Set List for Community Singing and Snacks, December 7, 2024:
SetList


Welcome to the Living Room Choir, Fall Session 2024!
Below is the page for enrolled members in the Fall 2024 Cohort.
All members need to fill out the required questions in the enrollment form. If you haven’t done this, here’s the link https://forms.gle/SFy7STwGjLU3UiHq5
(More details about LRC and Grace Notes and the new Kids’ Corner below.)
YOU MUST REGISTER to receive emails, updates and passwords, even if you only fill out the bare minimum on the form. (If you are not getting emails from us, this is likely the problem.) We’re glad you’re joining us for the Fall Session!
This page is your one-stop shop for all things related to the Fall Session. Some things are password-protected. If you are enrolled in this Session, you will have received an email containing the password you need.
Orientation: mandatory listening for newcomers; encouraged listening for all. Introductions first, then talking starts at approximately 11min.
Fall 2024 Repertoire, alphabetically:
(a dynamic list that will keep growing)
- 5 Elemental Voices – Barbara McAfee
- Ancestor Sky People – Harmony Grisman
- Angel Wash – Aimee Ringle, Mia Kelley, Rafe Pearlman, Saphir Lewis
- Bambelela – Originated by JL Kwane Memorial Church members
- Be Open – Debbie Nargi-Brown
- By Breath – Sara Thomsen, arr. Denis Donnelly
- By Your Side – Deborah Leeds
- Contemplation Chant – Sophia Songhealer
- Currents – Amanda West
- Evening Rise – Unknown
- Force of Love (All Shall Be Well) – Penny Stone, Julian of Norwich
- Genuine Grief (All About My Plan) – Kaitie Ty Warren
- Hearts and Voices – Sara Stutz
- Hey Jude warmup – led by Sara
- How Lucky Are We – Sara Stutz
- How Shall We Come Together – Maggie Wheeler
- I Have Not Come Here Alone – Peace Poets
- In This Circle – Joan McMillan
- It Begins (Morning/Choir Time) – Kaitie Ty Warren
- It’s In Every One Of Us – David Pomeranz
- Jewels – Barbara McAfee
- Lead With Love – Melanie DeMore
- Let It Go – words by Michael Leunig
- Meli E – John Bowker
- Move On – Karly Loveling
- New Day Rising – Sara Stutz
- O Water – Kaitie Ty Warren, poem by Nik Warren
- Old Bone Mother – Eileen Hazel
- One by One – Michael Stillwater
- Resilient Flame/Invincible Summer – Samara Jade (and Albert Camus)
- Savoleyo – Laboratorium Piesni
- Shine On – Helen Yeomans
- Surrender (Stop Struggling) – Kaitie Ty Warren
- Tending the Spark – Heather Houston
- This Fire – Laurence Cole
- Two Candles Bright (I Don’t Know If I Can Hold This Alone) – Ian Carrick
- We Are Here chant – Fox Machado and others, arr. Kaitie Ty Warren and Sara Stutz
- We Are the Light – Ellen Rockne
- Weaving Our Lives – Alexa Sunshine Rose
- Windy Weather – Kaitie Ty Warren
- Winds of the West – Ayla Nereo
- Woyaya (We Are Going) – Osibisa
Grace Notes Only
- One Voice – The Wailin’ Jennys
- Friends – Moira Smiley
- 3rd Verse of We Are The Light
- Ooooos for By Breath
Kids’ Corner is new as of Fall 2024: thank you for helping us get it started! We suggest a $10 donation per participant, per week, but as usual no one is turned away for lack of funds. This will be an area near the singing that offers alternate activities for kids (of all ages, including grown up kids who may want to do some arts and crafts.)
More details, at a glance:
Fall Session Dates:
September 7: 3pm Orientation for newcomers/ 4-5:30, LRC led by Kaitie and SaraSeptember 14: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/ 4-5:30 LRC led by Kaitie and DeborahSeptember 21: 3-3:45 Grace Notes Orientation/4-5:30 LRCSeptember 28: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/4-5:30 LRCOctober 5: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/4-5:30 LRCOctober 12: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/4-5:30 LRCOctober 19: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/4-5:30 LRCOctober 26: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/4-5:30 LRCNovember 2: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/4-5:30 LRCNovember 9: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/4-5:30 LRCNovember 16: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/4-5:30 LRC- November 23: 3-3:45 Grace Notes/4-5:30 LRC
- November 30: Sara will host an unofficial gathering 4-5:30 🙂
- December 7: 11am arrival for set up team/ 3pm suggested arrival for all LRC members/ 3:30 doors open/4-6pm Community Sing and Potluck
Cost:
LRC: Sliding Scale: $195-$325
Grace Notes: $130-325
Leaders:
Sara Stutz (LRC founding member and co-leader)
Deborah Leeds (music assistant)
Kaitie Ty Warren (LRC founder, co-leader)
We plan on meeting outdoors (pending weather) until daylight savings changes, and then we’ll move indoors with good ventilation.
What’s the difference between LRC and Grace Notes?
LRC (Living Room Choir) is our main event and has been meeting since 2015. Ever evolving, it has some sustaining characteristics:
- Non-audition, no musical experience necessary
- We sing as communal experience; this experience is far more important to us than the proficiency of the musical outcome
- No minimum attendance requirement
- Come as you are: if the best you can do is roll in there late, in your pajamas, finishing your lunch, just do it. We’ll be thrilled to see you
- Full access to the Teaching Tracks
- Full access to the Kids’ Corner
- Full invitation to participate in the Community Sing, potluck, and other community events
- You’ll receive weekly emails with updates
- No required musical homework
Grace Notes is new as of Spring 2024, and existed before this as small groups that would pop up organically alongside Living Room Choir in previous years. This is a self-selected group of folks who are helping shape what it will become. For now you can expect:
- Non-audition, but some musical proficiency or musical comfort level is necessary
- Commitment to the schedule, including punctuality
- A commitment and willingness to catch yourself up outside of rehearsal if you feel behind or have to miss some weeks (your fellow Gracies will likely be happy to help)
- Full access to the Teaching Tracks
- Commitment to participate in the Community Sing, potluck, and other LRC community events
- You’ll receive weekly emails with updates
- You may receive musical homework at times
- You’ll get to work on more complex music, at a faster pace
- We’ll expect to be able to count on you in LRC as strong singers who can “anchor” parts if needed
We can’t wait to sing with you!