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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Corder

A singing circle at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw offers support for people with dementia

Netherlands Singing Circle - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Megan Worthy still recalls singing in a choir in the Australian capital, Canberra, as she was growing up.

Now, as a rare form of early-onset dementia chips away at her vision and other brain functions, the 58-year-old is transported back to her musical youth as she and her daughter, Bronte, sing together with other people with neurological conditions in an Amsterdam concert hall, the Concertgebouw.

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