Community Sing

Community Sing is an offering for anyone with a voice (yes, you!) in which we gather to share in song, noise making, and keep the age-old tradition of singing in community alive. We believe firmly that every person has a voice with the power to carry song and story on its breath and that there are no bad voices. Songs are taught to all each meeting and supported by percussion.

Date & Time

First & Third Thursday of each month from 6:30-8:00pm

On November 5th, Community Sing will be held at OCHI Gallery following Flourish’s fundraising exhibition. Singers are invited to join the exhibition from 5:00-6:30pm. Community Sing will be held from 7:00-8:00pm inside the gallery.

Location

Flourish Foundation

1030 Airport Way, Hailey, ID

Details

No registration required.

Donations welcome.

Facilitators

Emily Freudenberger

Awe Farmer

Emily Freudenberger

Awe Farmer

emily@flourishfoundation.org

Emily was fortunate to spend her childhood playing in the wilderness of Flathead Valley, Montana. She is a student of ravens, vast watersheds, and glacial fields.
After several years pursuing her curiosity, Emily returned to school to study Therapeutic Recreation and Place-Based Healing at Western Washington University. Her studies blossomed at the confluence of somatics, recreation, ethno-ecology, and community care. She has worked in therapeutic recreation, teaching yoga, and as a backcountry ski, climb, backpack, and river guide for people of all ages and abilities.
Emily finds her joy in building relationships with the land and its inhabitants. Today, you might find her playing music with her friends, putting her new binoculars to use, or laughing her way down a river or powder field. She adores working with youth across many Flourish programs including the Compassionate Leaders, Discovery, and Mindful Awareness, and believes wholeheartedly in the power of authentic connection to transform our world.

FAQs

How much does it cost?

This is offered freely, no registration is required. Donations to support the sustainability of this offering are welcome!

Do I need to bring anything?

We recommend bringing a water bottle and wearing comfortable clothes to move and sit in. You do not need to bring any additional instruments other than your voice. Though, if you have a percussion instrument you would like to bring, that is welcome.

I'm not a "singer." Am I still welcome?

Yes! Even if you have never sang in front of another person or consider yourself tone-deaf, this gathering is still for you. Everyone is welcome to engage with song and community in whatever way is most supportive to them. Whether that be singingly loudly and fully, playing around with harmonies and taking vocal liberties, or remaining quiet and letting the voices of their community wash over them. There is no wrong way to have a voice.

Why Community Sing?

Despite singing being an essential piece of all people’s ancestry, storytelling, and evolution; in recent years it feels as though singing has become reserved for those deemed socially “good enough”. Song has been sequestered into religious spaces or alone in the shower. Community Sing aims to remind us of the power and beauty of each of our voices; to be vulnerable, witnessed, and held in community; and to know that there is no sound more beautiful than a room full of people singing together.