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One Day Choir singing Light On by Maggie Rogers in NYC
24th
April
Fourth Thursdays of the month
07 - 09 pm
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
Rumi
What to Expect
Concentric circles
Campfire-style! This will be a non-performative, trance-out-in-the-music kind of space. You’re welcome to sit, stand or happy sway.
No talking no teaching no cell phones out
We won’t stop the songs to teach parts, preach or stage banter. 2 hours of non-stop singing. With phones away.
Lyrics on monitors
So you don’t have to hold paper, look down or effort to remember. Sing the lead melody, or choose your own harmony part and rock out!
Diversity of faiths and frameworks
This gathering isn’t rooted in any particular faith tradition, and songs will come from many. Spirituality and religiousness of all types are welcome (and encouraged!)
Join usAt the Bridge Yard in Oakland
At the Bridge Yard in Oakland
210 Burma Rd, Oakland https://www.thebridgeyard.com
Big Sing’s home venue is a historic, iconic event space that was once a maintenance facility for Bay Area street cars and features panoramic waterfront views of Oakland and San Francisco.
We have 225 parking spaces. Doors open at 6:30pm. Please arrive early to say hello and settle in. We’ll sing from 7-9pm non-stop!
Cost: Free! Donations for the artists welcome. The Bridge Yard is generously hosting us. When you come you can check it out as a possible venue for your next event!
I believe that music is one of the closest things we have to magic.
Haruki Murakami
What to Wear
Let’s match! As you likely know, choir members traditionally dress alike. Let’s keep that tradition and enjoy a cohesive element for our big group singalong. Each month, we’ll choose a color or theme to incorporate when you choose what to wear.
April’s theme is:
Pink/Yellow/Gold
If it's fun for you, please come wearing pops of any shades of pink, yellow and/or gold. Go wild with fuchsia, mustard, lemon, blush or metallic gold to add to the bright springtime beauty!
Here’s an idea board for inspiration
Learn the Songs
You are invited (if this kind of thing is your jam) to listen to the songs we will be singing in advance. Here is a playlist so you can familiarize yourself with this month’s set and, if you like, learn the lead melody or learn/create your favorite harmony parts. While knowing the music can support letting loose and rocking out, you’re also very welcome to show up with zero prep and be surprised! A few of the songleaders will be leading by ear, so this list isn't comprehensive, but it will get you started!
[April Playlist to Come!]
About Us
We are a freshly forming community of diverse song lovers from around the Bay Area. We are shower singers, garage band singers, and non-singers along with local choirs, a cappella groups, and seasoned song leaders. We believe in non-performative singing for the joy of it! We hope all people everywhere (the tone deaf and tone-masterful alike!) will reclaim the timeless and oh-so-human activity of coming together to raise up our voices in song. We wanted to create an experience of very large group singing without talking or pausing to teach, in order to invite transcendent states of consciousness. And to have fun. March was our first Big Sing! We hope you join us.
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
Ludwig van Beethoven
People Guiding our Journey
Meet our March Songleaders
--April coming soon!
Nilo Ayele
Songleader
Nilo Ayele is a capoeirista, dancer, singer, and songwriter from Salvador, state of Bahia, Brazil. Together with Brazilian guitarist and songwriter Renan Damasceno, he started his music project: “Namoradas da Lua”, a reggae band with Bahian music influences. https://www.instagram.com/niloayele/
Inspiring videos of other groups Big Singing
Koolulam singing One Day by Matisyahu in Haifa
Pub Choir singing Africa by Toto across Australia
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No matter your gender, sexual orientation, religion, spirituality, abilities, race, housing status, or other unnamed things, you are welcome here.
We honor the land and waters where this gathering takes place, traditional homeland of Chochenyo Ohlone People.
