Chill Tunes

Chill Tunes is a creative voice program specifically designed for young adults that uses all forms of song as a platform for social skill development.

Facilitated by professional vocalists, Chill Tunes focuses on chorus and solo singing, vocal production and ensemble storytelling through lyrics and music. Chill Tunes explores a wide variety of music genre such as acapella, pop, classical, rap and jazz. Like all Chill programs, Chill Tunes
offers a supportive, respectful environment that fosters connections and friendships.

About

The benefits

It’s a workout – toning abdominal and intercostal muscles
Increases aerobic capacity and stamina
Improves posture
Boosts the immune system
Releases endorphins making you feel energised and uplifted
Reduces stress
Natural antidepressant
Improves mental alertness, concentration and memory
Social gold!
Improves self confidence
Broadens expressive language
Stimulates insight into the meaning of words
Ensemble work is teamwork!
Brings the body, mind and spirit together as one

Music and autism

“When you sing, musical vibrations move through you, fixing your physical and emotional landscape.”
—Saif Naser

Singing provides catharsis across the full emotional spectrum. It can give a directly-experienced, felt-sense of happiness. It’s a mood lifter & antidepressant with no side effects. And it’s not news to health professionals that mental & physical health are intimately linked.” (Journal of Music Therapy: Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 125–143. Singing as a Therapeutic Agent, in The Etude, 1891—1949 Bryan C. Hunter, PhD, MT-BCaa Nazareth College, Rochester, New York.)