Description
Date: October 5 & 6, 2024
Saturday, Oct 5, 9am – 5pm
Sunday, Oct 6, 9am – 1pm.
*note: there will be an optional evening community singing experience with the wider community on Friday, Oct 4th from 6:30-8:30 pm.
Skill Level: No experience necessary, simply an earnest interest in learning to lead community singing, and the ability to carry a tune!
Early-bird Regular Registration Fee (by September 16, 2024): $135
After September 16: $150
Special pricing note: if you are connected to a Folk School or other organization that shares learning in community, please reach out to the centerforbelongingfolkschool@gmail.com to secure a no-cost spot, should space allow! We have graciously received funds from the Folk School Alliance to cultivate community singing in Folk Schools across the country.
Are you interested in learning to be a song leader? Consider this weekend of learning for emerging community song leaders.
Liz Rog is thrilled to offer a song leader training weekend for Folk School Leaders and our community members, equipping them with the skills and confidence needed to incorporate community singing into their programs.
At this workshop you will find connection to other emerging songleaders; a chance to learn and practice the tools of songleading among supportive peers; songs and resources galore; and encouragement to go home and continue on the path! We’ll talk about the history and culture of community singing. We’ll consider the singing wounds of our society and how we can be part of the healing. We’ll prepare to offer and receive hospitality through singing in community!
We gather around these questions, and the form we use is songleading. We stand as witnesses to each other’s stepping up, celebrating the different strengths and styles of each and all. The tools we practice can be used in everyday settings: around a kitchen table, in houses of worship, in healing spaces, in movements for change. Our workshop is a circle of belonging, and each person returns home with their own version of what it means to hold space with grace, energy, and ever-growing skill. This is the beginning.
Materials fee: (To be collected directly from students by instructor in class): none
Students should bring: A notebook and a pen
Songleader Liz Rog believes that singing together is a simple and powerful tool for restoring our sense of belonging and connection in community. She sings with all ages, teaching simple songs that can be woven into everyday life, into the seasons of the year, and into the changes and challenges of our lives. Liz delights in helping folks rediscover their ancestral birthright of group singing to nurture collective joy, courage and healing. She and her husband Daniel Rotto raised two daughters in the Driftless of Northeast Iowa and are part of the international movement to re-seed communities with songs for connection, care, and renewal.
