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Singing brings joy to people with neurological conditions in Amsterdam

(8 Mar 2026) ASSOCIATED PRESS Amsterdam - February 25, 2026 1. Mid of Dutch opera singer Maartje de Lint singing with participants of the program Singing Circle 2. Mid of participants 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Maartje de Lint, Dutch opera singer and founder of the Singing Circle "The singing Circle is a place for people with a vulnerable brain, and their partners or family members. And where we show them in a kind and safe space that there is actually a perspective if you are ill in your brain, if you have challenges in the brain. And the part of music in the brains where we experience music hardly ever gets sick. So this is our working material." 4. Wide of participants seated in a circle during a singing workshop 5. Mid of Megan Worthy (58), suffering from a rare form of early-onset dementia called posterior cortical atrophy and her daughter Bronte Henfling 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Megan Worthy (58), suffering from a rare form of early-onset dementia called posterior cortical atrophy: “It’s pretty brutal. I'm, starting to lose everything, you know, and this is really rewarding and seeing all these people, yeah, it did make me have a lot of memories.” 7. Mid of Megan Worthy her daughter Bronte Henfling singing 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Bronte Henfling, Megan Worthy’s daughter: "Just hearing everyone come together and sing and, you know , it's a, reminds us that we're all human and there's a humanity of it, which is really, yeah, pleasing and nice to be a part of." 9. Wide of participants singing 10. Mid of woman in the middle crying and being comfort by two other women 11. Mid of helpers hand out paper tissues for people to dab away tears 12. Various of participants 13. SOUNDBITE (English): Brankele Frank, Neurobiologist: ”For people with dementia or Alzheimer's or other kind of neurodegenerative diseases, it might actually be extra beneficial because it speaks to brain areas that haven't really been degenerated yet. So for example, their verbal skills often are compromised, but music speaks to parts of the brain that doesn't necessarily need verbal skills. And so it taps into... their emotion, their sense of self, their identity. “ 14. Mid of couple singing 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Maartje de Lint, Dutch opera singer and founder of the Singing Circle: " When they have been here once, they want to come back and yeah, we have now the challenge of being sold out in the group, but Concertgebouw as well as me, we are very, very happy that we can help each other with this wonderful project and help so many people." 16. Wide of participants engaged in a singing circle 17. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Selien Kneppers, participant of the Singing Circle: ” We always say, music is like vitamins.” 18. Various of group singing 'Amazing Grace' 19. Wide of Concertgebouw exterior 20. Wide of cyclists and pedestrians passing by the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. STORYLINE: LEAD IN : A singing circle at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw helps people with dementia and other brain conditions find joy through music. Lead by opera singer Maartje de Lint, the session moves some people to tears as they sing traditional folk songs and hymns. STORYLINE: At a gathering in Amsterdam, support for people with neurodegenerative diseases comes in the form of song. The “singing circle” is run by opera singer Maartje de Lint at the landmark concert venue, Concertgebouw. It's aimed at people with what de Lint calls “vulnerable brains,” many of whom have a form of dementia or Parkinson's disease. AP Video by Aleksander Furtula Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...