Vocal Bloom Tuesdays

Name: Vocal Bloom Tuesdays
Start: 2024-10-08T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-08T20:30:00-04:00
Location: First Unitarian Society of Ithaca (FUSIT)

Schedule

Tue Oct 08 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

First Unitarian Society of Ithaca (FUSIT) | Ithaca, NY

Vocal explorations in sound and stillness • From soulful dance party to sound bath • By you for you
One Tuesday per month [for now 🌱]
• 7pm @ the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca - intersection of Buffalo and Aurora St.
• Follow signs to the Arches room
*Please arrive by or as close to our 7pm start as you can. For church security and creative container sake, the door to enter will be locked by 7:15 pm.

CIRCLE SINGING - v. a facilitated improvisatory form of group singing; made popular in modern times by Bobby McFerrin
This may be for you if you enjoy:
• Being playful
• Singing with others
• Having a positive experience of doing something new
• Exploring the nexus of music and meditation/prayer

Tips:
• Bring a water bottle ~ we're just complicated plants
• Wear something comfortable and easy to move in
• Masks welcome but not required

Cultivating the organic nourishment available through singing together • [Re]discover the joy of joining your voice with others' • All experience welcome, no experience necessary

Email [email protected] with any questions or to stay in the loop for future events/classes.
Donations accepted:
• cash/check
• Venmo: @thevocalbloom
• Zelle: [email protected]
Deep gratitude to FUSIT for holding space for so many of these events!

Facilitated by Tracy LJ Robertson [he/him]
Vocalist, educator, and vocal percussionist Tracy LJ Robertson enjoys working in a variety of musical settings. While studying at Berklee College of Music he performed in ensembles of global influence, from Balkan to contemporary Indian, to Latin, to western classical and jazz. He's since performed and recorded with a range of artists including Bobby McFerrin, Valerie Simpson, Justin Timberlake, Sabrina Carpenter, Andy Grammer, Michael Bublé and Billie Eilish. Meanwhile the acappella community has offered opportunity to tour and educate with groups like Pitch Slapped, Overboard, Vocalosity, m-pact, The Magnets, and The House Jacks. He is also supremely grateful to work and facilitate for organizations like the Urban Voices Project, Gaia Music Collective, and in more and more spaces where improvisation and music is explicitly supporting/instigating healing and empowerment. Tracy enjoys spreading his passion for life through music and ever deepening appreciation of mother nature.