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

 

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