joyful voices chorus
Winter ‘26 | weekly in San Anselmo + Big Sing
Sing in Community
Love to sing while you're driving? On a walk? In the shower? Then this joyful, soulful, uplifting community choir is for you! Our choir is:
Easy to join in and sing because singing experience is never needed, and, because all songs are taught by ear, line-by-line call-and-repeat-style, there's no music to read!
Non-auditioned, non-performative, and
anti-perfectionistic.Welcoming, accepting, and inclusive. We create a safe, non-judgmental, collaborative space that's supportive for all, especially if you're feeling nervous about sharing your voice.
SO. MUCH. FUN.
JOYFUL VOICES CHORUS
7-WEEK community Choir on Unceded Coast Miwok Land
Starting on January 28th for our Winter ‘26 season, our 7-week community choir in San Anselmo, although similar in most ways (including our Covid policy) to our drop-in song circles, brings you unique benefits that come from being part of a consistent group:
Some of our songs can be juicier, richer songs that take parts of 2-3 successive evenings to learn. So juicy! Like this one!
We get to co-create and experience a deeper feeling of community with each other!
Although there’s no need or pressure to practice the songs between sessions, practice tracks are posted so you can sing along with any part of any of our core songs at any time.
Choir membership includes our special drop-in Opening Night January 28th with amazing Guest Songleader Amanda West, and our season-ending Big Sing on Saturday afternoon, March 7th, open to anyone and everyone, where we’ll teach and sing a couple of the songs we’ve worked on (you’ll get to vote on which ones) and we’ll welcome back the incredible Ríomas (previously known as Shireen Amini) as our Guest Songleader for the rest of the day’s uplifting songs!
So snag the Early Bird Discount and join us! Or, if you want to bypass the discount and if you’ve never been a member of our choir, you can try it FREE February 4th! Or get a ticket to our drop-in Opening Night with Amanda January 28th, and if you end up joining the choir, we’ll apply that ticket to your choir fee! Or join the choir by choosing your sliding-scale fee — for 7 weeks of uplifting singing, it’s a bargain! Or just join us Saturday, March 7th for our Big Sing with Ríomas!
Come Sing with Marv And the Joyful voices Chorus!
Marv teaches the most amazing songs by the most amazing community songwriters! It’s SO. MUCH. FUN.
So...what kinds of songs do we sing?
Marv selects the most amazing songs by the most amazing community songwriters from around the world!
We sing short-form, non-religious, easy-to-learn songs mostly sourced from the modern community singing movement -- unison songs, chants, rounds, layer songs, and 2-, 3-, and 4-part harmony songs. Songs that take parts of 2-3 evenings to learn, like this one, this one, and this one, and also quick-to-learn songs, like this one, this one, and this one.
Songs are selected for their ability to rejuvenate, soothe, uplift and inspire! This season we’re singing songs of hope, songs of belonging, songs of resilience, songs of joy.
Feel free to check out our YouTube channel for videos and audio of our choir singing together, and our Song Library, which has every song we've ever sung so far (with links) -- and there will be a number of new songs this season.
114 wonderful souls at our Fall ‘24 Joyful Voices Chorus’ community-wide Big Sing, singing Batya Levine’s “We Rise”
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KIND WORDS from past Seasons
“uplifting in every way.”
“I felt invigorated, connected, peaceful and nourished.”
“this kind of singing is my daily medicine to get through the hard stuff in life.”
“the deep and beautiful songs have been running through my head and keeping me balanced and positive during this very strange time.”
“I felt a connection with a childhood love that I had lost touch with, and I felt joy, more openness, and a sense of community.”
“All my wife knows is that i come home Wednesday nights feeling better than when i left.”
“Marv’s style of teaching was one of the best things about the chorus: His ease that let me feel at ease about not having to get it right, his positivity, his play, his energy, and his effort to want things to work for us all.”
“Marv holds the space so well, with love, kindness, openness, and intuitiveness.”
“I felt different feelings throughout: sometimes deeply touching my heart and soul, other times very playful!”
“sometimes I’m feeling kind of down and i don’t really feel like coming to choir, but i just know 10 minutes in, i’m already going to feel better.”
“the specific words of songs is what touches me the most, all wrapped up in the heartfelt community you have brought together, and the ease and intention of meaning and joy you create for the singing experience.”
“It was very uplifting — we felt inspired and happier every single time.”
“Marv sets such a glorious tone of non-judgment and self-acceptance. And joy!”
“I’m so glad I joined the chorus, and I love the new friends I’ve made.”
“I feel renewed every week, and i leave with a smile on my face.”
“The best thing that has happened to me in a while.”
“Such a powerful and uplifting opportunity for connection with self and community!”
“Joyful and enchanting — and precious moments aplenty!”
“I felt part of something larger — it was very uniting and spiritual for me.”
“It touched my heart and soul!”
The Joyful Voices Chorus originates from unceded Coast Miwok land and we acknowledge we benefit from their displacement. To contribute to healing the continuing harms of the colonization of indigenous people, including through rematriating land, a portion of the profits are donated to Huukuiko, a local Coast Miwok organization stewarding 26 acres of land in ‘Etcha Tamal (aka Nicasio), land rematriated into Coast Miwok hands for the first time in Marin County history.