Elizabeth Foley of Radiant Earth Studios in Asheville NC is creating a ceramic art series, 12 birds on whose wings she will inscribe the words of domestic violence survivors.  

Draft version.  I’m planning 5 female voice acapella 

        Am                 D
        Am                 D
        C       Em      Bm        D
        C                   F#°

on wings bruised and bent
   I will fly to escape the torment

on wings of woe and misery
  I will fly with buried memories

on wings of dread and fright
I will fly in the dark of night


   Em     D     C     Bm
   Em     D      C     D
   Em     D      C     Bm
   C                F#°
I’ll spread my wings and I will fly 
Dip and soar in an open sky
wings might melt if I go too high
is it time for me to try?


on wings of guilt and shame 
   I will fly learning I’m not to blame

on wings of hope and sorrow 
  i will fly to a new tomorrow

on wings of dreams and grace
  I will fly to a safer place

I’ll spread my wings and I will fly 
Dip and soar in an open sky
wings won’t melt if I go too high
It’s time for me to try!

on wings growing strong
  I fly to where I belong

on wings of love and light 
  i fly ‘cause it’s my right 

on wings I dip and soar
  i fly,      and I took the dog

contact me if you want to change verses or for commercial use

Sandi & Donn Erickson's Album

Wings Essie Erickson CC-BY-NC

Inspired by gentle vocal warm ups with a shruti box (a common practice for myself as well as my friend Heather Houston when she warms up her choirs.) I sang this alone on my looper for the first time, as an improv and gift for my own Living Room Choir members, during pandemic isolation times. Please feel free to play with the layers and use it as an opportunity to stretch, warm up, and greet each other. It's easier to end it in person; I usually end taking out layer by layer until the last phrase heard is "It's the best." Visit https://thelivingroomchoir.com/its-the-best/ for more.

It's The Best (blend Live Looper And Recorded)

Written By Ashley Ingram and Des'ree
Arranged for Strong Voices Choir by Stephanie Carson and Briony Phillips
Performed by Strong Voices Choir


Strong Voices sings You Gotta Be

Song about the joy of singing in a choir.  SATB + piano, 2cla, drums arrangement. Live performance by Thanet Big Sing Community Choir, June 2024

Let Me Sing

A modern sea shanty sung by the What the Sea Saw Community Choir in Scarborough, UK.
The project is produced by Digital Drama and is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to the National Lottery players.
For more information about the project, go to: www.digitaldrama.org/project/what-the-sea-saw/

Music composed by Sarah Dew
What the Sea Saw Community Choir members:
Linda McNair
Angela Bamford
Jackie Binns
Tony Binns
Rita Sherriff-Hammond
Adele Bell
Dawn Langmead
Val Thompson
Aileen Tinker
Jean Guyler
Anna Wheeler
Cheryl Chandley
Deborah Senior
Ginny Leeming
Liz Brown
Cate McQuade
Annie Parkinson
Louise Watson
Howard Watson
Sue Wilson
Kate Stancombe
John Watton
Sarah Dew

Leave a Blessing

Never Say Goodbye

"The gates of heaven have opened and there is an exchange between heaven and earth" - this is the meaning of this beautiful song from the Zulu Tribe.

Awulekile amasango

Softly as I Leave you - a song beloved of choirs.

LIVE-20250920-01 SOFTLY

Music Director, Composer, Teacher, Professional Development Coach.

Kaitie’s highly musical neurodivergent brain feels best when working with multi layer harmonies, body rhythms and/or polyrhythms. She vocalizes primarily but also plays several instruments, leads community singing groups, is a minister, writer, cartoonist and speaker. She is the founder and leader of Living Room Choir (part of the Ubuntu Choirs Network) and is a well known member of the global community singing movement. She has built vocal work for folks with Parkinson’s, and a song library to catalog the song she teaches, which public can access many parts of. You can follow her on Patreon.com/KaitieTy for more and to support.

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