Vocal Voyagers
inspirations
Bobby McFerrin - the man most responsible for merging the ancient circle song with modern improvisation
Sovoso - acapella group that is a driving force in the San Francisco Bay Area circlesong community
OneVoice Circlesingers - a collective of SF Bay Area circlesingers who host regular gatherings
Rhiannon - a jazz vocalist who often facilitates circlesong workshops
Sweet Honey in the Rock - legendary acapella group who merge traditional and modern while maintaining deep integrity and soul
Inga Swearingen - gifted vocalist and musician and also a circlesong facilitator
Julie Oak - an improvisation movement / theatre / sound facilitator in Santa Cruz. I participated in several of her workshops between 2005-2010.
Nicholas Bearde - a gifted circlesong leader and musician who sometimes leads at the yearly Sing for Your Life event in Oakland, CA
Vernon Bush - a circlesong leader who leads in a variety of settings
Michael Zeligs - a gifted young musician who soulfully draws out the voice in everyone. One event he facilitated remains amongst my favorites of recent memory.
Voco - acapella group who sometimes lead participatory workshops
Joanne Rand - musician who also hosts a "Singing into Being" workshop
Linda Tillery - vocalist and leader of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble who also leads circlesong
Jensing (Jennifer Hawley) - I was lucky to participate in Jensing's improvised dance/sing rituals around 2004 as she was developing her ideas
Kerry Lee Marcus - the person who introduced me to "circlesong" in Arcata, CA in 2000 when she gathered a group of us for sessions on a regular basis. thanks, Kerry Lee!
John Sprague - musician and facilitator of the Moving Village workshop, which I got to participate in at Dance Camp New England in 2010
Ariana Saraha - Colorado vocalist who sometimes leads circlesong workshops
Starhawk - inspiring author and facilitator of group ritual including the spiral dance
Anna Halprin - legendary movement innovator who often facilitates group movement ritual including the large-scale Planetary Dance
DJ Hamouris - leads SF Bay Area circlesong