by Marion | Sep 7, 2018 | Community, Creative Expression, healing music, Inner Work
You’ve probably noticed we live in a culture of busyness — we judge and are judged by our productivity, our “hustle”, our packed schedules. The busier we are, the more successful we must be, right? Not that this is necessarily a problem. Having purpose and working...
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,...
by Marion | Feb 14, 2018 | Creative Expression, Good Enough, Inner Work, True to you, Uncategorized
If you had told me two years ago that the day would come when I would stand up and teach at the same event as Ysaye Barnwell, MaMuse, and Kate Munger, I probably would have laughed. The idea of being invited to teach the thing I love best in the world, alongside the...
