joyful voices chorus
Spring ‘24 | Novato & 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, call-and-repeat-style, there's no music to read!
Non-audition, 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.
SO. MUCH. FUN.
JOYFUL VOICES CHORUS
7-WEEK community Choir SERIES on Unceded Coast Miwok Lands
This Spring ‘24 season, instead of drop-in, we're doing a 7-week series, which, although similar in most ways (including our Covid policy) to our drop-in choirs, 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!
We get to co-create and experience a deeper feeling of community with each other!
We have San Anselmo and Novato choirs; in registering for either series you can go to one, the other, or BOTH every week.
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.
Plus our Big Sing on May 5th, open to the entire community!
Join our Community-wide Big sing on May 5th!
Want to sing easy-to-learn, non-religious, uplifting songs in community? Or just listen and revel in the soulful, stress-relieving vibes? Led by Marv Zauderer, with special guest Kele Nitoto, the Joyful Voices Chorus will be sharing songs we’ve been learning in our 7-week community choir series. It’s gonna be SO. MUCH. FUN!
So...what kinds of songs do we sing?
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 are selected for their ability to rejuvenate, soothe, uplift and inspire! Songs of belonging, songs of healing, songs of hope, songs of joy.
Feel free to check out our YouTube page for videos and audio of our choirs singing together, and our Song Library, which has every song we've ever sung so far -- and there will be a number of new songs this season.
Our Winter ‘24 Central Marin Singers Choir singing the final chorus of Ahlay Blakely’s “The Shame Song.” That’s the spirit you’ll find in the Joyful Voices Chorus!
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KIND WORDS
“My heart is still singing! Loved the harmonies! And the magic in our connection! What a community!”
— Singer Linda P.
“An uplifting and moving community choir experience. Big positive energy!”
— Singer Elizabeth S.
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 proceeds are donated to Huukuiko, a local Coast Miwok organization.