Community Singing Resources

Breathe Softly by Penny Stone. So beautiful in a 3-part round.
Listen to Your Heart by Taizé/Sophia Efthimiou. As is this one.
Please Call Me By My True Names by Thich Nhat Hanh/Andy Fischer-Price. One of my very, very favorite songs. According to my Basket of Plums songbook, the melody was written by Joseph Emet.
You and I by Laurence Cole. I've heard Laurence introduce this song by saying, "Instead of holding it together, why don't we hold it together?"

Daily Antidote of Song — Daily, on Zoom and YouTube, 9am Pacific. I taught my song The Human Heart there on 11/20/23, you can watch the recording here (although I forgot to teach the 2nd harmony!).
1st Annual Ojai Songfest: Harmony, Joy, and Healing Through Song, April 19-21, Ojai, CA.
Joyful Voices Chorus’ Big Sing!, May 5th, San Anselmo, CA. Come sing with us!
Kol: A Retreat for Jewish Music Across the Diaspora, Berkeley, May 10-12. I’ll be teaching there!
The Living Room Choir’s Big Sing, May 11th, El Cerrito, CA.
Big Sing! with Murmuration: A Sebastopol Community Choir with Te Martin, May 29, Sebastopol.
Song Village, May 30-June 2, Santa Cruz Mountains. I’ll be leading there!
Heather Houston’s Sisters in Harmony Retreat, June 27-30, Santa Cruz Mountains.
SongRoots, July 8-12 (sold out) & August 26-30, Gambier Island, BC, Canada. I’ll be there July 8-12!
Cascadia Song Rise, July 25-29, Saginaw, OR.

Marv Zauderer’s Joyful Voices Chorus — Spring ‘24 6-week Series + community-wide Big Sing, Novato Sundays 4-5:30p and San Anselmo Wednesdays 7-8:30p, Starts March 24/27. Big Sing — Sunday, May 5 in San Anselmo, click here for tix.
Marv Zauderer’s drop-in Central Marin Singers Choir Summer Season ‘24 — San Anselmo; Guest Songleader Shireen Amini on 6/5/24; other dates TBD.
Marv Zauderer’s SingOnline.org Song Circle — On hiatus, TBD.
Elise May + Kid Beyond’s Song Circle Magic — San Francisco, 2nd Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm
Amy Webb Armstrong’s Woodsong — Oakland Woods, 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:15-9pm
Kaitie Ty Warren’s and Sara Stutz’s Living Room Choir — El Cerrito, Saturdays 4:00pm
Thrive Street Choir — Berkeley, monthly
Thrive Street Choir Community Song Circle — Urban Adamah, Berkeley, monthly
Nigun Collective Song Circle — East Bay, monthly
Debbie Nargi-Brown’s Zoom Sings — Online
Amanda West’s Community Choir — Felton (Santa Cruz area)
Sarah MacEwan’s Singing Heals — Santa Cruz area, monthly and more
Heather Houston’s circles — Santa Cruz & Online
Theresa Martin’s Rooted and Singing — Online, Sundays 5:00pm
Eric Spiegel’s CircleSing — Sebastopol, 2nd Saturdays.

Uprooting Whiteness — An embodied & song-infused anti-racist space for white and white-passing folks. Every 2nd Monday beginning June 26.
Holistic Resistance. A Black-led organization and movement that believes ending oppression and healing from the trauma of oppression is a holistic practice. They are invested in resisting at every level from one-on-one connections to collective transformation. Common tools they use in resisting holistically include deep questions music, minimalism, heart-centered listening, grief in community, and earth connection.
Dodie Whitaker’s Vox4Change. Dodie works to dismantle systemic racism and bias by offering consultations, classes and specialized workshops in Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist initiatives.
“Who is Community Singing For?” by Jennifer Morales, Dodie Whitaker, and Laura McElroy. A document created as a vital response to inclusion issues in the global Community Singing movement.
Rosemary Campbell-Stephens MBE’s Global Majority; Decolonising the Language and Reframing the Conversation about Race
(divorcing) White Supremacy Culture: Coming Home To Who We Really Are
Lisa G. Littlebird’s Decolonizing Community Singing

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“Strangely and beautifully, each soul is a living flute being carved by life on Earth to sound deeper and deeper song.”