Living Room Choir is a culture of joy, stress-reduction, and meaningful connection with self and others.

About the Living Room Choir – Ever-evolving, it has some sustaining characteristics:

  • Non-audition, no musical experience ever necessary
  • We sing as communal experience; this experience is far more important to us than the proficiency of the musical outcome. We are striving for co-regulation and a communal experience: in a sense, energetic and emotional harmony. Fortunately, musical harmony happens along the way.
  • Kids are welcome and accepted
  • So is neurodiversity
  • We are an all-gender choir
  • We don’t allow for bigotry within our community
  • We strive first and foremost for a harmonic environment, both musically and energetically. We work to correct disruptive behavior over time. No one will be kicked out for making a mistake
  • No minimum attendance requirement in order to be involved
  • No one turned away for lack of funds; we are collectively funded so everyone is encouraged to give what they can
  • The leaders are involved in continual anti-racism learning (and un-learning)
  • You’ll never be reprimanded for arriving late
  • We believe in and refer to neuroscience as well as other physiological realities, and how singing affects our physical bodies, brains, and emotional states
  • We utilize teaching tracks and our Song Library as learning tools; if sheet music is available you’re welcome to print it off. We know everyone has different learning styles we just want us to be present when we’re with each other
  • We teach local and non-local music that has traveled to us. We care deeply about doing this as well as possible, and why it’s important. See our Song Library for more info on how and why we share songs from across the world
  • We protect our vulnerable: we always have Wellness Guidelines in place and these change over time as needed
  • We are socially engaged but this is not a discussion group. We sing our feelings and try our best to hold room to acknowledge the complexity even in seemingly black-and-white circumstances
  • Once you’re in the community, you’re still part of our community, even if we go a long time without seeing you
  • No required musical homework, ever