Sisters in Harmony Global Singing Summit
February 2026
Reclaiming Our Humanity
Sisters in Harmony Global Singing Summit
Virtual Event
February 4th-8th 2026
All are welcome!
All Zoom calls will be recorded and hosted on a password protected page for all registered participants to enjoy.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE REPLAYS (coming soon!)
Zoom links will be sent out 30 minutes prior to each call.
Event Schedule (in Pacific Daylight Time)
& Songleader Bios
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th
3pm PDT — Aimée Ringle, Alexa Sunshine Rose, Una McCann, Saro Lynch-Thomason
Aimée Ringle is a multi instrumentalist singer, songwriter, songleader, storyteller and community enthusiator. She writes, plays, and sings with moments of sacred communion in mind and does all that she can as a musician and as a leader to make such moments more likely.
Alexa Sunshine Rose is a singer-songwriter, mother and mystic whose soothing, heart-centered music supports healing, transformation, and inner peace. Her globally beloved mantra “I Release Control” has touched millions, offering a soundtrack for surrender and spiritual connection.
www.alexasunshinerose.com
https://www.instagram.com/alexasunshinerose
Una McCann is based in Northern Ireland where she writes songs and leads 7 joyful community choirs. She loves to play with crunchy harmonies, funky melodies and slower heart felt pieces connecting with themes of love, goodness and peace.
www.unamccann.org
https://www.facebook.com/p/Una-McCann-Music-61558408430060/
https://www.instagram.com/unamccann47/
Saro Lynch-Thomason (she/her) is a song leader and folklorist living in what is now called Asheville, traditionally known by the Anigiduwagi as “Togiyasdi” (“The place where they raced boats”). She uses song to help connect our modern bodies to folk knowledge, people’s history, and everyday reverence for the animate world. She has studied and taught folk songs from Appalachia, Scotland, England, the American South and beyond for over 15 years, and creates her own songs inspired by tradition and the contemporary “heart songs” movement.
Instagram and TikTok: @songspeaksaro
www.sarosings.com
paganchoir.blog
7pm PDT — Karen Porkka, Kaitie Ty Warren, SARITAH, Amber Lily
Karen Porkka has made Edmonton, Canada her home as a musician, vocalist, composer, improviser and community song leader for the past 30 years. She believes in the power of song to uplift, inspire and soothe our souls with the help of her community group the Soul Song Circle Singers. She draws inspiration from many oral traditions and spontaneous creations to deepen our connection with our voices and humanity.
Kaitie Ty Warren founded Living Room Choir in 2015; in 2026, she is launching the new East Bay SongFest. She is a community song leader, minister, writer, visual artist, singer and more.
patreon.com/kaitiety
instagram.com/livingroomchoir
kaitietywarren.com
livingroomchoir.com
SARITAH is a radiant singer-songwriter whose music is a healing force – heart-opening, spiritual and deeply human. Born in Seoul, South Korea – her ancestral motherland – and raised on Nyoongar country in Boorloo/Perth, Western Australia, her lyrics are conscious, uplifting, and lovingly crafted, and she is driven by an unshakable belief in the power of music to awaken, inspire, and unite. Her voice, rich with compassion and purpose, calls us to revere life, remember our interconnectedness and embrace the gifts we each bring to the world.
http://saritah.com
http://instagram.com/saritahmusic
http://facebook.com/saritah.official
Amber Lily is a singer, song writer and chicken mama from the garden island of Kaua’i.
www.amberlily.music
@missamberlily
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5th
10am PDT — Tembre de Carteret, Patricia Norton, Te Martin, Maggie Wheeler
Tembre de Carteret is a community song leader based in Ireland & Portugal , she leads in a relaxed and inclusive way , leading community & original songs in person & online. Her songs & leadership is inspired by the seasons , nature and our creative love for singing in community . Tembre leads in a natural organic way, creating a safe, held and fun space, inclusive of heart and exploration. Tembre has a love and passion for singing, easy melodies and harmonies that is accessible able to all. She will be joining us again this year and from her home in County Clare , Ireland.
www.tembresong.com
@tembredecarteret
Patricia Norton created the A Breath of Song podcast as a searchable, tagged library of songs that help navigate life, plus intimate conversations with song catchers to build connection and capacity in the song community. She loves to songlead and improvise as well, holding workshops and circles of playful presence whenever possible — and is excited to be offering her first songleader training in April!
Te (“tea”) Martin (they/them) believes in song as a way to build community, support nervous system regulation, and connect with ancestral lineage. They are a student of the Irish bodhrán drum, co-founder of Mountain Song, a community singing gathering in the high desert of New Mexico, and formerly an organizer of Thrive Street Choir, a justice-based song leader collective in the San Francisco Bay Area. When not singing, Te can be found playing soccer and doing handstands.
https://temartin.bandcamp.com/album/water-bones
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/te.martin/
Mailing list: http://mailchi.mp/1debadd3ebb3/sos
Maggie Wheeler is best known in the U.S and internationally for her extensive work as an actress in film, television, and voice-over 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, teaching her vocal workshop Singing In The Stream for over 30 years. It is Maggie’s belief and experience that by singing together we build community, counteract loneliness, become inspired and energized and feel more deeply connected to others and to ourselves. Maggie is a prolific songwriter with a catalog of powerful and timely songs that have been sung by choirs worldwide.
Maggie’s original music for choirs and communities is available on her website at
goldenbridgechoir.com and Apple Music and other music platforms, & on Bandcamp at:
https://maggiewheeler.bandcamp.com/album/the-crow-calls
To learn more about Maggie’s work visit her website and join her mailing list at goldenbridgechoir.com
Maggie is on Instagram @Maggiewheeler_official and @goldenbridgechoir ”
https://www.goldenbridgechoir.com
3pm PDT — Sarah Bentley, Sarah Margolis, Roberta Kirn, Karen Drucker
Sarah S. Bentley, founder of Heart Body Song and Sisters in Harmony Austin, is a community song leader based in Austin, Texas, who weaves embodied singing, mindful movement, ritual, and communal prayer into inclusive, healing circles. A lifelong singer and certified Sisters in Harmony song leader, she integrates practices that build community resilience, creating spaces where all voices feel safe and welcome. She is currently recording her first community-singing album called Impermanence.
Sarah Margolis is a lover of song, dance, and creative expression, guided by a deep connection to nature and the rhythms of life. She finds joy in community, ritual, and simple moments of beauty. With a curious and open heart, she moves through the world rooted in love, presence, and growth.
https://on.soundcloud.com/JUX03OERZ08hu6iUrP
IG: @DivineWildCreations
Roberta Kirn is a song leader, percussionist, and dancer who has been leading community singing on Martha’s Vineyard and around the world for over 20 years. She is the founder of BeWellSing and The Song Exchange Project, through which she brings singing in community to as many people as she can.
https://www.bewellsing.com/
Roberta Kirn and BeWellSing/The Song Exchange Project on FB
Karen Drucker has recorded 23 CDs of her original positive message music and authored a best selling inspirational book; “Let Go Of the Shore.” She speaks, sings and facilitates women’s retreats all around the country as well as presenting keynote talks at various retreat centers and conferences. She loves making music, making a difference, and touching hearts. www.karendrucker.com
7pm PDT — Lyndsey Scott, Katie Sontag, SHYLAH Ray Sunshine, Betsy Rose
Lyndsey Scott is an artist, songleader, and priestess committed to exploring community singing as a technology of belonging and strategy for collective liberation. She composes and records mindful mantra music with a beat for the national and international community singing movement, including the albums Well Held (2022) and prodigal daughter (2024). She co-facilitates the Year in Ceremony cohort with Earthkeeper Wisdom School, practicing emergent ritual craft in service to social change.
https://www.lyndseyscott.earth/
https://lyndseyscott.bandcamp.com/
@lila.gaia (instagram)
Katie Sontag (she/her) writes nourishing songs that celebrate self love, community connection and remind us that we are not alone. At Katie’s song circles, you will laugh, cry, make new friends, and feel better than when you came. She is also a singer/songwriter, a seasoned performer, a music educator, and a mom of a 4 year old.
SHYLAH Ray Sunshine, an Algonquin native of Canada, Shylah Ray Sunshine is a multi award-winning influential singer, songwriter, musician, mother, ceremonialist and Soul Voice Singing coach.
Www.Shylahraysunshine.Com
https://tinyurl.com/shylah-ray-epk
https://li.sten.to/shylahraysunshine
Betsy Rose is a lifelong singer, songwriter, activist and community song leader. She has led women’s song circles and musical retreats and organized public protest singing in response to the issues of the times. Her music is a real-world blend of the powerful and the prayerful, the timely and the timeless.
Website: https://www.betsyrosemusic.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/betsy.rose.921
IG: @betsyrosemusic
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6th
10am PDT — Amanda West, Dodie Whitaker, Kate Valentine, Mila Redwood
Amanda West Artist. Mother. Singer. Songwriter. Song-catcher. Song leader. Teacher. Coach. Grief Tender. Ritualist. Doula. Co-creator. Flame keeper. Tender, ever-evolving Human.
www.amandawest.com
https://linktr.ee/AmandaWestMusic
https://www.patreon.com/c/amandawestmusic
https://amandawest.bandcamp.com/
Dodie Whitaker (she/her) is a dynamic community song leader, performer, composer and educator who brings 40+ years of musical expertise and infectious joy to every gathering. An independent artistic DEIB consultant and co-author of “”Who is Community Singing For?,”” Dodie creates inclusive musical spaces where all voices matter. Weaving her biracial, Jewish identity and commitment to social justice into her work, Dodie inspires communities to sing, connect, and organize together.
https://dodiewhitaker.com/
https://www.instagram.com/dodiesingz/
https://www.facebook.com/dodie.whitaker/
https://soundcloud.com/dodie-whitaker
Kate Valentine is a nurse, creative health specialist and founder of the global movement, Singing Mamas. Kate uses song to bridge worlds of arts and health, building connection, courage and belonging to women worldwide.
https://www.singingmamas.org/
https://kate-valentine.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kate_valentine_singing_mamas/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/singing_mamas_org/?hl=en
Mila Redwood is a Community Song Leader, Mother, and the Founder of Sing for Joy in Toronto, Canada. Mila uses song as a tool for building community, for restoring our sense of belonging and connection in a fragmented world. As the Founder of Sing for Joy, Mila pioneered a Community Singing movement in Ontario that has grown exponentially over the past decade.
www.milaredwood.ca
Instagram: @mila.redwood
3pm PDT — Elise Witt, Zohana Wren, Diana Lynn Wallace, Barbara McAfee
Elise Witt’s concerts of Global, Local & Homemade Songs and her Impromptu Glorious Chorus workshops create and connect singing communities around the world.
www.EliseWitt.com
https://www.youtube.com/@EliseWitt1
https://www.facebook.com/elise.witt.7
https://www.instagram.com/elisewitt7/
Zohana Wren is a Certified Sound Healer, Singer-Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Music Teacher. She helps people free their voices, express their souls, and live their best lives! In 2014, she trained to be a song circle leader with Heather Houston and has led many song circles since including large workshops like the Earth Daughters Festival and the New Human Retreat.
FB/IG: @zohanamusic
Website: https://zohanamusic.com/
Diana Lynn Wallace is a Los Angeles based Rhythm and Song facilitator, Singer-songwriter, percussionist and lover of all things earthly. Heavenly and musically shared with joy.
Www.Dianalynnmusic.com
insta. @divadianalynn
www facebook.com/urthrhythmsdianalynn/
Barbara McAfee Matriarch in the community singing movement. Author of two books on voice. Founder of the Morning Star Singers comfort choir. Singer/songwriter with nine recordings. River swimmer.
www.barbaramcafee.com
www.youtube.com/mcafeemusic
7pm PDT — Allison Davies, Kira Seto, Sheniqua Trotman, Susie Ro
Allison Davies is a former neurologic music therapist and founder of online song sharing community ‘A Gathering of Voices’. She uses melodic mantra as a form of group singing that focuses on regulatory impact and intimate self experiencing over practice and performance.
www.allisondavies.com.au
https://allisondavies.substack.com/
@allisondavies_musicandthebrain (insta)
Allison Davies – Music and The Brain (facebook)
Kira Seto is a multiracial (white and Japanese) community songleader with a passion for weaving rich tapestries of sound through accessible, oral-tradition singing. She brings a joyful, soulful presence to group singing and believes deeply in its transformative power as a tool for empowerment, connection, and healing. Since 2017, Kira has been leading a cappella group singing, and she currently directs Voices Rising Community Choir in Bend, Oregon, offering experiential group singing aimed at interconnection, depth, and joy.
Sheniqua Trotman is a Brooklyn, NY based song leader who loves creating spaces where people can sing together. Her work centers belonging, connection, and the wisdom of collective voice. You can follow her journey on Instagram @_elevatedexpression
Website: elevatedexpression.net
IG: _elevatedexpression
Facebook: Elevated Expression
Susie Ro is a dynamic workshop leader as well as a talented singer-songwriter, voice coach, ceremonial singer, song-leader trainer, composer for choirs and performing and recording artist. She tours internationally with her popular song-leader trainings, soulful concerts and harmony singing workshops and retreats, sharing her heart-felt music and joy of singing together wherever she goes. Susie also offers voice work online so you can connect with her inspiring teachings wherever you are in the world.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7th
10am PDT — Heart Songs & Circle Songs, Laura Sera, Olivia Fern, Lea Morris
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, they have created and shared over a hundred original songs and released several recordings and two songbooks into the wild, inspired by the power of song to connect, nourish, and heal.
Laura Sera creates loving community with her Voices of the Heart song circles, empowering women to heal and be held. Her original songs restore our connection to ourselves, to each other, to nature, and to love. She sings with Heather Houston in Santa Cruz and teaches in Heather’s Sisters in Harmony Song Leader Training program.
https://sistersinharmony.net/circles/laura-sera/
https://soundcloud.com/laura-claire-sera
Olivia Fern is a singer songwriter and women’s singing circle facilitator based in England. She shares songs that help connect us to the Earth, our hearts and our feminine power.
www.oliviafern.com
www.instagram.com/olivia.fern.music
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0s2qFHlru2uhZWYzBMisjk?si=FwoP_n0OSMWKQsjgyA4iTw
Lea Morris is a singer/songwriter and choral composer whose award-winning, accessible and uplifting songs draw inspiration from her upbringing in the Southern Baptist church without being religious. She has a gift for excavating the spiritual from within the mundane and bringing joy wherever she shares her music.
http://www.thisislea.com
Youtube.com/thisislea
3pm PDT — Becky Reardon, Arnaé Batson, Heather Houston, Julianna Zarzycki
Becky Reardon’s voice is familiar to the millions of people who heard her sing on the Charlie Brown TV specials (Charles Schultz called her his favorite singer!). She performed in folk venues in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years before moving to New Mexico and making the shift to writing, performing, and teaching her own compositions. Now her songs and rounds are widely sung by community choruses, song circles, university choirs, and people out for a walk in the beautiful world.
Arnaé Batson creates one-of-a-kind soulful singing spaces to inspire heart healing, vocal liberation and community building. Come for the ride – stay for the joy!
https://www.instagram.com/thessingnetwork
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.
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
Julianna Zarzycki lives, works and sings in devotion to connection, healing and joy for herself, her community and the wondrous world.
https://www.juliannazarzycki.com/
https://juliannazarzycki.bandcamp.com/album/circle
7pm PDT — Naomi Tessler, Micaela Kingslight, Lala Simpson, Sarah Songbird
Naomi Tessler is a sacred songstress and song circle leader from Toronto whose offerings are guided by her soul practice as an: energy healer, channel, expressive arts therapist, ritual facilitator, ceremonialist and arts activist. Naomi’s healing songs and circles offer an invitation to tune-in to the depth and power of the voice and the gift of singing in community.
naomitessler.com
naomitesslermusic.bandcamp.com
IG: naomihanatessler
FB: naomitesslermusic, naomi tessler
https://soundcloud.com/naomi-tessler
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1hc97wTMrHwbgsrGwmCpNe?si=LUUKDpzAToOly-hvJMCLUw https://music.apple.com/us/artist/naomi-tessler/1648708612
Micaela Kingslight is a multi-dimensional musician based in Port Townsend, WA, blending folk, blues, soul, and electronic pop into sensual, body-moving soundscapes in her latest recordings as well as helping others open their voices through song circles, and vocal embodiment coaching. A seasoned performer, she’s toured extensively — both as a solo artist and with the folk/medicine trio Three Wheels Turning as well as a wide variety of Pacific Northwest regional musicians and offers workshops in voice and dance healing at events and retreats. Her voice, presence, and songs are medicine that gets you moving.
www.micaelakingslight.com
https://linktr.ee/micaelasmusic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=9e52b7f9-1dda-4970-bbf8-8b946d8472b6< a=””></sid=9e52b7f9-1dda-4970-bbf8-8b946d8472b6<>
Lala Simpson Harilalao “Lala” Simpson is a vibrant singer, songwriter, and song leader who grew up in beautiful Madagascar and now calls Aotearoa home. Known for her ready smiles, joyful energy, and mischievous sense of humour, Lala brings music to life wherever she goes.
Sarah Songbird is a singer and songwriter based in Santa Cruz, California. Her music honors the beautiful multidimensionality of the human experience and invites her listeners to feel right along with her. Sarah draws inspiration from both her inner and outer landscapes, spinning lyrical metaphors that point to the parallels between the cycles of nature and life.
www.sarahsongbirdmusic.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahsongbirdmusic/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SarahSongbirdMusic
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/sfishy88
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/503OTJo7JjVNm0ePmAhNKI?si=F2KOrrY5TjuD9mEeuNIScw
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8th
10am PDT — Carole Marie Downing, Lisa Doscher, Kate Munger, Debbie Nargi-Brown
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 Vocal Vibes improvisational groups in Portland, OR. She is experienced in working with people of all ages and has a passion for nurturing beginners to trust in their innate musicality.
Website: tunetojoy.com
Instagram: @tunetojoymusic
Lisa Doscher creates and weaves songs as vessels of transformation and becoming. With over 25 years of experience as a singer-songwriter, energy healer and teacher, Lisa runs a mentorship program for singers wanting to hold healing spaces with their songs and groups. Lisa has released 2 albums and her upcoming album ‘Going Through’ is due in 2026.
https://lisadoscher.com/
https://lisadoscher.bandcamp.com/music
Insta/FB: @lisadoschermusic
Spotify: Lisa Doscher
Kate Munger After founding the Threshold Choir 26 years ago, Kate now writes songs she needs for personal medicine and sings with women who are incarcerated. For the next 7 months, she is offering for free 56 new songs to sing on the way to, at and from protests to repair democracy, called “Hate Has No Home Here.” An email to Kate will sign you up.
Debbie Nargi-Brown For over 3 decades, Debbie Nargi-Brown has been leading dancing and singing in Santa Cruz and beyond; teaching African Inspired dance classes, leading Community Sings as well as facilitating retreats and workshops. She writes songs for the heart, for healing, for transformation, for love, for grief and all those things that connect us as human beings. Bringing people together in dance and song is one of her greatest sources of joy!
https://www.debbienargi-brown.com/
Where to listen to Debbie’s music:
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.
3pm PDT — Melanie DeMore, Moira Smiley, Silvia Nakkach
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.
How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace new album by Melanie DeMore and VocalEssence
Moira Smiley Singer, composer, and song-collector Moira Smiley has sung in arenas, cathedrals, kitchens, back porches, sound stages, and on glaciers. She’s performed with the likes of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tune-Yards, Tim O’Brien, Eric Whitacre, Los Angeles Master Chorale, New World Symphony, Solas, and The Lyris String Quartet. Moira’s original compositions, choral arrangements, and folk music are being sung by millions of voices around the world today.
Website: www.moirasmiley.com
Instagram: @moirasmiley
Silvia Nakkach, Grammy® nominated composer, has been an exhilarating and unique bridge between South American and Hindustani musical traditions for more than 35 years. Silvia has cultivated a voice that transports the listeners into the heart of devotion. Her entrancing vocal artistry draws elements from ambient and new music on one hand, and classical Indian ragas and sacred Afro-Brazilian chants on the other. She is a pioneer in the creation of the practice of vocal meditation and chanting with the shruti box and resonant instruments.