Shanghai Elderly Choirs, Three Cases Of Study

A high percentage of the population of older Chinese adults, specifically the residents in the city of Shanghai in the years 2014-16 as my field of study, have a special interest and a special joy for singing, expressed in terms of ease in the melodic intonation, and demonstrated in their continue participation in whether open social or private activities referred to singing. The desire to make this research arises from the observation of the constant musical activity, with the existence of a considerable number of choirs just for elderly people, singing a four voices or even more and under the direction of some people professionally qualified, some amateurs, many of them being conducting students or graduated conductors who get their professional experience in this kind of groups.The effects of singing and gathering in social cultural activities have a great influence in the well being of the elderly, already researched and demonstrated by different investigations. The present study aims to describe and underline the elderly choral movement in Shanghai through the case of three choirs of different characteristics, perceiving the benefits of music in their lives in the specific case of Shanghai.From the perspective as a foreign student, the purposes for the present thesis are:Describe the general characteristics of Shanghai Elderly Choir’s movement through the illustration of three specific elderly choirs in the city, underlining their value in accordance to its specific populations characteristics, understanding their shortcomings, estimating their impact in the elders well being, and acknowledging the practice opportunity that they provide to conducting students. After it is planned to introduce the general situation of Shanghai Elderly Choir’s movement to different countries, and set it as an example for the world.