Health in Harmony Choir
EMTC2022 photographs by Diffusion Industries
A partnership choir for current
and retired NHS Borders
& SBC social care staff.
Health in Harmony Choir was
established in September 2017
by Clare Gillespie, Arts Therapies Service Lead
and Dr Emma Platt,
Lead GP, Coldstream Practice
in response to concerns around staff
well-being, in terms of stress and burnout.
NHS 75th Anniversary Celebration at Scottish Parliament, June 2023
The choir brings together people from across Borders Health and Social Care Partnership and endeavours to create a safe and welcoming space each week, where all voices can be heard. Song, laughter and friendship are at the heart of the choir community and we are always keen to welcome in new members. There is no audition and no requirement to be able to read music, although we do use written music as an aid to memory.
We look forward to welcoming you into our special community.
The Musical Director is Alison Fraser. Born in Northern Ireland, Alison studied piano, singing and violin at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She was a music teacher in Scottish Borders Primary Schools for twenty years. She has always sung in a choir. She sang in the Chapel Choir at Methodist College, Belfast, the Chamber Choir at RSAMD, Dundee Choral Union and Edinburgh Royal Choral Union. She was the co-founder with Colin Fox of Abbey Consort and now sings with the Borders Chamber CHoir.
Alison is the accompanist for Berwick Arts Choir and conductor of the Yetholm Village Choir, and is delighted to now be the musical director of Health in Harmony. She is married with two sons who, along with her husband, are all accomplished brass players.
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Choir members feedback:
“Hearing our music after we practice is a delight.
It calms me from thinking of all the pressures of work and life.”
“It really gives me an endorphin rush, even after a long day of work,
it’s well worth going and feeling so great afterwards”
