Sisters in Harmony Global Summit
Together We Rise:
Songs to fortify our spirits in these times
Virtual Event
January 9th-13th 2025
All are welcome!
Zoom calls will be recorded in video and mp3 format and hosted on a password protected page for you to enjoy until January 17th:
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE REPLAYS
Zoom links will be sent out 30 minutes prior to each call.
Event Schedule (in Pacific Standard Time)
& Songleader Bios
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9TH
10 — Lea Morris, Amanda West, Mila Redwood, Heather Christie
Lea Morris is a singer/songwriter and choral composer whose accessible, uplifting songs draw rhythmic and thematic inspiration from her upbringing in the Southern Baptist church of the US – without being religious. She has a gift for excavating the spiritual from within the mundane and bringing joy wherever she shares her music.
Amanda West is a songwriter, community leader, music & creativity coach, mother, and ever-evolving human. After a lifetime devoted to music in many realms, Amanda founded The Covered Bridge Community Choir in 2022, as a response to the growing climate & global crises. This all-ages group sings medicine songs for resilience, hope and connection to support the rebirthing of ourselves into a more beautiful, sustainable world.
www.amandawest.com
https://www.patreon.com/c/amandawestmusic
https://amandawest.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/AmandaWestMusic/
Mila Redwood is a Community Song Leader, Mother, and Founder of Sing for Joy in Canada, who pioneered an oral-tradition singing movement in Toronto and beyond. Mila uses song as a tool for building community, for restoring our sense of belonging and connection in a fragmented world. She is also a proud steward of the Singing Mamas movement in North America, paving the way for Community Singing to be implemented as a socially prescribed, therapeutic modality for postnatal and maternal mental health.
www.milaredwood.ca
Instagram: @mila.redwood
Heather Christie is a sonic visionary and empowering mentor. She is a mama, founder of motherhood-focused Möonbabe Records, a producer-DJ-vocalist, and founder/educator at The Sound Dojo women’s virtual musical collective.
https://heatherchristie.love
https://instagram.com/heatherchristie.love
4 — Melanie DeMore, Barbara McAfee, Heather Houston
Melanie DeMore is a 3 time Grammy nominated singer/composer, choral conductor, music director, and vocal activist who believes in the power of voices raised together.
Barbara McAfee makes music to nourish the human spirit. She is also a “midwife” for voices and an intrepid cold plunger in the river near her home in Northwest Wisconsin.
www.barbaramcafee.com
https://www.instagram.com/barbaramcafeesings/
https://www.facebook.com/barbara.mcafee
Heather Houston is the founder of the Sisters in Harmony Global movement, a beloved community choir director, recording artist, and women’s vocal empowerment coach who offers life transforming singing events, both online and in person. She is passionate about uplifting hearts, freeing voices, and building strong, loving communities through the power of singing. Heather’s songs are sung by communities across the globe, and weave themes of communion with the natural world, personal and collective healing, prayer, unity and inspiration.
Websites: https://heatherhoustonmusic.com/
https://sistersinharmony.net/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4gw79r7NGOw6WF2bytPW5a?si=DvOv1EAiRpONIClWxkP1iw
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/heather-houston-2
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heatherhoustonmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherhoustonmusic/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heatherhoustonmusic
7 — Saritah, Allison Davies, Julianna Zarzycki
Saritah is devoted to the power of music and songs to uplift, inspire and encourage. Korean-born, Perth, Australia-raised Saritah’s heartful songs illuminate truths, singing in a better world and reminding us of our True Nature. Her new album GIFTS (released in October 2024) is a colourful body of work that will brighten your day, leaving you feeling encouraged, more hopeful, and less alone.
http://instagram.com/saritahmusic
http://facebook.com/saritah.official
http://saritah.com
https://lnk.fuga.com/gifts
Allison Davies, former Neurologic Music Therapist, creates online resources for parents, educators and service providers and delivers seminars and workshops around the use of music as a regulatory tool within a trauma informed and neuro-affirming framework. She is an independent liberatory scholar currently exploring the gatekeeping and classism of the social construct ‘musical vs non musical’.
www.allisondavies.com.au
@allisondavies_musicandthebrain
Julianna Zarzycki shares that “Singing with others is when I feel most alive and at home.” She has been leading community song circles in Los Angeles and beyond since 2021. By circling in song we offer ourselves connection, healing and joy and be enlivened to work together towards justice, liberation and healing for our world.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10TH
4 — Maggie Wheeler, Moira Smiley, Heather Houston
Maggie Wheeler is best known in the U.S and internationally for her work as an actress and most notably as the character of Janice on NBC’s hit series Friends. Maggie is a passionate singer, songwriter, choir director and workshop facilitator. She has been teaching her vocal workshops for over 30 years providing the experience of creating interpersonal harmony and internal harmony through the powerful act of creating vocal harmony. She has led her workshops at Esalen, Omega Institute, Topa Institute, The Art of Living Retreat Center, Sivananda Bahamas & more.
https://www.goldenbridgechoir.com
https://maggiewheeler.bandcamp.com/album/the-crow-calls
https://maggiewheeler.net
https://ebeneezerfindsareason.com
Moira Smiley is a folk singer, songwriter and choral composer based in Vermont, USA. The backbone of her shows are themes of real and metaphorical border crossings – hopeful immigrants, exiles in mourning, or each of us seeking belonging and empathy. Standing at the intersection between folk and academic music, Moira is insistent on heart-centered, embodied music-making in her performance, composition and teaching.
Website: www.moirasmiley.com
Instagram: @moirasmiley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moirasmileymusic/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/moiraVOCO
Rhizome Project Album Page: https://moirasmileysubscription.com/the-rhizome-project-album-book
Heather Houston is the founder of the Sisters in Harmony Global movement and the creator and host of this Summit. Please scroll up to Thursday at 4pm to read her bio.
7 — Kaitie Ty Warren, Sheniqua Trotman, Carole Marie Downing
Kaitie Ty Warren (she/they) has a background in theater, but found community singing in 2010, found her first mentor in Maggie Wheeler, and founded Living Room Choir in 2015 (East Bay CA). She is a part of the Ubuntu Choirs Network, writes songs, comic strips and books, and has developed vocal work for folks with Parkinson’s. She teaches private voice lessons upon request.
kaitietywarren.com
patreon.com/kaitiety
livingroomchoir.com/original-music
tiktok.com/@kaitietywarren
https://soundcloud.com/kaitie-ty-warren
livingroomchoir.com
instagram.com/livingroomchoir
instagram.com/kaitietywarren
Sheniqua Trotman is a Brooklyn-based social justice activist, vocal empowerment coach, and founder of Elevated Expression. She creates transformative spaces for healing and connection through music, communal singing, and storytelling. With a passion for using her voice to inspire change, Sheniqua empowers individuals and communities to speak, sing, and advocate for justice.
Website: elevatedexpression.net
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_elevatedexpression/profilecard/?igsh=M2J2djNxeng1amFh
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Eu77ftdkC/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Carole Marie Downing is a songleader, music guide, and retreat facilitator committed to sparking joy and creating connection through music. She leads the Sing Portland Community Choir and facilitates weekly Vocal Vibes improvisation in Portland, OR. As a music guide and facilitator, she offers both individual and group ukulele courses with a passion for supporting beginners to trust and nurture their innate musicality.
Website: tunetojoy.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TunetoJoy
Instagram: @tunetojoymusic
TikTok: @tunetojoy
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11TH
10 — Valerie Byrne, Tembre de Carteret, Zoey Hana Wren, Flora Ware
Valerie Byrne loves song and harmony. She is known for her great big love for the Mother. Her songs are created to empower women to care for the earth and honor their inherent right to feel connected. She sings in Heather Houston’s choir and has been a loyal supporter for going on 20 years.
http://eepurl.com/ihYGBH
https://on.soundcloud.com/qEgvmwv2Pa8r66gu5
[email protected]
Tembre de Carteret is a Song Leader, Community Choir Leader, Composer & Song Mentor originally from the UK now living with her family in County Clare Ireland. Tembre has been leading communities in song for 20 years in person and online since March 2019. Tembre is the creator & host of We May Sing online singing community & Gathering Hearts. She creates an inclusive and organic space to explore our voices, bringing an armful of original & community songs to inspire, soothe, and resource us at this time with a voice so sweet & nourishing for our ears & hearts.
www.tembresong.com
www.facebook.com/tembresong
@tembredecarteret
Zoey Hana Wren is a singer, recording artist and composer writing healing chant, indie pop and devotional vocal music. Zoey has released 3 CDs and performs for conferences, retreats, festivals, showcases, house concerts, and special events. She also teaches tantra and leads women’s song circles online and around British Columbia.
www.zoeyhanawren.com
FB/IG: @zoeyhanawren
Flora Ware is a Ceremonialist, Song Priestess, and queer witch. She is the founder of EarthSong Temple where she serves a global community through ceremony, singing circles, and earth magic. As a Vocal Coach, she helps people heal their throat chakras and liberate their voices, and mentors ceremonial leaders to confidently use chants, mantras and music to elevate their events.
https://floraware.ca
https://www.instagram.com/flora_ware/
https://youtube.com/@flora_ware?si=i_FN32qp6e86mbHk
https://floraware.ca/music/
4 — Debbie Nargi-Brown, Heart Songs & Circle Songs (Heather & Bernice), Noe Venable
Debbie Nargi-Brown is a gifted community song leader and an inspirational singer-songwriter. She offers her songs with love, compassion, and the hope of bringing joy and healing to others. Debbie’s lyrics and melodies are sung all over the world. She writes songs for the heart, healing, transformation, love, grief, and all that connects us as human beings. Bringing people together in dance and song is one of her greatest joys in life!
If you would like to know about upcoming events, sign up for my newsletter here:
https://www.debbienargi-brown.com/
You can also follow me on facebook or eventbrite where I post events.
You can listen and follow my music here:
https://www.debbienargi-brown.com/albums/
https://debbienargi-brown.bandcamp.com/music
https://soundcloud.com/debbie-nargi-brown
https://www.youtube.com/@debbienargi-brown-music
And on all streaming platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, etc.
Heart Songs & Circle Songs is the co-creation of Heather Pierson and Bernice Martin. Heather is a full time music maker from New Hampshire. Bernice is a singer/songwriter, licensed massage therapist, and ordained community minister from Maine. Since 2018, together they have created and shared dozens of original songs and two songbooks, inspired by the power of song to connect, nourish, and heal.
Noe Venable is an ordained interfaith minister and healing practitioner; her mission is “co-regulation through singing together.” Through her community choruses and holistic music classes centering nature, Spirit and authentic connection, Noe has helped more than three thousand Bay Area women and families to sing more and feel better, finding belonging in warm community. Also a singer-songwriter, Noe’s original ethereal music for seekers has earned her an international following, as well as tours opening for Ani DiFranco, Dar Williams, and many more.
www.noevenable.com/singwithnoe/
7 — Heather Houston, Katie Sontag, Fehlya Ehrlander, Sarina Partridge
Heather Houston is the founder of the Sisters in Harmony Global movement and the creator and host of this Summit. Please scroll up to Thursday at 4pm to read her bio.
Katie Sontag (she/her) writes and teaches nourishing songs that celebrate self love and remind us that all feelings are welcome. At Katie’s song circles, you will laugh, cry, make new friends, and feel better than when you came. Her music has been described as “a big hug.”
Fehlya Ehrlander is a Full Voice coach and leads a weekly women’s singing group as well as seasonal events. She is a former Waldorf teacher and is presenting a singing session at the next WeCAN conference online. She lives in Olympia, WA with her musical family.
Sarina Partridge is a musician, song leader, educator, and activist in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She feels most alive when learning, creating, and sharing songs — especially songs that grow out of time spent in wild places. Sarina has a passion for connecting people with their creativity and with the community and uses singing as a modality to help folks develop a sense of wonder and belonging in this wild world around us.
https://sarinapartridge.com/
https://sarinapartridge.bandcamp.com/
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12TH
4 — Kate Munger, Betsy Rose, Laura Sera, Aco Takenaka
Kate Munger founded the Threshold Choir 25 years ago and knows deep in her heart the power of song to effect change. She will be offering defiance in the form of spirited community singing on January 18 across the street from the Ferry Building in San Francisco and she welcomes all singers.
Betsy Rose is a life-long singer, songwriter, and community inspirer of song. For many years, she has led women’s song circles and musical retreats and organized public pop-up musical rallies in response to the issues of the times. Betsy’s music draws on decades of Buddhist and other spiritual paths, and her songs offer a real-world blend of the powerful and the prayerful, honoring our earth home and all beings.
Website: https://www.betsyrosemusic.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/betsy.rose.921
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@betsyalysrose
Laura Sera creates deep loving community with her Voices of the Heart song circles, empowering women to heal and be held. Her original songs reunite us with ourselves and remind us we belong. She sings with Heather Houston in Santa Cruz and looks forward to teaching the Thursday section of Heather’s Sisters in Harmony Song Leader Training.
Website: https://sistersinharmony.net/circles/laura-sera/
Join Laura’s mailing list: http://eepurl.com/itH4iU
Laura’s Music: https://soundcloud.com/laura-claire-sera
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laura.claire.sera
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraclairesera/
Aco Takenaka is a Japanese singer, Shinto traditional, songs based on shamanism on traditional culture in various areas.
7 — MaMuse, Te Martin, Arnaé Batson
MaMuse sing to be well, to share the fountain of wellness that has come through the gift of music in their lives. Sarah & Karisha hope you feel deeply nourished by this time together today.
Website: www.mamuse.org
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mamuse
Bandcamp: https://mamuse.bandcamp.com/
Te (“tea”) Martin believes in the power of song as a tool for collective liberation, somatic regulation, and ancestral connection. They are currently jazzed about studying the Irish bodhrán drum and finding the places where song, ritual theater, and circus arts intersect. Te co-organized Thrive Street Choir in the SF Bay Area for six years and released their first EP of original songs, “Water & Bones” in 2021.
Mailing List: https://mailchi.mp/1debadd3ebb3/sos
EP, “Water & Bones”: https://temartin.bandcamp.com/album/water-bones
Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Mn_2BSNAg
Patreon: Patreon.com/temartin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/te.martin/
Arnaé Batson is a singer, songwriter and culture carrier who uses music, song and storytelling to empower and inspire lovers of song to find their voices, reawaken joy and create spiritual pathways for healing while advocating for progressive social change.
https://www.thessingnetwork.com
https://www.youtube.com/@thessingnetwork
https://thessingnetwork.bandcamp.com
MONDAY, JANUARY 13TH
10 — Sophia Efthimiou, Emily Roblyn, Sara Stutz, Sarah MacEwan
Sophia Efthimiou is a voice weaver, song carrier, creative facilitator and Holistic Voice Therapist. She has been holding space for transformational voice work for over 17 years and is dedicated to supporting people to find an authentic and embodied relationship with their voice. She invites us to experience the truth of ourselves as resonant beings within a vibrational world, supporting a deep remembering, and ancient sense of belonging. Her work reflects a reverence for nature, and the human potential for healing and empowerment through connection to the earth, our own hearts and each other.
https://www.singingourselveshome.com/
https://www.instagram.com/singing_ourselves_home/
Emily Roblyn is a Canadian born singer and song leader who has been writing songs, and running choirs and singing retreats in the UK for over 20 years. Emily’s warmth, enthusiasm and heart connection shines through in all her teaching and her beautiful, original, harmony songs are favourites in many choirs across the Uk and beyond.
http://www.emilysinging.com
https://linktr.ee/emroblyn
Sara Stutz co-leads Living Room Choir with Kaitie Ty Warren and is a member of the Ubuntu Choir Network. Sara grew up in a musical family and has always loved all things singing, but considers community singing to be the sweetest gift of all.
https://thelivingroomchoir.com/
https://soundcloud.com/user-421466133
Sarah MacEwan (she/her), aka The Singing Therapist, is on a mission to heal and be healed through creative self-expression. As a psychotherapist, singer, storyteller and grief-tender, Sarah brings her open heart and emotional expertise to every circle she leads, knowing that singing is a therapeutic experience like no other. Sing with her at Singing Heals Song Circles.
https://linktr.ee/thesingingtherapist
https://www.healingishappening.com
4 — Karen Drucker, Annie Anton, Gina René
Karen Drucker’s message is all about healing and love – whether singing one of her positive message songs or sharing stories that are funny, inspiring, and heart opening. She is a keynote speaker, women’s retreat facilitator, and entertainer who has recorded 22 CDs of her inspirational music.
Annie Anton is a singer/song catcher, ceremonialist, and mama living on the Big Island. She supports people opening to the magic and healing of song and their own voice.
@annieanton
annieanton.com
Gina René is a Singer, conscious Hip-Hop Artist, Lyricist, Speaker and Divine Feminine Empowerment & Creativity Mentor who is Inspiring women’s voices & stories through Hip-Hop, lyricism and songwriting as a transformational path.
Website: ginarene.com
IG: @iamqueenreborn
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/ginarenespotify
YouTube.com/@ginarenemillion7
Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/queenreborn
7 — Heather Houston, Lauren Arrow, Hanna Leigh
Heather Houston is the founder of the Sisters in Harmony Global movement and the creator and host of this Summit. Please scroll up to Thursday at 4pm to read her bio.
Lauren Arrow is a vocal guide, songwriter, and facilitator known for creating trauma-informed singing spaces that inspire connection, depth and play. She weaves folk, witchy, and Jewish influences into her music, fostering community through her heartfelt style. Lauren also leads programs like SongTender and Reclaim Your Voice, blending singing with transformative practices.
Hanna Leigh is a recording artist and voice mentor who has been leading community singing circles for nearly ten years. She is also the founder of an organization called Weaving Remembrance, which helps people get in touch with their indigenous European roots.
weavingremembrance.org
hannaleigh.org
IG: @hannaleighsong