Encore Creativity for Older Adults, the nation\'s largest choral arts organization for adults 55 and older, hosts its free spring concert series this April in Montgomery County. The Encore Chorale Schweinhaut Senior Center will usher in the spring and draw out the light with uplifting songs of music and love on April 24 at 11 AM at the Schweinhaut Center. Tickets are free with a pay-what-you-wish option for those who wish to give back and support the nonprofit\'s mission of providing an excellent artistic environment for all older adults. Tickets are available here. For more information, go to https://encorecreativity.org or call 301-261-5747.

Founded in 2007 by Jeanne Kelly during an NIH-funded study to address the mental and physical health benefits of singing for older adults, Encore Creativity for Older Adults now has more than 1,000 singers in 30 programs across the nation, including Chorales and ROCKS and Sentimental Journey Singers, a choir for those with early Alzheimer’s or memory impairments and their care partners, plus a vibrant online university, summer camp, winter retreat and travel abroad programs.