Singalong Happy Hour

All Are Welcome!

with Tina Allgeier and April Boyden

Grab a beverage and join us for a fun hour of virtual singing and laughing to help us break up the monotony of being self-quarantined.  Music has long been used to help relieve grief and help us feel better.  Studies show that music and singing promotes an opportunity for reflection while also creating a sense of community, culture, and spirituality which are essential to dealing with grief.  This singalong is not intended to be music therapy, but rather a fun night to singalong with others as we share our common experiences of loss.

NO SINGING EXPERIENCE NEEDED AND YOU CAN MUTE YOUR MIC IF YOFU LIKE!

Tina Allgeier is a voice and piano instructor at Strum University.  Over the past 40 years, Tina Allgeier has been singing and performing in many areas of the music industry.  Areas include musical theater, studio recording sessions, guest performances with local orchestras, duo/trio/band work for clubs and private parties.  She has also been involved with community organizations/city sponsored events, and serving as a music teacher and minister at various churches valley-wide.  For the past 15 of these years as a music teacher, she has been passionately bringing her extensive performing experience and love of singing to her students.  She recognizes and respects the uniqueness of each one of her singer/artist students and individualizes her music teaching to help each student reach his or her own musical goals.

April Boyden is a Spiritual Companion, Interfaith Chaplain, Art as Intuition Facilitator. April has served as a hospital, hospice and congregation chaplain for more than 30 years and currently serves as Campus Minister for the Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus. Certified as a Spiritual Companion in 1999, she has more recently continued her studies at the Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, California where she expanded her love and knowledge of the spiritual practices of the world’s many and diverse faith paths. April is also a singer!  She has been has been signing alongside people in grief and transition for 30 years.  “How can I keep from singing?” quotes April who has sung with and for infants to Octogenarians (and older, but she can’t remember the word)!  Music both calms and enlivens from “Country Roads” to “On Broadway”.