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You also don’t need to be “good” at singing to benefit, he said.<\/p>\n
“You don’t get any extra of these feel-good chemicals for being good, it’s just for turning up and doing it,” Blain said.<\/p>\n
“Getting tied up in whether something is good or bad, or in tune or not, you’re missing the point.”<\/p>\n
That philosophy makes the Queenscliff Uniting workshop especially welcoming for anyone who has ever felt they “can’t sing”.<\/p>\n
“If people can talk, they can sing,” Blain said. “The more you do it, the easier it gets and the less of that anxiety response you’re going to have.”<\/p>\n
It’s an outlook that fits neatly with Queenscliff Uniting’s mission to be, in organiser Lisa’s words, “a hub for community through events and groups”, from knitting and gardening to book clubs and concerts where people “come together and connect”.<\/p>\n
The church, she says, “really wants to be inclusive to all people.<\/p>\n
“It’s very much on purpose what we’re doing,” Lisa said.<\/p>\n
Chris Blain and volunteer choir members from Men in Suits will run a singing workshop at 10am on 12 April. Men in Suits will then perform at 5pm.<\/p>\n
Tickets are available via Trybooking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WHEN Melbourne choir Men in Suits roll into Queenscliff Uniting on 12 April, audiences will be invited to sing alongside the choir, in a carefully curated space for connection, joy and mental wellbeing. Musical director Chris Blain has spent decades getting people singing together, and these days he’s less interested in singing at people than […]<\/p>\n