Exclusive | Adults are rushing to sign up for NYCs drop-in choirs as they search for low-commitment fun: The world needs this

It’s an a-choir-ed taste.New Yorkers young and old looking to connect — and dust off their singing skills — are racing to join the city’s no-audition no-commitment glee clubs.

They’re not only rediscovering a love of song — they’re also building community.Amid big-screen juggernaut “Wicked” turning theatres into sing-alongs nationwide, local organizations like the Gaia Music Collective, the Everybody Sing choir and the Sing Easy choir have seen an influx in sign-ups for their choirs — and it’s about much more than the music, they say.“A lot of people are looking for self-empowerment to learn how to take up more space and use their voices,” Jess McAvoy, 45, founder of the Sing Easy choir, told The Post.The long-time vocal coach and musician has hosted these 80-minute drop-in singing workshops, which range in price from $15 to $35, around New York City for three years.Typically, they’ve attracted groups of about 6 to 25 but McAvoy has noticed the rooms filling up more in recent months.And she’s not the only one hearing the call.Rick Whitaker, 56, started the Everybody Sing choir last year, he told The Post, as a way to fight back against the loneliness epidemic, heightened safety fears in the city and a host of other stressors faced by Big Apple residents nowadays.

“I felt that it was time to do what I could to bring people together,” the events manager at Columbia University’s Italian Academy told The Post.The veteran of multiple amateur and professional choirs has always loved music, so he decided to start a chorus that requires no auditions and charges no fees.Lately, the Morningside Heights resident said he’s felt “a renewed urgency to the collective need for community and togetherness — in the face of uncertainty and fear” among his fellow New Yorkers.Post-election, he noted, there had been a considerable rise in attendance.Currently, Everybody Sings has about 30 consistent members “from all walks of life” and ...