Gaia Music Collective's One-Day Choir: “I'm Going to Go Back There Someday”

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1:30–4:30 p.m. Gaia Music Collective’s One-Day Choir series is an opportunity to sing in a choir for one day only, an opportunity to build community, make new friends, and raise our powerfully diverse voices as one. No auditions. No commitment. No judgment or need for perfection. Just the joy of creating something bigger than ourselves with a room full of beautiful humans! In our time together, we’ll: Play some fun singing games, warmups, and connection games Work through the piece section by section Break down the lyrics and emotions at play in the song Shape some key musical moments And record some casual rehearsal videos of the piece to have for ourselves and share with the greater Gaia community. Whether you’re a vocal ensemble veteran or have never sung in a group before, you are welcome here–all experience levels are valued in Gaia Music Collective! Free with RSVP. Gaia Music Collective is a New York-based creative community seeking to foster a more connected world through collective music-making. Founded in June of 2021 in a living room in Brooklyn, Gaia was born out of a desire to create accessible, inclusive, playful spaces for people to explore connection, expression, healing, and release through collaborative song – spaces where folks feel empowered to make music free of judgment or expectation, and to make new friends as our full, beautiful, authentic selves. Gaia believes that communal music-making is a fundamental human practice, and this project seeks to build spaces for folks to nurture their relationship to music, whether they’re shower singers, professional musicians, or anything in between. All are welcome in Gaia spaces — they seek to foster spaces of belonging for humans of all ages, races, genders, sexual orientations, classes, religions, abilities, national origins, languages, and musical experiences. All they ask is that you bring an open mind, a desire to connect, and a willingness to leave judgment of self and others at the…

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