Name: Community Singing Night: All Voices
Start: 2023-11-20T19:00:00+08:00
End: 2023-11-20T21:00:00+08:00
Location: Co.

Community Singing Night:  All Voices

A revivifying interpretation of the local community centre (or more affectionately, CC), our goal is to bring diverse people together in our  warm, inclusive and supportive heritage shophouse space while inciting new perspectives through art, wellness, food and drinks.

Get ready to raise your voice and join us for a night of joyful community singing where all voices are welcome, happening on November 20th

This will be a 2 hours event where we gather to sing community songs in a group, the emphasis will be on learning and singing easy-to-pick-up songs in a oral tradition and in a non-performative way.Much like songs sung around the campfire or kids songs, these will be songs that can be learnt quickly by echoing/mimicking the teacher without much need for elaborate memorization and effort. Many of these songs come from world music and folk traditions around the world, but no prior musical experience or knowledge of these songs is required. All voices are welcome, and very especially shy ones! No one will be expected to sing alone. Improvisation and harmonizing on songs is also welcome, although these skills are very strictly not required.Participants can expect to receive the benefits of community singing - namely, the physiological benefits of deep breathing and moving the body to express music, and psychological benefits of lightheartedness, contentment, safety and being witnessed in community.Songs we’ll pick from to learn and sing:<ul><li>Row, row, row, your boat (children’s song)</li><li>Mbele mama (West african song)</li><li>May I be open (community song)</li><li>Every little cell in my body is happy (melodic mantra)</li><li>PaBhasikoro (Zimbabwean community song)</li><li>Di Sini Senang (Indonesian folksong)</li><li>Que Sera Sera (oldie)</li><li>One breath after another (mantra song)</li><li>Listen (interlocking rhythm community song)</li><li>Se nzenina (South African apartheid song)</li><li>The water is wide (English/Scottish traditional song)</li><li>Wild Mountain Thyme (Scottish traditional)</li><li>Little white boat (Korean traditional, english lyrics)</li><li>Stand in that river (American rewritten traditional)</li><li>etc.</li></ul>About the teacherEugene is a community musician that has been singing since he was a child and playing guitar since his teens. In his late twenties, he became very drawn to traditional African music, namely the Zimbabwean mbira and its repertoire and spent a large portion of his thirties pursuing the study of this traditional music. He sang in groups and choirs while working overseas in the USA learning these songs and other traditional tunes in this lineage, and realized a connection and love for traditional and community songs in general.

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