Belong in Song
3 sessions & song solstice ceremony, all in the month of December
The series allows for the group to dive deep with each other, both into the songs and also into the experience of group singing. Singing together is a bonding experience that fosters kindness, authenticity and hope. With everyone’s commitment to the group comes stability. A container can be built that allows beauty, trust and goodness to bloom. We then celebrate together at the Solstice Song Ceremony by inviting the larger community to join us.
This December we are offering a min-series: 3 sessions on Tuesday nights, and our Song Ceremony. Join us for beautiful evenings of rich song centered around the darkest time of the year. We experience this together to bring hope, lightness, and joy into our lives more fully.
Space is limited. Please sign up early.
Tuesday Evenings
Dec 1, 8 and 15
Tuesdays: 630pm - 8pm
Temple of Rose - Private sanctuary space, address given upon registration. Near Acorn Park.
Dec 20th at Peteresen Barn: Solstice Song Ceremony, 4pm - 530pm
Sign up for the Solstice Series here:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/KatieSontagMusic/SolsticeSongSeries
Sign up for the Song Ceremony Here:
Community singing is a way to gather, grieve, celebrate, connect and experience life. Today, we come together to revive and relive this tradition in the world we find ourselves in now with songs born from within our community. Katie will teach songs call and response, in a circle un-amplified. This is a secular space, focused on songs that nourish and support a sense of community, belonging, and self love. There will be rounds, part songs, harmonies and unison with any and all voices embraced, celebrated and welcomed. No experience necessary
During the darkest time of the year, it is easy to fall into the fallacy that we are in it alone. Coming together during this time is essential. We must remember the truth of our interconnectedness. Singing brings us back into our bodies; our primal knowing of our internal and external truths. This evening will be focused on songs specific for Winter Solstice. We will celebrate the dark and the coming of the light.
345pm - 4pm : Arrival. Feel free to arrive during this time and socialize as you wish. Katie will lead some informal vocal warm-ups and exercises.
4pm: Singing begins
530pm: Singing ends
This is a song ceremony. We will journey together through an arc of song taught by a seasoned and skilled Songstress. It requires presence and attention. Please turn phones off.
Childcare provided.
Work trade also available.
Registration is required. Please register here: https://events.humanitix.com/solstice-song-ceremony
Katie's original art
More about Belong in Song:
Music making is for us all.
Along with so many other things, our current society has corrupted the joy of music making by believing only a high. and mighty few super skilled individuals are worthy of the joy and art of music creation. But this is bogus! We are all born with the ability to sing and play. Our Community Folk Choir returns to this truth over and over, rewiring our brains and healing our traumatized voices together through genuine love, care and fun!
Our songs remind us of our true birthright as singers.
Some of us are seasoned singers who love to create our own harmonies. Some of us are complete beginners finding our voice for the first time. We sing along side each other and welcome our authentic voices, embracing the beauty that is our sound. Katie’s skill, warmth and authenticity guide the group into making harmonious music together .
We sing together and we grow together.
Our Community Folk Choir allows for experimentation and growth. Sometimes we improvise, sometimes we write songs together or make up our own harmonies. Katie attunes to the group as it is and caters the experience to their needs at that time. Just like the changing of the seasons, each series we sing different songs and grow in different ways. The more we sing and hear each other, the more we evolve in our musicianship as individuals and as a group entity.
Our Donation Ask
A commitment to your health and well-being, an investment in yourself and your community and an opportunity to grow your network of support.
Solstice Series
Sliding Scale: $45 - $150
Ultra Regenerative: $150
Regenerative: $100
Standard: $65
Supported: $45
Solstice Song Ceremony
$15 - $35
$5/ child (to help with childcare costs)
Your investment and commitment makes this experience possible
You can Venmo Katie here: https://www.venmo.com/u/KatieSontag
If you are wanting to participate and cannot donate, or these options are too expensive, please contact Katie directly: katiesontagmusic@gmail.com
Work trade positions available.
Why We Do it This Way
We ask folks to commit ahead of time financially to ensure we can cover our venue costs. We then offer Katie a small stipend for her time, skill and on-going education, as well as compensating the songwriters for the songs we sing, paying for advertising and promoting to grow the choir, and a scholarship fund for those who are unable to contribute financially. If you’re interested in more transparency in the financial aspect of this group, please reach out to Katie directly.
If you commit to the series with every intention of participating whole heartedly and something comes up such as illness, emergencies or some other unpredictable change, Katie will do her best to credit you to the next season.
Katie wants to work with you. Please contact her directly if you have special circumstances or want to discuss anything further.
Katiesontagmusic@gmail.com