About Us

Joyful Noise is a chorus of forty-five adults, ages 17–70, with physical and neurological challenges and acquired brain injuries. Founded in 2000 by Director Allison Fromm and her sister, chorus member Beth Fromm, the ensemble is hosted by Bancroft, in southern New Jersey and Delaware. Joyful Noise fosters an atmosphere of community, acceptance, and teamwork in which members can discover their voices and express themselves through music. As one singer explains, “It makes me feel famous and proud!” Another reveals, "It's my life’s dream to be an entertainer forever.... and my dream came true!” The chorus serves as a model and a resource for similar ensembles that seek to develop in their members a sense of pride, confidence, and the potential to contribute to our world.

Joyful Noise has given more than eighty performances in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Illinois and has shared concerts with Harmonium, Western Wind, and Alice Parker. With funding from the Philadelphia Eagles Community Quarterback program, Joyful Noise is commissioning new works recognized choral composers: Chester Alwes, James Bassi, Gerald Cohen, Edie Hill, Rob Kennan, Elliot Levine, J. David Moore, Nick Page, Alice Parker, Steven Sametz, and Jon Washburn. Earthsongs publications has published the first of these scores for Joyful Noise’s performances at regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and Chorus America.


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