by Marion | Aug 27, 2018 | All about singing, Community, Good Enough, healing music
It’s no secret that one of the things I love most about music is its inherent power to change how we feel. It brings us joy when the world is dark, it brings us connection when we feel alone, it brings us confidence when we feel doubt. We’ve all felt the changes a...
by Marion | Jul 1, 2018 | All about singing, Benefits of Singing, Creative Expression
I always love to talk about the bigger picture benefits of belonging to a choir —the spiritual, soul-level benefits of singing: the confidence it can bring you, and the way it connects you to your community and to your inner being. And that stuff is hugely important!...
by Marion | May 1, 2018 | All about singing, Creative Expression, Events, Good Enough, Inner Work, True to you
You know that feeling you get when you’re so excited your smile reaches your ears and you just want to jump up and down like an overjoyed 5-year old? That’s me right now. I’m planning our next house concert and I’m just so excited about it. I’m overflowing with ideas...
by Marion | Mar 15, 2018 | All about singing, Benefits of Singing, Inner Work
We get together at least three times a week to sing. There are sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses. There’s music. We give concerts and sing songs … if it looks like a choir, practices like a choir, and sounds like a choir, it must be a choir, right? Well…yes and no....
by Marion | Mar 2, 2018 | All about singing, Creative Expression, Good Enough, Inner Work, True to you
“Well you’ve got some balls, don’t you?” I had just finished telling my friend how I’m planning to start a term of teaching Afro-Cuban music in April … just eight days after coming back from a trip to Cuba. I’ve never really sung Afro-Cuban music before. I’ve...
by Marion | Mar 1, 2018 | All about singing, Benefits of Singing, Creative Expression, Good Enough, Inner Work, True to you
Have you ever listened to a chant that’s just one note over, and over, and over again? Just imagine it in your head right now: one note, drawn out, forever. Sounds pretty boring (not to mention kind of creepy), right? Every song needs more than one note — after all,...
