correlation between group choral singing and\nincreased self-confidence, improved demeanor and ability to cope with\nstress.  All of these are outcomes Negba aims to achieve for the children\nin its care.   And, perhaps along the way, a star will be discovered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\nhad a dream one night that I was on the Got Talent<\/em><\/strong> show,\u201d\nrecalled Shoval, age 9.  \u201cI told them about the Negba choir and I sang a\nsong from it that we learned.  And I won!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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