Singing transforms the singer. The vibrations that are created inside and outside the body create motion and emotion and have the power of creation within them. Multiple voices singing together in unison transforms the group, teaching us how to come together on the same frequency. When these same voices sing together in harmony - each voice, each melody different and beautiful in its own right, blending and weaving in mutual exaltation - we begin to create a new world. One where each individual’s contribution is essential and beautiful, and we find ways to create beauty together using our unique gifts.
The Chrysalis Choir is born of a desire to weave a container where all voices are welcome to take a deep dive into cultivating harmony with purpose within ourselves, in the group, and in the world. Each series holds a unique focus as the thread that weaves the song selections together and culminates in a Big Sing.
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We sing in the a cappella oral tradition. No need to read music. Songs are designed to be easily broken down, so participants can choose how complex or simple their part will be. All musical levels are welcome, and no experience is necessary!
All session dates will be held at the Tucson Creative Dance Center, located at 3131 N. Cherry Ave. This is a magnificent resonance chamber half-buried under the earth with a powerful roots in liberatory improvisational dance focalized by Barabara Mettler. It is currently under the stewardship of the Nature Conservancy.
The choir is using a sliding scale for registration. If you are unsure where you fall on the sliding scale, please check out this link for guidance.
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$240 – Community Supporting
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$160 – Full Cost
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$80 – Community Supported
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We hope you will join us in diving even deeper into cultivating the power of the human voice to magnify intentions and beauty through harmonic sound!
cultivating harmony:
weaving resilience
Spring 2025
Is anybody feeling this? This is the moment.
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In previous Chrysalis Choir series, we have gathered up the tools, skills, and strength held in our voices by singing to the Earth, and singing to remember all the ways we are connected. What we have been collecting and practicing has never been more needed.
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This Chrysalis, with all our skills in hand and heart, we turn towards Weaving Resilience. Let's sing to fortify ourselves and to join in the weaving of this wide web of resilience. Let's sing to weave together the community, connections, and resources we need to hold each other in this time. Calling all voices! Let's join in the song that has never ended and sing toward living in harmony together.
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This series will center the songs, the wisdom they carry, and the resources they connect us to. We hold the intention to be with them in a slow and savory manner, allowing harmonies to emerge and weave organically through each being present.
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This session is an 8 week container with a 6 week commitment: every Wednesday, from 6pm-8pm, April 23rd - June 11th.
April 23rd will be an Open House, and all are welcome to drop in and receive a taste of the series to come. June 11th will be a Big Sing, where we invite the broader community to join us in singing as we share the songs, the harmony, and the magic we have cultivated.​​​​
cultivating harmony:
mycelial remembering
Fall 2024
The focus of this session built on the foundations of Earth Love we wove in song the spring and our individual explorations on the theme of Self Love over the summer. Now we turn toward our web of mycelial interconnectedness. We will tend and weave songs which help us to remember and cultivate our connections to each other, this land, our ancestors, and all of life. We dive deeper in remembering all the ways we are connected.
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cultivating harmony: self love
Summer 2024 - cancelled
The focus of the Summer 2024 Chrysalis Choir is Self Love. This session is a 6 week commitment: every Wednesday, from 6pm-8pm, July 31st - September 4th. September 4th will be a Big Sing, where we invite the broader community to join us in singing as we share the songs, the harmony, and the magic we have cultivated.
cultivating harmony: earth love
Spring 2024
The focus of this session was dedicated to Earth Love. We wove in songs that honor and exalt this beautiful place that gives us life, upon which all life emerges, and which we call home. What better way to kick off Chrysalis Choir than to sing to the source?
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