Last weekend, our community spent three days with world-renowned song elder and wisdom keeper, Dr. Ysaye Barnwell. A former member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Dr. Barnwell was instrumental in weaving community singing into the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. We gathered with 140 voices in Toronto to dive deep into the history and worldview of African-American community singing - from spirituals and gospel, to...
The Power of Song: Building a Vocal Community® A Weekend Workshop with Ysaÿe Barnwell NOVEMBER 10-12, 2017 Friday: 7:30 PM -9:30 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM We are overjoyed to welcome world-renowned song-leader Dr. Ysaÿe Barnwell to Toronto for a full weekend workshop...
Last week I travelled to Victoria, BC for the Ubuntu Choirs reunion, where over 40 Ubuntu song-leaders gathered from across North America to share songs, workshops, and stories from our home singing communities. This year's reunion was rich and fertile with discussions about singing for social change....
