How to Sing For Healing
In the field of music education and music therapy, we often marvel at the wondrous healing power of music. Stories are told of comatose patients responding to musical stimuli and vegetative [...]
Your Guide to Great Singing Opportunities in New York and Beyond, Part 2
Friends, family, acquaintances, and future friends, In the article that follows, I have detailed occasions and events for communal singing in New York and beyond, most of which I have personally [...]
Your Guide to Great Singing Opportunities in New York and Beyond, Part 1
Friends, family, acquaintances, and future friends, In the article that follows, I have detailed occasions and events for communal singing in New York and beyond, most of which I have personally [...]
Finding Common Ground Through Song
The great Pete Seeger once said, When strangers meet and find they like the same song, then there is one more connection made for the future world network. And when eventually we have a world of [...]
Singing for Justice
This past Sunday, hundreds of people bundled up in warm clothes, left their heated homes, and gathered around the arch in Washington Square Park to sing together. Some brought guitars, some [...]
The Top Eight Essential Camp Songs
This article originally appeared on the Canteen Blog at My Jewish Learning on April 4, 2016 Ah, sweet memories of starry night skies…standing in a circle of teenage peers, blanketed by the [...]
Falling Into Community
This article originally appeared on the Canteen Blog at My Jewish Learning on December 3, 2015 Standing in a tight circle in the woods of Northern California, a dozen eleven-year-old boys brace [...]
The Secret Ingredient of Summer Camp Magic
This article originally appeared on EJewishPhilanthropy on October 13, 2015 Ask children why they love camp and they will likely tell you that they love the fun activities, making new friends, or [...]
