Founded by mother/daughter team Lori Diamond & Anelise Diamond Merrihew, Music Includes is a volunteer-led organization that was created as a community-based off-shoot of Algonquin High School's Unified Singing Club. Unified Singing Club was also founded by the pair in 2016 as the school's first inclusive extra curricular music group. With endless research, planning, production, time, and energy - plus endless support from our sound expert partner, Fred Abatelli - we joyfully provide supported musical coaching and performance opportunities for individuals with and without learning, emotional, developmental, medical or gender differences. Our mission is to demonstrate and celebrate the value of INCLUSION. Each performance is an opportunity to redefine false paradigms about what skills may be considered valuable. Our members uplift and inspire by sharing authentic JOY through music.Music Includes is opening hearts and minds while offering undeniable proof that everyone has unique and beautiful gifts to be celebrated and shared.