Reflecting on repetition, resilience and reality

A few years ago in my choir we sang Kashmir by Led Zeppelin … acapella in five part harmony. It’s a long song and was challenging to learn. I don’t think we quite perfected it. Five years later, and we’re singing it again. Somehow it seems easier and makes more sense to me now –…

Pump up the volume – Training my Parkinson’s brain to think LOUD

I’ve always been fairly softly spoken. What I didn’t know before is that one of the many possible symptoms of Parkinson’s is a quieter voice, and this is something which has affected me. This year I’ve had speech therapy in the form of the ‘Lee Silverman Voice Treatment’ also called LSVT LOUD. This is an…