In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s character wakes up each morning to the Sonny and Cher song “I Got You Babe” and finds himself stuck, reliving the same day over and over. Fortunately, we don’t have to relive the same day, but we often find that the music we listen to does repeat over and over. Even when we hear a just-released song, it often sounds very similar to earlier songs that were hits, as the economics of the music business encourage reuse, maybe even exploitation, of a successful musical formula.

We can unstick our music with much more ease than it took Bill Murray’s character to unstick his repeating day. We can select a different playlist or switch radio stations in our car, which lets us wander, for at least a little while, into different kinds of music. Even a few minutes of exposure to different genres could broaden our outlook, or maybe it just gets us to laugh at some witty but unfamiliar lyrics.

The Lake Nona Arts Choir is preparing for a concert in May that will feature music taken from Broadway musicals as long ago as the 1937 musical Babes in Arms and as recently as the 2015 musical Dear Evan Hansen. We have enjoyed learning a variety of styles of music and sharing them with our community. Our upcoming concert on May 18 could be the thing to help you jump into some new music! Upcoming ticket and time details will be on our social media page as soon as they are available!

If you are looking to participate in the choir, orchestra or theater group, you can join us for future seasons by sending an email to lakenonachoir@gmail.com for more information or check out our social media pages “Lake Nona Arts” or our website www.lakenonaarts.com for ways to register. If you are not interested in performing but looking for a way to support the local arts in your community, please reach out to lakenonachoir@gmail.com to learn about the ways you can donate to our nonprofit.

Lake Nona Arts is a registered 501(c)3 committed to creating an arts community for adults (18+) in the Lake Nona Area. There are no auditions required for the community choir or orchestra. For more information, contact us at lakenonachoir@gmail.com.