Our Mission
The mission of Longwood Chorus, a 100-voice ensemble of Boston's healthcare and science community, is to decrease medical burnout, promote emotional wellness, and perform high-quality choral music.
Since our founding in 2017, Longwood Chorus has brought together singers of various healthcare and scientific backgrounds – medical, graduate, and public health students, researchers, engineers, bench scientists, clinical research coordinators, therapists, nurses, residents, and attending physicians – from local institutions, including Harvard Medical School and its affiliated hospitals, the VA, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, Google, Automata Technologies, and The Broad Institute all in the pursuit of creating harmony in healthcare. We do this by staging biannual full choir concerts, a singer led Cabaret, and by participating in several smaller performances at local hospitals and community events throughout the year.
To read more about our mission, check out this great article from Harvard Medical School!
As physicians and researchers ourselves, we believe in giving back to the healthcare community. Our community outreach performances bring free chamber music directly to patients who cannot attend concerts.
We bring together more than 70 medical & science trainees across Harvard and local institutions in Boston to increase cross-talk in the healthcare professions and form a warm, supportive community.
Our weekly rehearsals are a space to nourish a creative spirit and learn diverse music, which in turn allows us to bridge the humanities with medicine & science.
