Arriving

by Deborah Leeds Teaching page made 3/2026 Arriving, arrivingIn our bodies and our souls, we're arriving Deborah wrote this as an opener song to help people settle in at Living Room Choir, and she invites us to "zipper it," meaning insert different words we might want to use. "in our voices, in our songs, we're … Continue reading Arriving

A More Beautiful World

by Heather Houston©2025From her album Shadows & LightSung and shared in choir with Heather's permissionheatherhoustonmusic.com for more from Heather Teaching Page made 10/2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8dqXGq-vgE You can listen to or buy this song from Heather on Bandcamp: https://heatherhouston1.bandcamp.com/track/a-more-beautiful-world Heather's song is inspired by the title of the book The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is … Continue reading A More Beautiful World

All One Heart

by Melanie DeMore©2012https://melaniedemore.com/ This beautiful song is on Melanie's album In The Mother House, ©2012. You can purchase the album here or here. Melanie is a beloved friend and incredible vocal activist, composer, director, conductor, songwriter, singer, mentor and so much more. She is based in Oakland CA and (hopefully soon) Taos NM. You can … Continue reading All One Heart

A Force of Love (All Shall Be Well)

Music by Penny Stonehttps://www.youtube.com/@pennystonesings Words from Julian of Norwichhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich Here is Penny singing Force of Love as a round:   https://youtu.be/B_AL9nIgbfk?si=MxQMtpAmRnshTT-0 Lyrics:All shall be wellAnd all shall be wellAnd all manner of things shall be well.For there is a force of love,Moving through the universe,That holds us fast and will never let us go. Penny lives in … Continue reading A Force of Love (All Shall Be Well)

Angel Wash

by Aimée Ringle, Mia Kelley, Rafe Pearlman, Saphir LewisSee links below. Teaching page made 12/2019 The Angel Wash Song was created at the Fairy Congress in 2011. Aimée Ringle and Mia (formerly also named Aimee) Kelley were asked to create a "more uplifting" melody for a ritual already in use at the Fairy Congress: the … Continue reading Angel Wash

Abre La Puerta

by Glen Phillipswww.GlenPhillips.comLanguage: Spanish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVfpenKPVSc Kaitie says: Glen taught me his new song while we stood together in line for dinner at Song Village in 2018; he had just come back from Peru and this song had come to him during his travels. Since then, the song has been traveling the world, just like Glen. … Continue reading Abre La Puerta

Ancestor Sky People

Ancestor Sky People Words: from a poem by Misha Saez Music: Harmony GrismanOriginal: https://harmonygrisman.bandcamp.com/track/ancestor-sky-peopleFrom the album: Chants of a Lifetime: https://harmonygrisman.bandcamp.com/album/chants-of-a-lifetime-2 https://www.harmonygrisman.com/index.html Teaching page made March 2019 Recordings with Kaitie's harmonies below. Kaitie says: I was taught this song by Karen, a kind woman who took me and another choir leader into her home to … Continue reading Ancestor Sky People