Our friends from the Community Music Center sent this notice:

Community Music Center is now offering a free chorus for singers over the age of 60. The Solera Singers sing in Spanish and meet at the Mission Neighborhood Center each Wednesday afternoon starting February 9. The program is now registering singers and no experience is necessary. Contact Martha Calderon at Martha.calderon@mncsf.org or 415-206-7750 for more information.

Solera Singers is run by the Community Music Center and is part of the MetLife Foundation Creative Aging Program. Funding is provided by MetLife Foundation and administered by the National Guild for Community Arts Education.

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