Community Singing at Berkeley Adult School
Using simple, lush harmonies and oral tradition teaching, Kaitie Ty Warren (any pronoun) builds songs layer by layer to include the voices of all singers present. The result is a tapestry of voices in a restorative, collective musical experience: rich for the soul as well as the ears. No musical experience necessary for this paperless singing practice: just bring your voice, open heart and curious mind.

Berkeley Adult School offers a wide and wonderful variety of classes for adult learners from all walks of life. Check their website for “Community Singing” at https://bas.berkeleyschools.net or go to this direct link: https://tinyurl.com/berkeleysong

Free your voice and express your full range as a part of this social community singing experience!

All levels welcome. Varied repertoire for varied tastes. Some sessions culminate in fundraising concerts for local causes, others are process-oriented and open to drop-in participation.

Check out an Ubuntu Story on this website. The Free Range Singers and the UU Sparks Choir joined forces in a well-attended community singing event called Come Together Singing on the evening of Martin Luther King Day, 2013.

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.

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. Come co-create the magic!

Also:
@LivingRoomChoir on Instagram

Living Room Choir: Practicing Community, In Harmony.

Year round, LRC offers a variety of offerings, including 12-15 week sessions, drop-ins, and other special events. We feature a Kids Corner designed to be welcoming of our choir members of all ages, and are a neurodiverse, explicitly LGBTQ+ supportive space. For more than a decade now we have been cultivating co-regulation in a musical setting. Come join us!

Not Your Mama’s Choir is a drop-in community singing experience where everyone is welcome (no matter their level of musicianship).
We generally meet the second Sunday of the month at 1:00 pm. (RSVP requested).
Come experience the absolute joy of singing together in harmony! We sing a wide range of repertoire from what is being called to sing in the moment, to stunning melodies from around the world, from traditional to jazz to gospel to sea shanties to songs with body percussion and the list goes on!
What all of our songs have in common is joy, beauty, depth of expression, fun and an ease of learning them!
We are usually outdoors (Southern California!), but if on occasion the weather is tricky, we move indoors.
Not Your Mama’s Choir is a great time with a wonderful community of people!

At various locations around the Bay Area
A protest/march/public-outreach focused branch of the Living Room Choir community + friends,
led by Sara Stutz (she/her)
Email TheLivingRoomChoir@gmail.com, ATTN: Sara to be added to the Signal thread.

The Golden Bridge Choir sings songs of spirit, struggle, liberation and celebration from around the globe. Maggie & Emile share a strong interest in African music as well as music from the African American tradition. They strive to create a safe, inspirational & joyful environment that allows for the participation of adults as well as children. Part of their vision incorporates providing a creative arts child care component that allows younger children to accompany their parents and be occupied in the space while the session is taking place. The children also participate in the singing as special material is included for them and worked on toward the end of each session.

Come raise your voices with us and experience the deep , healing power of singing in community.

Newcomers and beginners are welcome! No sight reading is necessary.

Sundays, 12:30 am–1:50 pm, at Wanderlust Hollywood, 1375 North Highland Avenue, Los Angles, Ca. 90028 $210 for a session of 14 Sundays.

www.maggiewheeler.net
www.emilehassan.com

Yoga Soup Community Song Circle is a weekly open community sings every Tuesday evening 7pm- 8:15pm at Yoga Soup in Santa Barbara, California.