WORK OF LOVE:: east coast song circles
aha, a late breaking whim!
Details flurrying into motion as we speak!
Events will be linked when venues & tickets are set!
Tour angels welcome - hosts, promo help, venue-findersโฆ mesage me โฅ๏ธ
8/30 ASHEVILLE, NC
8/31 DURHAM, NC
9/2 WASHINGTON D.C.
9/3 PHILLY
9/4-5-6 // TBA // โฆideas? NY? VT?
9/10-13 BLESSFEST
BLESSFEST
TICKETS
Come relish in the alchemy of community, music, nature and the sacred arts this September 10th - 13th for an uplifting and healing time in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts. This two day intimate festival will be a time to slow down in nature and join with friends in many of the best ancient customs of being human.
BlessFest East 2026 features an array of uplifting and heart-opening offerings from inspired and epic musicians, teachers, fire keepers and ceremonial elders from across the United States. Come as you are, come with all your humanness and dive into experience. This is a time for nurturing your body, mind and soul though being immersed in the magic of this beautiful community.
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โ4 Days and 3 Nights of:
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Inspiring World Music
Kirtan & Chanting
Daily Yoga and Meditation
Indigenous Wisdom and Ceremonial Teachings
Sacred Storytelling
Evening Fire Gatherings
Morning Singing Circles
Dances of Belonging
Nourishing & Delicious Organic food
And the Warmth of a Heartfelt Community
BlessFest is excited to host its 7th east coast community festival gathering at Middle Way Farm in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. This mountain top farm has panoramic mountain views and gorgeous sunsets. The 20 acre property abuts the largest state forest in MA and is surrounded by trees and fields idealic for this celebration of life.
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This gathering has the intimacy and healing qualities of a retreat while also possessing the excitement and grandeur of a festival. This event provides the opportunity to truly slow down, relax, tune in, learn, dance, play, listen and immerse yourself in the joyful and healing qualities of ecstatic community.
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A Year in Ceremony @ Earthkeeper Wisdom School
A Year In Ceremony
Soul-Deep Transformation & Apprenticeship for Sacred Space Holders
A 10 month journeywithin a deep, immersive learning cohort for those called to ritually tend to lifeโs sacred thresholds, to the wholeness of their communities, and to the balance between the human and more-than-human-world.
- In-Person Gathering Dates -
September 17-20, 2026; December 3-6, 2026; March 18-21, 2027; June 3-6, 2027
INFO + APPLY
ALL IN Song Circle - (MARIN CO, CA)
First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo -- Duncan Hall (across the courtyard from the Sanctuary)
San Anselmo, CA
TICKETS HERE
REVEL: A Dance Meets Tantra Convergence
TICKETS
LOVELAND,COLORADO
Dance Meets Tantraโs first full-send convergence.
A celebration of the artists, facilitators, and methodologies that move us most.
REVEL brings together world-class DJs, musicians, and embodiment teachers in a container that holds the depth, safety, and intimacy Dance Meets Tantra is known for.
More intimate than a festival. More free and expansive than a retreat. REVEL is a culture-making convergence at the intersection of dance, tantra, art, somatics, sexuality, community, and collective evolution.
Set against the stunning red-rock bluffs of Sunrise Ranch, our venue offers convenient camping locations, cozy indoor accommodations, and a farm-fresh meal plan that is the best retreat food you'll ever have (some of which is grown right at Sunrise Ranch). REVEL is a place to exhale, unwind, and truly drop in with community.
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BIG SUR Big Sing
Sunday June 28, 2026
doors open at 5pm singing 5:30 - 7pm
The Grange Hall 47090 Hwy 1 Big Sur, CA 93920
(Just pasT the Roadhouse Cafe, turn into the drive immediately
after the bridge, look for the sandwich sign on the right.)
more info: http://wholeheartedcommunitysongcircles.com/
Sisters in Harmony Retreat
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An ALL INCLUSIVE women's singing retreat AND Live Song Leader Training at the stunning Green Mountain Retreat center in the Santa Cruz Mountains!
Please join Heather Houston with special guest artists - Amanda West, Debbie Nargi-Brown, Julianna Zarzycki, Kaitie Ty Warren, Sheniqua Trotman, and Lyndsey Scott.
Supported by Namasya on percussion, Sound Bath with Caroline, and Qi-Gong with Beth.
Immerse yourself in sacred sisterhood, song, meditation, ritual, nature, a swimming pool, and hiking trails. Weโll be singing together in one big group the entire weekend, with the exception of a round robin session where we will break into smaller groups and YOU will have the opportunity to lead and learn songs from the other participants. (Don't worry, leading a song is optional!) :)
Fill your cup with songs that open your heart and uplift your spirit!
LOVE IS POWER : song circle tour
5/14 MADISON song circle
5/24 DANCING RABBIT song circle
6/29 BIG SUR song circle
7/1 LYONS CO song circle - info coming soon
LOVE IS POWER - community song circle (MADISON)
TICKETS
"Anytime we do the work of love, we end the work of domination." ~bell hooks
Come sing songs of resilience, power, kindness, care, and tenderness with your community. Come just as you are and experience an evening of interactive singing led by experienced songleader Lyndsey Scott. After a simple vocal and body warm-up, we'll learn songs through call-and-echo repetition. Rounds and layers will add complexity for those who want it -- before you know it, we'll be making beauty! Singing will be interspersed with facilitated sharing, opportunities to move, and a spacious tea break time to meet and connect with community.
ALL VOICES WELCOME!
Whether you love to sing, only ever sing in the shower, or were told "you shouldn't sing" - you are welcome and valued here. This way of being together is an antidote to perfectionism; it's about remembering that we belong and that our voices have power. Science says our heartbeats sync up when we sing together -- You'll leave feeling more open and relaxed, with a pocket full of positive songs to keep singing through the week. ๊ฉ
Location:
Gates of Heaven
James Madison Park
302 E Gorham St, Madison, WI 53706
TICKETS
Mama I Feel Y0u: A Song Feast for Praising Earth (online)
โWe must create new rituals to hold our heartbreak for the world and to ignite radical imagination for a new way of moving forward.โ โ Francis Weller
In these times marked by disconnection and cultural unraveling, we gather to tend to the sacred web of kinship and to be nourished at depth.
Through song-infused ritual, we will root in the miracle of life, hold tender space for our grief, and magnify our boldest prayers for a more liberated world. You are warmly welcome to join this offering of Earthkeeper Wisdom School once or monthly. Invite like-hearted friends!
FREE! REGISTER
PRAISE EARTH! (Iowa City) song circle + potluck
RSVP HERE
In honor of spring and earth day, come sing to express our love for this blue spinning planet! Through call-and-echo, we'll learn simple songs that celebrate the elements, the wisdom of our more-than-human teachers, and the wonder of being in kinship with this wild web of Life.
We'll make a beautiful mandala from natural materials for the center of our circle ------> bring flowers, twigs, seeds, or stones, ....a little something from your land to help create a collective beauty offering.
(Lyndsey's dear friend & Earthkeeper Wisdom School founder Carolyn Griffeth will be visiting Iowa City -- this is a wonderful opportunity to meet if you're curious about joining A Year in Ceremony!)
We rented the pavilion so we can gather rain or shine
restrooms are not yet open for the season. BYO water bottle!
โฅ๏ธ COST
This gathering is a gift to the community, and an invitation to "pay it forward" in donation to Great Plains Action Society
โฅ๏ธ LOCATION:
Shelter #6 at Lower City Park
200 Park Rd, Iowa City, IA
โฅ๏ธ POTLUCK
If youโd like to linger and meet people who love the earth and like to sing too, feel free to bring a dish, snack, or dessert to share (as well as your plate & silverware)
Grief as Gateway to Soul:: (Online Grief Ritual)
Grief as Gateway
to Soul
8:00 am โ 11:30 am PT ยท with Carolyn Griffeth & Lyndsey Scott
in partnership with Purpose Guides Institute
"Grief work is soul work. Grief tending is the cutting edge of soul activism."โ Francis Weller
How do we carve out space amidst the overwhelm of life's requirements to slow down and feel deeply enough to access the caverns of our hearts? How will anything change if we don't?
We see everywhere the evidence of generational trauma repeating itself. The breakneck pace of modernity demands that we numb out to keep going. To interrupt the cycles of insanity, we are learning to pause and practice the sacred art of grief tending. To access the gold of our souls, we must.
Come tend with us, friends โ your personal grief and that of our collective. Let's remember the wisdom that lives in our bodies and connects us to the soul of the world.
What we'll explore
In this three-hour + 30-minute workshop, we will:
i.Invite our voices to open the path to our heart through Song
ii.Anchor a practical skillset of embodied space holding
iii.Practice sacred witness as a key component of building relational safety
iv.Explore each of Francis Weller's Five Gates of Grief through interactive processes
v.Create beauty through a simple, repeatable ritual
Each time we practice together we build skill. Each time we tend our own grief, we tend the heart of the world. May this time of tender listening and honoring our sorrow reignite the passion of our souls and awaken an outpouring of love for the world.
LOVE IS POWER: Des Moines song circle
"Anytime we do the work of love, we end the work of domination." ~bell hooks
TICKETS
Come sing songs of resilience, power, kindness, care, and tenderness with your community. Come just as you are and experience an afternoon of interactive singing led by experienced songleader Lyndsey Scott. After a simple vocal and body warm-up, we'll learn songs through call-and-echo repetition. Rounds and layers will add complexity for those who want it -- before you know it, we'll be making beauty! Singing will be interspersed with facilitated sharing, opportunities to move, and spacious tea break time to meet and connect with community.
ALL VOICES WELCOME!
Whether you love to sing, only ever sing in the shower, or were told "you shouldn't sing" - you are welcome and valued here. This way of being together is an antidote to perfectionism; it's about remembering that we belong and that our voices have power. Science says our heartbeats sync up when we sing together -- You'll leave feeling more open and relaxed, with a pocket full of positive songs to keep singing through the week. ๊ฉ
TICKETS
Solidarity Sing-in!
Join the nationwide wave of singing resistance with your Iowa City neighbors!
On Monday, March 23rd, we are gathering from 7-9pm to learn movement songs, ground ourselves in joyful and civil nonviolent resistance, and share ways to plug in to our local ecosystem of action.
WHY WE GATHER:
We know that singing together invites us to open ourselves to grief and love, connect to each other in breath and heartbeat, and strengthen our souls for resilient action. This sing-in will cultivate connection and prepare us for strategic ways to act locally.
WHO WE ARE:
The Singing Resistance is a decentralized mass movement singing solidarity in strategic noncooperation against rising authoritarianism in the United States. Standing on the shoulders of civil resistance transnationally, the movement is grounded in radical welcoming and nonviolence, inviting all to stand against oppressive systems and to create the future of collective liberation. Iowa Cityโs pod is a convergence of song families inviting neighbors to sing on the streets against local authoritarian tactics and to uplift already present networks of mutual aid for sustained resilience.
Stay tuned @ insta @singingresistanceic
Questions? Reach out to singingresistanceic@proton.me
SOUL ROOT song circle (spring sesh)
soul root//
an 8-week song & support circle
7-9pm THURSDAYS < feb 19 thru apr 16 >
@ sangha wellness collective (downtown iowa city)
facilitated by Lyndsey Scott
โPut your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.โ ~ Anne Sexton
step into an intrepid circle full of harmony & connection
where yOur depths are honored and nourished
Each week weโll sing simple songs taught on-the-spot to release stress, spark creativity, build resilience, and welcome the full gamut of human emotion. Singing together is an ancient/familiar โtechnology of Belongingโ that helps us to attune simultaneously to ourselves, to one another, and to the greater web of Life. Over the course of our eight weeks together, youโll grow a collection of catchy song mantras to call upon whenever you need to come back to center. Every two hour meeting will include warm-ups, ample singing!, a tea break, and select opportunities to reflect and share in writing, in dyads, or in circle. Leave feeling grounded, energized, and nourished ~~ in touch with interbeing and more connected to that which Sources you to live your gifts.
โSoul on deck shines like gold in dark times.โ ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
DETAILS:
*no meeting on 3/19
sliding scale // scholarships available
ages 16+
you donโt have to be a โsingerโ to sign up! This is โall voices welcomeโ โ no one put on the spot. Songs will be taught call and echo โ no sheet music or lyrics, only mirror neurons and ample repetition.
this is not a drop-in class โ-> please commit to the full ride. (and Life happens! โ very ok if you need to miss one or two, but Iโd really like to give priority to those who can show regularly, to build community!)
No refunds after start date (except special circumstances)
30 person max capacity
ACCESSIBILITY NOTES:
venue is on the second floor of The Building โ accessible by stairs or elevator. <Note: the elevator path still requires up 3 / down 4 stairs.>
Chairs or zabuton (floor cushions) provided. Movement and standing will be invited and is optional.
Bathroom on site.
Please come without contagious symptoms. You are welcome to mask if desired; not required.
REGISTER HERE
โThis work is for Love. We do this work to free the
heart so that our love can flow more freely into the
world, into the streets.โ
โ Francis Weller
Lyndsey Scott is an artist, songleader, and ritualist committed to exploring community singing as a strategy for collective liberation. She composes and records sacred music with a beat to empower earth-based spiritual consciousness. As the 2024-25 Grant Wood Fellow of Interdisciplinary Performance at UIOWA she taught Community Singing as Collective Power and created SONG*LINES, a series of eight interactive song circles in eight local village-building sites โ and ๐ she liked Iowa City so much she stayed!! Current projects include priestessing at Earthkeeper Wisdom Schoolโs A Year in Ceremony, hosting online Songversation gatherings for both private clients and organizational enrichment, and recording a new EP, โKin!โ With nimble facilitation that glides easily between the sacred - silly - sexy - serious : your inner child, exiled banshee, and wise elder are all very invited to this circle.
Front Porch Music Festival
photo by Clarity Guerra
BRIGID'S FLAME
Join us for Groundswell Joy Collectiveโs first annual participatory celebration and production bringing community together to experience the joy and creativity of community Singing, Dancing, Storytelling, Silence, and Puppetry!
January 30 & 31
Steeple Square
Dubuque, IA
TICKETS
BRIGID'S FLAME
Join us for Groundswell Joy Collectiveโs first annual participatory celebration and production bringing community together to experience the joy and creativity of community Singing, Dancing, Storytelling, Silence, and Puppetry!
January 30 & 31
Steeple Square
Dubuque, IA
TICKETS
POWER UP! :: a community song circle to spark soul
Are you tired, dear one? Fatigued down to the bone?Maybe your power has been disconnected for too long.
Connect your life to your soul and your soul to its source.
Spending time with your own soul heals everything.
Even the world.
โ Jaiya John
As the passing days grow minutes of more sun, as the seeds beneath the ground start to sigh and stir a little . . . . so might we be coming alive with inklings of the dreams that want to wake up through us this coming year. Let's gather together and reflect each other's goodness through song. Let's plug into what powers us up so we can ripple out this Possibility!
Come just as you are and experience an afternoon of interactive singing led by experienced songleader Lyndsey Scott. After a simple vocal and body warm-up, we'll learn songs through call-and-echo repetition. Rounds and layers will add complexity for those who want it -- before you know it, we'll be making beauty! Singing will be interspersed with facilitated sharing, opportunities to move, and spacious tea break time to meet and connect with community.
ALL VOICES WELCOME! Whether you love to sing, only ever sing in the shower, or were told "you shouldn't sing" - you are welcome and valued here. This way of being together is an antidote to perfectionism; it's about remembering that we belong and that our voices have power. Science says our heartbeats sync up when we sing together! You'll leave feeling more open and relaxed, with a pocket full of positive songs to keep singing through the week ๊ฉ
ADVANCE TICKETS REQUIRED
SOUL ROOT song circle
soul root//
an 8-week song & support circle
7-9pm THURSDAYS < oct 16 thru dec 18 > *with breaks
@ sangha wellness collective (downtown iowa city)
facilitated by Lyndsey Scott
โPut your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.โ ~ Anne Sexton
step into an intrepid circle full of harmony & connection
where yOur depths are honored and nourished
Each week weโll sing simple songs taught on-the-spot to release stress, spark creativity, welcome grief, and build resilience. Singing together is an ancient/familiar โtechnology of Belongingโ that helps us to attune simultaneously to ourselves, to one another, and to the greater web of Life. Over the course of our eight weeks together, youโll grow a collection of catchy song mantras to call upon whenever you need to come back to center. Every two hour meeting will include warm-ups, ample singing!, a tea break, and select opportunities to reflect and share in writing, in dyads, or in circle. Leave feeling grounded, energized, and nourished ~~ in touch with interbeing and more connected to that which Sources you to live your gifts.
โSoul on deck shines like gold in dark times.โ ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
DETAILS:
*no meetings on 11/27 (thanksgiving) or 12/4 (iโll be gone)
sliding scale // scholarships available
ages 16+
you donโt have to be a โsingerโ to sign up! This is โall voices welcomeโ โ no one put on the spot. Songs will be taught call and echo โ no sheet music or lyrics, only mirror neurons and ample repetition.
this is not a drop-in class โ-> please commit to the full ride. (and Life happens! โ very ok if you need to miss one or two, but Iโd really like to give priority to those who can show regularly, to build community!)
No refunds after start date (except special circumstances)
35 person max capacity
ACCESSIBILITY NOTES:
venue is on the second floor of The Building โ accessible by stairs or elevator. <Note: the elevator path still requires up 3 / down 4 stairs.>
Chairs or zabuton (floor cushions) provided. Movement and standing will be invited and is optional.
Bathroom on site.
Please come without contagious symptoms. You are welcome to mask if desired; not required.
REGISTER HERE
โThis work is for Love. We do this work to free the
heart so that our love can flow more freely into the
world, into the streets.โ
โ Francis Weller
Lyndsey Scott is an artist, songleader, and ritualist committed to exploring community singing as a strategy for collective liberation. She composes and records sacred music with a beat to empower earth-based spiritual consciousness. As the 2024-25 Grant Wood Fellow of Interdisciplinary Performance at UIOWA she taught Community Singing as Collective Power and created SONG*LINES, a series of eight interactive song circles in eight local village-building sites โ and ๐ she liked Iowa City so much she stayed!! Current projects include priestessing at Earthkeeper Wisdom Schoolโs A Year in Ceremony, hosting online Songversation gatherings for both private clients and organizational enrichment, and recording a new EP, โKin!โ With nimble facilitation that glides easily between the sacred - silly - sexy - serious : your inner child, exiled banshee, and wise elder are all very invited to this circle.
Front Porch Music Festival
photo by Clarity Guerra
Nourishing Soul: A Daylong Retreat of Rest, Ritual, and Renewal
Resting enough to remember our right place within the expansive web of kinship supports us to live from a place of wisdom and interbeing. At Earthkeeper Wisdom School, we practice attuning to Earth, to all that Sources us, and to each other, to be able act from a place of emergent Listening.
Join songleader Lyndsey Scott and ritualist Carolyn Griffeth for a day of renewal on beautiful land an hour west of St. Louis, MO. During this daylong retreat, we'll practice simple, song-filled rituals that center earth connection, anchor in gratitude, tend grief, and invite deep rest. You'll emerge from our time together with more bandwidth in your beautiful heart to feel it all and move from a place of courage.
FULL INFO + REGISTER
Information about and directions to the retreat center will be sent upon registration.
Songs for Ceremony
Join songleader Lyndsey Scott and ritualist Carolyn Griffeth for a relaxed evening of singing together and grounding in song as an essential ingredient for ceremonial alchemy.
In sacred space, we will share accessible songs that relate to core movements of ritual as we practice at Earthkeeper Wisdom School ~ magnifying gratitude, welcoming grief, attuning to soul, and surrendering to service.
You'll come away from the evening with a handful of easy-to-teach songs you can begin to weave into your gatherings!
Additionally, we will share some reflections on experiencing Song's ceremonial power within our first cycle of a Year in Ceremony and other moments when we have witnessed the somatic impact of singing on the collective field -- at protests, tending illness, making meetings less mundane. โก๏ธ
We'll spend some time in Q/A at the end to share about the upcoming iteration of A Year in Ceremony. We welcome those who are discerning application to please come and bring questions!
This gathering is free to attend and will be recorded to be sent to those who'd like to watch later.
REGISTER
Sing the Unfolding Journey: 7-day Green River Trip
What does the river teach us about how to Be?
What do rocks teach us about Time?
What does the wind teach us about how to Sing?
What do we teach each other about the face of the Divine?
What wants to be released in you to flow on downstream?
What wants to be nourished in you to allow for Soul to lead?
Loose the hold of goals, screens, and modern cacophony to sense the soul tugs underneath and in between. Relax into the currents of emergence to notice and bless how life wants to move as You! Let kinship help molt any scripts that keep you separate. Refresh your mother tongue: fluency in the sensual world.
Become part of the One Song that is always singing.
What note is mine to hold in this great chorus of interbeing?
Guided by these inquiries, in song and silence, in story-sharing and sacred witness, in the wise company of the more-than-human world, and with the fun of brand new friendsโฆ..weโll travel the river together as a ritual of Remembrance.
FULL INFO @
https://www.theriverspath.org/the-way-knows-with-lyndsey-scott/
SONG*LINES Project
SONG*LINES PROJECT
weaving Village by singing together in places we love
Spring 2025, Iowa City
in partnership with Grant Wood Art Colony + the University of Iowa School of Music
TO REGISTER, <SIGN UP HERE>
โOur songs travel the earth. We sing to one another. Not a single note is ever lost and no song is original. They all come from the same place and go back to a time when only the stones howled.โ โ Louise Erdrich
โWe belong to the land and it belongs to us. We sing to the land, sing about the land. We are that land. It sings to us.โ ~ Songspirals: Sharing Womenโs Wisdom of Country Through Songlines, Gay'wu Group of Women
SUNDAYS, 2-4pm
(SITE ~ ๐ต THEME)
FEB 2: RSFIC ~ ๐ต resilience
FEB 16: sacred collective ~ ๐ต queer Love
MAR 2: PS1 Close House ~ ๐ต we weave the web
MAR 16: CITY HIGH ~ ๐ต โcare is the workโ *NOTE TIME CHANGE: 1-3PM
MAR 30: Stanley Museum ~ ๐ต cross-pollination
APRIL 13: Johnson County Historic Poor Farm ~ ๐ต land connection
APRIL 27: Bike Library ~ ๐ต people power
MAY 4 : โBIG SINGโ @ OLD BRICK, 2-5pm
How do we feel for and lift up the soul of a place? How do we intentionally weave together those who are stoking it, in rest + play + dreaming? How does the ancient, simple act of singing together remind us what our bones already know? How does this humble, collective music-making feed Life and the land that gives us home?
Iโm learning about and deeply inspired by the Aboriginal tradition of songlines (also called song spirals or โdreaming tracksโ) that map pathways of intimacy between land and people. New to this community, Iโm feeling for the whisper of wind and song of river, the chorus of those already working for justice, fueling resilience, and insisting on beautyโฆ.steady thrum of the One Song in between and beneath the noise of modern discord.
For me, part of sensing a new place is feeling for resonance with those laboring in love and joining them in vision. Songs are a vital nutrient that catalyzes and refreshes work we will never see finished.
My hope for this project is to nourish the thriving of local community-building organizations and to cross-pollinate new connections by weaving these sites of aliveness together with a series of song circles that culminates in a Big Sing.
TO REGISTER, <SIGN UP HERE>
MUS 4800:: COMMUNITY SINGING AS COLLECTIVE POWER
Register here on MYUI
Letโs take an experiential journey, exploring grassroots community singing as a dynamic force for building group cohesion and power. Weโll learn the anatomy of a โcircleโ and how to co-create wise, brave spaces in which to vocalize together โ welcoming each of our lived histories and positionalities. Then weโll explore song as a conversation with the land, song as a somatic practice, song as a vehicle for grief tending, and song as a technology for belonging. Weโll look back in time to gather clues from other singing people: grounded in the civil rights movement Freedom Singers, weโll research some historic sites where singing catalyzed cultural shifts.
How do these practices and places relate to our current crises such as racism, sexism, mental health, climate change, and mass incarceration? What role can singing together play in our collective healing, here now? Weโll define ritual and explore the relationship of song to ritual. Iโll share my personal work in creating layered compositions for mindfulness, as well as my colleagues' work in the growing international community singing movement alive in festival and ceremonial culture. Our class will culminate with each studentโs creation of an original participatory song or ritual designed to meet the edge of growth in their personal life and/or social vision for justice and peace. This class is designed for those who love to sing and who care about gathering more skillfully and soulfully. All majors are welcome, and all voices are Welcome โ (not just for โsingersโ or musicians!)
prodigal daughter :: 5 week online deep dive into album songs + themes
(( ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ฉ. ) )
You're invited into a five week zoom song small group -- we will learn the the lush harmonies and layers of the 9 songs from prodigal daughter while exploring their themes of radical imagination, willingness, forgiveness, tenderness, faith, and interbeing.
Tuesdays
Jan 21 + 28 + Feb 4 + 11 + 18
7-9 CST (8-10 eastern // 5-7p pacific)
REGISTER on Eventbrite
Through small group sharing, singing, and mindfulness/embodiment practices, we'll move the songs into our bones' knowing while weaving the web of connection between us.
Great for songleaders who want to bring these songs into your repertoire & for all singing humans who resonate with the messages of the music.
I intend that this way of circling nourish you with soulful community, refresh your resilience, and fill you up with faith, pleasure, and grace in the process.
(Song teaches will be recorded -- whole sessions will not).
REGISTER on Eventbrite
We May Sing #45 with Tembre de Carteret
more info coming soon!
https://www.tembresong.com/events-and-workshops/
Singing for Sanity! @ VOXMAN
Songbreak!! Come enjoy an hour of feel good โAll Voices Welcomeโ community singing in the Commons of Voxman Music Building. Easy songs taught on the spot. Relax, de-stress, connect.
Brought to you by MUS 4800: COMMUNITY SINGING AS COLLECTIVE POWER
Community Song Circle ~ "Singing Love into Life"
at Faith United Church of Christ
full event info HERE
Come sing together!
Relax, connect & have fun:)
Simple to learn songs will be taught on the spot โ no experience is needed and ALL voices are welcome.
We are partnering with Inside Out Reentry & Hope House to invite formerly incarcerated individuals to sing & build community.
Inside Out Re-Entry: https://www.insideoutreentry.com/
This monthly circle, hosted by Mary Cohen and Marie Garry, meets at Faith United Church of Christ on the first Saturday of every month.
Community Song Circle with Liz Rog and Lyndsey Scott
Community Song Circle with Liz Rog and Lyndsey Scott
Sat Oct 12, 10am to Noon (with a potluck to follow!)
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ-๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ต๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด! ๐๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐น๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ + ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ + ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ค ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ - ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ.
โฅ๏ธ COST
You are welcome to come for Free // & Donations will be gratefully accepted. We will pass the hat!
โฅ๏ธ LOCATION:
Shelter #6 at Lower City Park
200 Park Rd, Iowa City, IA
Restrooms are nearby, and water will be on hand (byo water bottle). There are benches for sitting.
โฅ๏ธ POTLUCK
If youโd like to linger and meet people who like to sing too, feel free to bring a dish, snack, or dessert to share (as well as your plate & silverware
โฅ๏ธ YOUR HOSTS:
LIZ ROG lives in the Driftless region of Northeast Iowa. As a cultural activist Liz uses song, ritual, festival, and nature to create welcoming spaces where we can remember together how beautiful we can be. In 2020 she and Daniel Rotto created the Center for Belonging Folk School where they host gatherings rooted in nature and song. Liz spends part of her time helping to weave local neighborhood and community in parks and around kitchen tables, and part of her time traveling to other communities to nurture belonging through song.
LYNDSEY SCOTT: Here for the year in Iowa City as the Grant Wood Fellow in Interdisciplinary Art, Lyndsey Scott is an artist and ritual-maker devoted to priestesSing the Heartland, (literal and figurative). Sheโs teaching a class in the School of Music called Community Singing as Collective Power, and she catches and records singalong music with a strong beat to empower earth-based intelligence and sensual devotion. You can listen to her albums Well Held and prodigal daughter wherever you stream. https://www.lyndseyscott.earth/
โฅ๏ธ QUESTIONS For more information, feel free to comment in the facebook event or email Adina Levitt adinajoylevitt AT gmail.com
To stay connected to ongoing Iowa City Community Singing, you can join their facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/267741506947451
Singing @ PEACE IOWA
Iโll be facilitating community singing as part of the annual meeting at City Park in Iowa City.
PEACE IOWA: Promoting international peace through education, intercultural communication, public witness, citizen involvement, and personal choices
(image from Raygun)
Sisters in Harmony Global with Lyndsey Scott & Ahlay Blakely
REGISTER HERE
9/30 @ 4pm PT/ 6pm Central
Sing your grief, gratitude, prayer, and praise within the safe container of a women's circle.
Learn heart-opening songs for the journey.
Feel fortified, connected, and uplifted.
Let's feel the power of our global community!
All female-identified folks and their friends and family are invited.
Lyndsey, Ahlay, and Heather offer you powerful songs for these transformational times we are living in. We'll dive into vocal meditation and collective prayer, mantra, heart-opening songs, soulful songs, fun songs, and songs that invite us to dance!
A Year in Ceremony @ Earthkeeper Wisdom School
A 10 month journey within a deep, immersive learning cohort for those called to ritually tend to lifeโs sacred thresholds, to the wholeness of their communities, and to the balance between the human and more-than-human-world
Find out more and express interest for next yearโs cohort:
Grant Wood Fellowship at the U of Iowa
Mami goes to university !? I am delighted to receive the Grant Wood Fellowship at the University of Iowa for 2024-2025 school year.
Hereโs the course Iโm teaching:
๐๐๐ 4800
"๐ ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ก๐" :: ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ข, ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐
๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ฌ๐โ๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ. ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐, ๐ฌ๐โ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ก๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐ + ๐๐ง๐ช๐ข ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก. ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ช๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐, ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ? ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐? ๐โ๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ, ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ช๐๐จ' ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐. ๐๐ช๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ช๐ก๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉโ๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐/๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ก ๐ซ๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐. ๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐จ ๐ผ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐!