Sisters in Harmony Global with Melanie DeMore

Heather Houston is a Santa Cruz-based song leader, choral director, recording artist, and vocal empowerment coach with over 30 years of experience in uplifting hearts and building community through the power of song. Founder of the Yala Lati Women’s Choir and creator of the Sisters in Harmony Retreats, Heather leads transformative singing experiences both in person and online, including at venues like Esalen, Sivananda Bahamas, and 1440 Multiversity. Her music, rooted in themes of healing, unity, and connection with nature, is sung by communities worldwide and can be found in her online song library and on all major streaming platforms.

Heather Houston

Women's Singing Circles on Zoom - Facilitated by Heather Houston

<h3>Sing your grief, gratitude, prayer, and praise within the safe container of a women's circle. </h3><blockquote>Learn heart-opening songs for the journey. </blockquote><blockquote>Feel fortified, connected, and uplifted.</blockquote><blockquote>Let's feel the power of our global community!</blockquote>Melanie and Heather will gather to offer you powerful songs for these transformational times we are living in. We'll dive into vocal meditation and collective prayer, mantra, heart-opening songs, soulful songs, fun songs, and songs that invite us to dance! <blockquote>Please bring an item for the altar and a candle to light. Have your shakers, drums, guitars, chimes, and shruti boxes at the ready. </blockquote>Donations: Thank you so much for your donations. $20 suggested. This is a tough time for many, and musicians are no exception. Heather offers a generous percentage of profit to her guest artists. Tickets are non-refundable.Registration: ***The ZOOM LINK will be sent out in the order confirmation email from EVENTBRITE, and then again two days before, two hours before, and again twenty minutes prior to the event, TO THE EMAIL YOU USED HERE ON EVENTBRITE. It will be sent FROM EVENTBRITE. *** Please check your spam folder. CALLS WILL BE RECORDED - a replay will be sent out to all ticket holders. About Melanie:Singer-songwriter Melanie DeMore has a remarkable voice, weaving the fibers of African American folk music with soulful ballads, spirituals, and her own original music. DeMore beautifully brings her audience together through her music and commentary. She has toured extensively, singing at festivals, universities, coffee houses, and concert halls. Her recordings, "Share My Song" and "Come Follow Me," are both heartfelt collections of her music.In addition to her solo work, DeMore facilitates vocal workshops for professional and community-based choral groups and has taught her program called “Sound Awareness” in schools, prisons, and youth organizations in the US, Canada, Cuba, and New Zealand.<a href="http://www.melaniedemore.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.melaniedemore.com</a>About Heather:Heather Houston is passionate about uplifting hearts, freeing voices, transforming lives, and building strong, loving communities through the power of singing. She spreads her magic through her 20+years of international song circle leading, private vocal coaching, and her online offerings - The Art of Mindful Singing, S.H.E. Sings, Singing as Sanctuary, and Sisters in Harmony Song and Chant Leader Training. You can now join her every Monday night on Zoom for a 2-hour Sisters in Harmony Global community song circle with guest artists!Heather recently released her second solo album, Sisters of the Moon, which features the ethereal voices of her 40-voice women’s choir Yala Lati. Her first solo album, Prayers for the Water is a ZMR Top 10 album. You can find Heather’s music and her a cappella group SIRENZ on all of the streaming platforms and for download on her website.Heather is one of the featured song circle leaders at the annual Singing on the Edge retreat at the Esalen Institute, Song Village in the Santa Cruz Mountains, SongFest in Los Angeles and Sacred Sound Meets Sacred Nature retreat at Pema Osel Ling. Her most recent passion is curating annual Women’s Singing Retreats in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Her next retreat will be held in the Summer of 2023. Please stay tuned - registration opens in January of 2023.

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}

Sisters in Harmony Global with Melanie DeMore

More events from Heather Houston

Discover more events from Heather Houston, from Music to other experiences you might love.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all online events to browse and filter by date, category, and more.

Sisters in Harmony Global with Melanie DeMore

More events from Heather Houston

Discover more events from Heather Houston, from Music to other experiences you might love.

More Music events

Browse more Music events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all online events to browse and filter by date, category, and more.