An 8-week initiation into the skill of drumming to support singing for collective healing and power

An 8-week initiation into the skill of drumming to support singing for collective healing and power

An affinity song circlein Portland, Oregon presented by Sing People Sing! specifically for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)

INFO & REGISTRATION: https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-bipoc-community-sing

An 8-week initiation into the skill of drumming to support singing for collective healing and power

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https://events.humanitix.com/winter-solstice-song-ceremony

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https://events.humanitix.com/drum-song-reclamation-training

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https://events.humanitix.com/drum-song-reclamation-training

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https://events.humanitix.com/drum-song-reclamation-training

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with Shireen Amini

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with Shireen Amini and Joyous Dawn

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with Shireen Amini and Tonya Abernathy

with Shireen Amini and Ahlay Blakely

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An affinity community song circle in Portland, OR presented by Sing People Sing! specifically for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

6:30-7pm arrival, we will sing from 7-9pm

This is a no-alcohol event

All ages welcome

$10-40 sliding scale

Pay what you can. No one turned away for lack of funds.

We request that you REGISTER ONLINE IN ADVANCE through Eventbrite. We will absorb fees, so there are no hidden, added costs for you. This will just help us track attendance and better prepare. You are also welcome to show up and pay cash or pay via Venmo or PayPal at the event.

A 2-hour online hand drumming workshop with Shireen Amini offering tools, practice, and inspiration for creating rhythms to support songs

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with Shireen Amini, Tonya Abernathy, and Ahlay Blakely

Wednesday, September 21, 5:30-8pm
*5:30-6pm arrival time, we will sing from 6-8pm

All ages welcome

This is a no-alcohol event

LOCATION:
Wilshire Park
(4116 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97212)
*We will meet by the shelter

PAYMENT:
$10-40 suggested donation, NO ONE turned away for lack of funds

*Please feel free to receive the medicine first and decide what reciprocity feels right within your means. If you are unable to offer financial exchange, consider offering support through spreading the word or some other creative way...let's talk!

Your contribution sustains our songleaders, covers travel expenses, and allows us to give back to the local indigenous community.

Venmo: @Shireen-Amini
Paypal: paypal.me/shireenamini
or Cash at the event

DESCRIPTION:
We invite you to this Queer and POC-led community singing gathering to experience the power of song as medicine, as a tool for liberation, and to simply fill your well of joy and connection. We believe singing is a birthright and welcome all levels of experience. Our incredible group of songleaders will teach songs on-the-spot, usually through call and echo, that are sourced from the community singing movement or have come through the songleaders themselves.

We will sing some songs in Spanish!
¡Vamos a cantar algunas canciones en español!

We aim to create an integrated space rooted in understandings of our historical context and current social realities. No matter your race, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, or housing status, you are not only welcome here, you belong here. It is one of our core values to utilize song to resist societal oppression and support liberation from the inside out.

We are not perfect, but it is our intention to respect and uplift all beings, human and non-human, seen and unseen. If there is a way we can better care for you, your values, and your experience in this space, please let us know.

We hope you will bring the wholeness of who you are to this embodied experience of singing with full permission to be in movement, grief, and laughter.

This particular sing will also be an opportunity to ground out our summer season and step forward into fall. To draw more power and meaning from our gathering, come with a state reflection and soul-felt intention.

For more info, visit the “Songleading” page at shireenaminimusicmedicine.com

We are cartwheeling with joy that we get to welcome Shireen Amini to lead us in community song on Wednesday, Sept 7th on her mini-tour through Northern California.

It can get cool in the evenings in the valley, so bring something to sit on and some cozy layers.

CONTRIBUTION - sliding scale $10-$40. Your contribution will go towards supporting Shireen's mini-tour and continued artistic excellence! NO ONE turned away due to lack of funds.

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As part of my mini song circle tour through Northern California, I am honored to be a guest songleader for Marv Stauder's regular singing community called West Marin Singers!

"Our weekly drop-in Song Circle is a joyful, soulful, inclusive space where we sing easy-to-learn community-singing songs. Come sing with us!"

Purchase your ticket in advance for Tuesday, September 6!

westmarinsingers.com

$20

A very special OUTDOOR SINGING CIRCLE featuring Shireen Amini. Music is medicine. Let's Sing, Feel and Heal together in community.

About this event

Let's Sing!

Singing is a unique and powerful tool for healing. For centuries, singing and song have been used to build community, to tell our stories, to honor transitions, to grieve our losses, and to transform despair into hope.

Singing gets us out of our heads and into our bodies, so that we may be soothed, regulated, connected and uplifted. Healing happens in community, and song circles are an accessible and community-based approach to singing. We believe that singing is a birthright. So come join us and experience the innate power of song as medicine.

**No matter your race, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, or housing status, you are not only welcome here, you belong here. We hope you will bring the wholeness of who you are to this embodied experience of singing with full permission to be in movement, grief, laughter and imperfection.

Bring something to sit on and some cozy layers. Come connect with your voice and transform how you feel.

DONATION - sliding scale $10-$40. Your donations will go towards supporting Shireen's mini-tour and continued artistic excellence! NO ONE turned away due to lack of funds.

ACCOUNTABILITY - 10% of proceeds will go to the Amah Mutsun Land Trust. Aptos Beloved Community will generously be matching our donation.

FOR INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED HAND DRUMMERS**

Tuesdays, May 10-31

6-7pm PT on Zoom (you will receive recurring Zoom meeting link and information once you have paid and registered)

$70 - 100 sliding scale for entire series

**For the Level 2 series, it is recommended that you take at least one to two series of Level 1 (equivalent to any previous regular Soul Drumming Online series) before taking Level 2 OR that you self-identify as an intermediate-advanced hand drummer.

"DRUM HANG" on Thursday, May 19, 6-7pm PT (OPTIONAL but included in class price. No additional cost.) ~ a casual online gathering with fellow students to:

- Deepen connection with each other

- Ask questions about hand drumming and share rhythms

- Jam together

(Zoom meeting link for "Drum Hang" will be sent to all registered students the day before the event.)

Please Note: All live classes and will be recorded and shared with current and potential future students. "Drum Hang" will be recorded and shared only with current students.

If this is at all prohibitive to your participation, please be in touch so we can work something out that works for you!

ABOUT SOUL DRUMMING ONLINE

Hand drumming is one of the most effective tools I have personally found for expression, empowerment, joy, and connection. It is ancient. I want to support you in adding this tool to your repertoire! In “soul drumming,” we improve our skills and technique while learning to play with feeling, engaging the rich cultural origins of drums, rhythms, and songs, and connecting meaningfully both with a community of fellows and our own inner resources.

This is a 4-week class series with sessions that build upon each other. Includes weekly 1-hour sessions in a live teaching atmosphere and follow-up videos and materials to assist your practicing after each class. All classes will culminate in a final Zoom performance of the song we have learned over the course of the 4 weeks.

THIS CLASS IS WELCOMING OF ALL, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS QUEER, TRANS, BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LATINX, POC, OR ANY OTHER MARGINALIZED IDENTITY. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR THERE IS A WAY I CAN SUPPORT A MORE INVITING SPACE FOR YOU, PLEASE CONTACT ME.

For more info, visit shireenaminimusicmedicine.com/soul-drumming-online

FOR INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED HAND DRUMMERS**

Tuesdays, May 10-31

6-7pm PT on Zoom (you will receive recurring Zoom meeting link and information once you have paid and registered)

$70 - 100 sliding scale for entire series

**For the Level 2 series, it is recommended that you take at least one to two series of Level 1 (equivalent to any previous regular Soul Drumming Online series) before taking Level 2 OR that you self-identify as an intermediate-advanced hand drummer.

"DRUM HANG" on Thursday, May 19, 6-7pm PT (OPTIONAL but included in class price. No additional cost.) ~ a casual online gathering with fellow students to:

- Deepen connection with each other

- Ask questions about hand drumming and share rhythms

- Jam together

(Zoom meeting link for "Drum Hang" will be sent to all registered students the day before the event.)

Please Note: All live classes and will be recorded and shared with current and potential future students. "Drum Hang" will be recorded and shared only with current students.

If this is at all prohibitive to your participation, please be in touch so we can work something out that works for you!

ABOUT SOUL DRUMMING ONLINE

Hand drumming is one of the most effective tools I have personally found for expression, empowerment, joy, and connection. It is ancient. I want to support you in adding this tool to your repertoire! In “soul drumming,” we improve our skills and technique while learning to play with feeling, engaging the rich cultural origins of drums, rhythms, and songs, and connecting meaningfully both with a community of fellows and our own inner resources.

This is a 4-week class series with sessions that build upon each other. Includes weekly 1-hour sessions in a live teaching atmosphere and follow-up videos and materials to assist your practicing after each class. All classes will culminate in a final Zoom performance of the song we have learned over the course of the 4 weeks.

THIS CLASS IS WELCOMING OF ALL, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS QUEER, TRANS, BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LATINX, POC, OR ANY OTHER MARGINALIZED IDENTITY. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR THERE IS A WAY I CAN SUPPORT A MORE INVITING SPACE FOR YOU, PLEASE CONTACT ME.

For more info, visit shireenaminimusicmedicine.com/soul-drumming-online

FOR INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED HAND DRUMMERS**

Tuesdays, May 10-31

6-7pm PT on Zoom (you will receive recurring Zoom meeting link and information once you have paid and registered)

$70 - 100 sliding scale for entire series

**For the Level 2 series, it is recommended that you take at least one to two series of Level 1 (equivalent to any previous regular Soul Drumming Online series) before taking Level 2 OR that you self-identify as an intermediate-advanced hand drummer.

"DRUM HANG" on Thursday, May 19, 6-7pm PT (OPTIONAL but included in class price. No additional cost.) ~ a casual online gathering with fellow students to:

- Deepen connection with each other

- Ask questions about hand drumming and share rhythms

- Jam together

(Zoom meeting link for "Drum Hang" will be sent to all registered students the day before the event.)

Please Note: All live classes and will be recorded and shared with current and potential future students. "Drum Hang" will be recorded and shared only with current students.

If this is at all prohibitive to your participation, please be in touch so we can work something out that works for you!

ABOUT SOUL DRUMMING ONLINE

Hand drumming is one of the most effective tools I have personally found for expression, empowerment, joy, and connection. It is ancient. I want to support you in adding this tool to your repertoire! In “soul drumming,” we improve our skills and technique while learning to play with feeling, engaging the rich cultural origins of drums, rhythms, and songs, and connecting meaningfully both with a community of fellows and our own inner resources.

This is a 4-week class series with sessions that build upon each other. Includes weekly 1-hour sessions in a live teaching atmosphere and follow-up videos and materials to assist your practicing after each class. All classes will culminate in a final Zoom performance of the song we have learned over the course of the 4 weeks.

THIS CLASS IS WELCOMING OF ALL, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS QUEER, TRANS, BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LATINX, POC, OR ANY OTHER MARGINALIZED IDENTITY. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR THERE IS A WAY I CAN SUPPORT A MORE INVITING SPACE FOR YOU, PLEASE CONTACT ME.

For more info, visit shireenaminimusicmedicine.com/soul-drumming-online