Musicalia Voices!  inaugural season begins Sept. 11, 2025

About Musicalia Voices! Choir 

• We’re a community choir for adults
• No auditions
• No experience necessary
• We’re friendly and welcome new members
• It’s an if-you-can-talk-you-can-sing type of choir!

What do we sing? 

• Contemporary, pop, indie and folk music
• Create song circles using vocals & body percussion (think Bobbi McFerrin style creativity)
• Create melodic mantras that soothe the nervous system

Using our voices supports body, mind & spirit!

• Singing decreases stress and stimulates the brain.
• Singing connects different regions of the brain involved in memory, movement, attention, memory, language and emotion
• Group singing boosts our mood and those effects from one session can last for many days
• Group singing regulates blood pressure, increases oxygenation in the blood, improves lung function, improves immunity
• Creating melodic mantras reminds us of the power of our own voice.  Your voice is your fingerprint in sound!
• Melody stimulates your brain limbic system (the part of the brain that allows us to feel emotions) and singing melodic mantras allows the energy of emotion to move through us instead of sitting blocked and frozen inside us.
• Our physical body recognizes repetition and entrains with the the sounds and rhythms it hears.   This can create a sense of safety and control.
• Your brain loves music!  Humans are born with musical wiring and when you give your brain musical experiences through singing and chanting, your brain rewards you with dopamine and endorphin release.
• Group singing enhances social connectedness and a sense of belonging

Who is Susan?

• I grew up in a musical family where everyone sang and played a bunch of instruments.  It’s just what we did.  

• I started teaching at a young age and later pursued studies with amazing music + movement teachers around the world.

• My specialty is working with people who have no music training (non-professionals).

• I’ve logged tens of thousands of hours dancing, moving, singing and playing instruments with folks who just want to feel good making music.

• Worked directly with every age, playing music, dancing and singing with families, school teachers, special needs populations, babies, preschoolers, young children, teens and adults of every age.

• Been a speaker, trainer, and conference presenter across the country, conducting music and movement education workshops for groups of 20 to many hundreds.

Why VOICES! Why now??