The mission of Wholehearted is to create a more harmonious world by singing together. It was founded in 2014 by Lisa Littlebird, and now has more than 230 singers in two chapters, San Diego and the Central Coast of California.
Singers of all ages and experience are wholeheartedly welcome in this chorus, and there is no audition. We do not use sheet music, instead learning the songs by heart through repetition, with the support of lyric sheets, practice tracks and one another.
The songs we sing are sacred technologies of the heart and they become allies for life. They are designed to uplift, heal, and nurture our sense of belonging.
We now have a fiscal sponsor and welcome your tax-deductible support!*
Donate to Wholehearted Chorus here
Join the mailing list here
2026 Season
Wholehearted Chorus with Lisa Littlebird kicks off in San Diego and Carmel, CA this May for another fabulous concert season – this time in collaboration with Lyndsey Scott.
Check out our rad new website and register before May17 for our early-bird pricing.
No singer will ever be turned away from season participation with us, however due to the growing popularity of the chorus, a threshold of rehearsal attendance will be required for concert participation this year.
About the 2025 Concert Season with MaMuse
Thank you for a truly beautiful concert season! Our 2025 “Song for All of Us” season was our largest and most uplifting one yet, with more than 230 onstage singers and 1400 more voices joining us at the San Diego and Monterey concerts.
This season, we explored what it really means to heal the wounds of division present in our world today. Click here to read the online concert program.
How do we bridge hearts and live harmoniously in a world with all kinds of people? How do we stay connected with hope, courage, and curiosity in times of darkness?
This concert season featured a collection of 16 songs, all of which were learned by our singing members through oral tradition in community.
Watch our Monterey concert on YouTube here.
Most of our songs this season were performed in collaboration with the tremendous songwriting duo MaMuse.
A Song For All of Us Podcast
Wholehearted Chorus director Lisa Littlebird has a podcast series that accompanies this concert season. Together with a number of wonderful guests, we’ve explored our season theme in more depth and we welcome you to join us.
> A Song For All of Us Podcast on Spotify
> A Song For All of Us Podcast on Apple
Artistic Director, Lisa Littlebird
Artistic Director, Lisa LittlebirdLisa G. Littlebird is a respected, pioneering leader within the international community singing movement, a growing tide of people who recognize the power of singing together in service to collective liberation. She has traveled the world facilitating community singing for more than 20 years, and is the creator of Littlebird Flight School, a preeminent online songleading training program for emerging community song leaders, with more than 1000 worldwide graduates.
In 2014 Lisa founded Wholehearted Chorus, which quickly grew into the largest community choir in the region and now has more than 230 singing members. Lisa resides in San Diego, California after many years living in Big Sur and Carmel, CA.
*Wholehearted Chorus is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Wholehearted Chorus must be made payable to ‘Fractured Atlas’ only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.