About this Event
Can you believe it's been a year!
Of singing and growing and pushing our boundaries.
Of coming together in trust and vulnerability.
Of making beautiful sound together, and weaving magic into our hearts.
It has been such an honor guiding this community in sound, in vocal improvisation, and in joyful co-creation over the last year. We've hosted song circles and jams, open mics, and a whole retreat over the summer. So on Saturday, November 21st, let's come together to sing and to celebrate!
The intention for this gathering, as always, will be to join in community, open our voices, hold space for one another, and revel in the joy and healing power of song. Oh, and we'll have a potluck!
If you don't know Heartsong, we organize monthly song circles (among other things) in Toronto with the intention of creating a safe and deeply loving container for free and authentic expression to be shared. We sample from a variety of musical traditions including medicine songs, Kirtan (i.e., devotional singing in the Hindu tradition), and community singing (i.e., multi-part circle-songs taught in the oral tradition). Some favourite artists include Sam Garrett, Jahnavi Harrison, Beautiful Chorus, Alexa Sunshine Rose, and Deva Premal & Miten – and we write circle-songs of our own!
All musical skill levels are welcome, and no prior experience is needed – we welcome beginners, music hobbyists, shower singers, sound healers, and more experienced musicians who want to explore and revel in sound. If you’re shy, come and grow into it. If you’re not shy, see how creative you can get. You may find yourself singing with a fuller voice, expanding your musicality, releasing creative blocks and finding a greater sense of ease and playfulness with one another.
Flow of the evening:
- 6:30pm - Doors open
- 6:45pm - Landing and opening the circle
- 7pm - Community singing and vocal improvisation journey
- 8:45pm - Closing, potluck and community time
The room will have chairs and cushions available. Bring a water bottle and any instruments you'd like to play along with! And feel free to bring a yoga mat, blanket or anything else you’d like to make yourself cozy with during the sound bath.
TIERED TICKET RATES
We offer tiered pricing to help make Heartsong events accessible to a wider range of people, with the hope that those of us who are able to contribute a little more can help create space for those of us who would benefit from some support.
Sustaining Rate: $35
By choosing this rate, you enable us to offer this event sustainably and cover the basic costs. Thank you for supporting us to make this offering available.
Supported Rate: $25
If you have limited financial capacity, you may wish to choose this rate. Contributions we receive at this level help cover costs and are supported by contributions at the Community Care Rate.
Community Care Rate: $45
By choosing this rate, you directly support us to offer below-cost rates to participants with limited income. Thank you for supporting others in our community to join in!
Bring Someone New: 2 for 1 Deal
If you have a friend who has never attended a Heartsong before, bring them for free!
We also have a PWYC (pay what you can) option available and are happy to make accommodations to ensure all who would like to attend this gathering are able to. If cost is a barrier, please reach out to one of the organizers directly (via the Contact button below or otherwise) and we'll get you set up! We'll also have a PWYC jar at the event if you'd like to bring cash.
E-TRANSFER: If you'd like to avoid the Eventbrite fees (and/or for PWYC payments), you can send an e-Transfer to [email protected]. Please include the date of this song circle in the description along with any discount codes applied.
HEARTSONG
Heartsong is a Toronto-based movement to come together in community, share our voices, make some magic and have fun! We host a monthly musical gathering as well as a monthly open mic where we welcome poetry, prose, music, dance, visual art, journal entries and everything in between. Our mission is to create safe and deeply loving containers for free and authentic expression to be shared. Heartsong is led by Amanda Attwood, Will Kleinwood and Justin Grant.
Amanda Attwood is a community song leader, forest school teacher, and expressive arts therapist-in-training. She weaves together a tapestry of song, movement, storytelling, visual art, poetry and nature connection practices to help guide people back into deeper presence and connection with themselves, each other, and the land. Amanda grew up feeling like her authentic expression wasn’t always welcome. It was through Kirtan and community singing that her voice opened up and she got to experience a whole new level of freedom. She loves bringing people together to experience the expansive and healing power of song.
Instagram: @amanda.inthewoods
Will Kleinwood is a singer songwriter, multi instrumentalist and producer from Toronto. Using his classical guitar and voice, he guides listeners back into stillness. His muse is nature itself, a birds song, falling leaves, a gentle river, a sunset over a lake. In the modern world driven by technology, we are reminded that we are not separate from nature, we are caretakers of the earth, and we are earth.
Instagram: @willkleinwood
Website: https://willkleinwood.com/
Justin Grant is a spoken word poet, musician, body-oriented energy healer and space holder. Through his work and loving presence he supports people to move through blockages and bring their bodies, hearts and minds into a more divine alignment. Justin leads community singing events and workshops in Toronto with the intention of bringing more love and light into our hearts and into the spaces where we gather.
Instagram: @justingrantpoetry
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Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto, Canada
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