Claudia Bartsch found the speech therapy sessions she needed as part of her Parkinson's Disease treatment hard work.

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So instead she swapped them for choir practice.

"With my Parkinson's, I had to work really hard with my speech therapist in order to get my articulation and my projection right," she said.

"My neurologist said I'm going really well, even though I'm not doing speech therapy anymore. I can come here and get the same benefits, plus more - plus friendships, plus uplifting spirit."

She is a member of the University of the Third Age

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