Community Song Circle and Workshop with *Kate Sutherland*

We are thrilled to be hosting local Ontario musician, song catcher, and song leader, Kate Sutherland for a song circle and workshop You are invited to a workshop and evening of community singing with local Ontario musician, song catcher and song leader, Kate Sutherland ! Event Details: 🗓️ Saturday November 7 | 📍 Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave Song Circle - 6:30-8:30pm Optional Workshop: Singing with the Seasons - Tuning Outwards and Inwards (spaces limited) - 2:30-4:30pm Tickets: SONG CIRCLE adult sliding scale $25-$50 | youth $15 | Children 12 and under free WORKSHOP $35 or WORKSHOP PLUS SONG CIRCLE COMBO $50-$70 limited $15 tickets available for financial need We are offering a sliding scale for this event, as low as $15 for the song circle if you need a financial accommodation. We want this event to be accessible to everyone. We encourage you to pay what feels generous and doable. If these price options are a barrier to your participation in the event, please reach out to us at [email protected]. What to expect from the song circle (6:30-8:30pm): Kate creates welcoming spaces where people can discover the freedom, connection, and joy of singing together. With an intuitive approach, she weaves voices into layered harmony according to what feels most alive and present in herself and in the group. Kate's songs are rooted in the richness of being human and our deep connection with the wild world. They make room for the full spectrum of experience: joy and wonder, grief and longing, playfulness and celebration, tenderness and hope. Her songs have been described as aspirational mantras, uplifting anthems, and prayers for life, light, healing, and renewal. All voices are welcome, no singing experience necessary. Songs will be taught in the oral tradition. Optional Workshop (2:30-4:30pm): Singing with the Seasons - Tuning Outwards and Inwards This experiential workshop is an invitation to slow down, listen, and let the living world become our guide. By tuning into seasonal energies, we can drop deeper into connecting with the medicine of song work. Through sense meditation, improvisational toning, listening practices, and simple songs, we’ll move out of the busy mind and into a more embodied awareness of the rhythms and energies of nature and ourselves. Directing our sensory awareness outwards, we notice the qualities of the world around us — the temperature, light, sounds, textures, movement, and pace of autumn — and allow those sensations to inform our breath, tone, rhythm, and voice. We'll listen for which song spirits might be longing to express. Turning inwards, we feel into what's alive and moving within us as individuals, and if it feels true, embrace autumn’s invitation to release what is ready to fall away through song. No singing experience is necessary — curiosity and a willingness to listen are enough. More about Kate Sutherland: Kate is a prolific song writer who got her start playing classical piano and writing longer-form songs as a solo musician. In her 20s she discovered the community song circle through the Art of Mentoring, a multi-generational deep nature connection gathering. She became enamoured by the way many voices layering and weaving together creates something magical that no one voice can achieve alone. Her creative vision and purpose took a sharp turn as her song-writing evolved into experiential group singing. Most of the songs she writes now are for many voices and cannot exist without community bringing them fully to life. Kate understands that singing together brings joy and connection as well as a sense of belonging, and song vibrations are healing from the inside-out. Their positive impact extends beyond the singers as they ripple out in lingering echoes and waves into the physical world. Kate co-facilitates deep nature connection retreats (Wild Belonging), willow basket and song weaving workshops (Willow Song), and community singing and song writing retreats (Braided River) throughout the year for folks looking to deepen their connection to song and the natural world. To listen to Kate's music, purchase albums, learn about song & deep nature connection workshops at her website: https://www.katesutherland.ca Instagram: @katesutherlandsongs Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KateSutherland Patreon (bonus material & mentoring): https://www.patreon.com/c/KateSutherlandSongs *Notes: • Please purchase tickets in advance. Limited tickets may be available at the door. • The workshop will be taking place in the upstairs lounge, which is located on the second floor (stairs only) • the song circle will be taking place in the meeting room which is located at the back of Friends House, on the main floor. Walk down the path to the left of the building. • Limited street parking is available. Short walk from subway station. • The room for the song circle is wheelchair accessible. The room for the workshop is not. • Bring a reusable mug for tea and a water bottle (mugs also will be available) To avoid an Eventbrite payment processing fee of 3%, please select "Pay by invoice" at the checkout and then promptly send an e-transfer to [email protected]. (The Eventbrite fee of 10% will still be charged). We will confirm your registration upon receipt of your payment. Thank you! Photo/Video Consent We are planning on capturing a few videos and photos during the event. If you don't want to be captured, please let us know in the registration form and/or when you check in at the event. We will reserve a section of the seats for those who prefer not to be captured. Questions about anything? Please reach out to [email protected]. We look forward to sharing in the magic of Kate Sutherland and community singing with you! About your hosts: Toronto Community Singing (TCS) is a collective of volunteer song leaders and organizers who love singing in community, in the oral tradition. We have been leading weekly song circles since March 2024 when our beloved mentors Steph and Paul (FiercelyOK) moved to Kingston. Our song leaders have developed through a 12-week "Grow Your Wings" course with Steph and Paul, song leader training with Mila Redwood, the Community Choir and Leadership Training and/or experience leading songs in a variety of community contexts. We run weekly drop-in song circles in Riverdale and monthly drop-in song circles in the Annex. 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