Upcoming Events

WHOLEHEARTED CHORUS FALL CONCERTS

featuring EDWIN HUIZINGA, MIKE MAROTTA & KIDBEYOND

The 120+ voice Wholehearted Chorus is collaborating with one of North America’s most-versatile violinists, Edwin Huizinga, to bring another participatory and uplifting singing event to our greater community.  We are also very pleased to welcome guest musicians Mike Marotta on accordion and the incredible vocal percussion of San Francisco musical artist Kid Beyond. Please join us!

Lisa G. Littlebird’s inspiring band of singers from Big Sur and Monterey share a celebration and offering of beauty, joy, and hope through a diverse bouquet of inspiring songs, both new and familiar. This is not a specifically holiday-themed concert. All are welcome to this inclusive event. This is not your average choir concert! We will often invite you to sing along, sharing songs learned by heart, direct from the heart.

Pacific Grove Performing Arts Center
Featuring the Kids Chorus
Sunday, Dec 15, 3pm
835 Forest Ave. in Pacific Grove

This concert includes both the adult and children’s chorus. Advance tickets are $20. Tickets at the door are $25 and kids 12 and under are $5. A cash bake sale and merchandise sales will be offered before the concert and during intermission.

Online ticket sales have concluded, but there are still seats available for $25 at the door. Please join us!

ONLINE SONGLEADER FLIGHT SCHOOL
A 6-WEEK COURSE FOR EMERGING SONGLEADERS
OPEN WORLDWIDE
February 10 – March 20, 2020

This online course developed by Lisa offers an accessible but deep dive into the basic skills needed to effectively lead, organize and grow community song circles. It is offered over six weeks with a digestible and interactive presentation of the material each weekday, and features consistent, interactive connections with other members of your active cohort. This will be the seventh time Lisa has offered this course and each cohort has sold out with outstanding reviews.

Whether you are an experienced singer with a vision of starting and leading a choir or are new to singing and wish to rapidly grow your confidence singing with others, this course is designed to meet your unique needs.

CARMEL VALLEY, CA

Big Sing! led by Debbie Nargi-Brown and Lisa G. Littlebird
Sunday, Feb 16, 3 to 5pm
Hidden Valley Music Seminars

Debbie Nargi-Brown will be leading a five-week mini-session with the Wholehearted Chorus on Monday nights January 13th through February 16th (for more details, see wholeheartedchorus.org). This public event will be the culminating offering. Join us to sing songs that uplift the Soul, make your body move, and your heart sing!

BIG SUR, CAEsalen

ESALEN INSTITUTE
Living in Harmony: Singing Our Way Back Together
February 21-23, 2020

Come prepared to find your voice (and not just your singing voice!), explore your capacities with curiosity and collect songs and tools to nourish your well-being and enrich your life in this workshop guided by Lisa G. Littlebird. With a style rooted in compassionate awareness practices, Lisa is dedicated to reclaiming song for human connection. In this shared practice of singing, we not only discover a pathway to communion and release, we offer a powerful contribution to these polarized times: compassion and empathy toward ourselves and others. Through gentle, exploratory encouragements and a diverse repertoire of more than 500 oral-tradition songs, Lisa cultivates a supportive, uplifting circle of group harmony and sound, inviting all singers to expand and delight in the full potential of their voices. This workshop is designed for singers of all abilities and levels of experience, including no experience or negative experience in need of healing.

SAVE THE DATES!

Courting the Muse, a Property-Wide Event
at ESALEN INSTITUTE
With Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket, Aimée Ringle & MaMuse
August 23-28, 2020

Singing on the Edge, a Property-Wide Community Singing Event
at ESALEN INSTITUTE
October 9-11, 2020