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Sing to Remember: Defying Dementia

  • The Great Christmas Village, outside Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza 391A Orchard Road Singapore, 238873 Singapore (map)

Most forget. Some can’t find the right words. Others are present mentally but disconnected physically. But whatever type or form, Dementia eventually renders a person incapable of performing basic tasks that we take for granted.

Yet, this isn’t a story about the debilitating nature of dementia. This is a story about hope.

There might not be a cure for the condition, but more recent science has discovered that choral singing could slow down the decline of one of the most threatening diseases to an aging population.

Inspired by the power and hold of music on the brain, Jason Lai - Principal Conductor of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory - forms a choir with 9 individuals living with dementia and their loved ones.

Under the tutelage of a capella and vocal trainer Angelina Choo, this unlikely choir undergoes weekly rehearsals designed to prepare them for a Christmas Concert.

Over three-months, we trace their unfolding journeys as they rally together and work towards proving that those living with dementia can shatter the stigma and achieve something truly remarkable in a documentary airing early next year on CNA.