How Can I Keep From Singing?
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Podcast Overview
<p> Singing has been an integral part of being human for thousands of years. Choirs, choruses, sing-alongs, spontaneous celebrations, grief rituals, and other expressions of the human experience continue to this day in old and new forms. In this podcast we explore how singing together remains a vital part of life. Through interviews with song leaders, academics, improvisers, gospel choirs, prison ministries, children's singers, and more we discuss some of the how to, the why, and the often surprising ways that group singing blooms throughout the world. </p> <p>Stuart Stotts hosts these conversations, examining, reflecting, and hearing stories from those who are in the field, creating harmony and giving voice to anyone willing and able to join in.</p>
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10/25/2025
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June 4, 2026
Singing is Good for Your Brain (and for brains around you) with Dr. Arla Good
Arla Good is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University and the co-director and lead researcher of the SingWell Project, an international research initiative investigating the potential of group singing to support psychosocial wellbeing, communication, and health in older adults. Our conversation focuses on what science can tell us about the power of singing together, confirming what many people experience with research.. https://www.singwell.ca/research-studies/
May 28, 2026
Asking for the Best w/ Nick Page
Nick Page is the author of SING AND SHINE ON, a guide to multi-cultural song leading. Hal Leonard publishes his SING WITH US songbook which are sing-along songs for chorus and audience. Nick has led sings and songleading workshops at educational conferences, at the Jewish Choral Festival, for the Unitarian Universalist General Assemblies, and at the People Music Network gatherings (where he would wash pots with Pete Seeger). Nick directed Boston’s Mystic Chorale that always brought their audiences in to sing-along. He has over 100 published works for chorus. More info at www.nickmusic.com N I C K P A G E R E S O U R C E S F O R S I N G S www.nickmusic.com nick@nickmusic.com BVOCAL, Boston’s Voices of Community and Labor. (Lisa Gallatin started this chorus who sing at protests and rallies. Their website has songs, rehearsal schedules and more. I have a feeling it will become a movement spreading to other cities.) https://bvocalchorus.org VOICES HEARD by Nick Page (Web resource of songs for social change. You must have a google account - Gmail - to access the files. It’s free.) https://nickmusic.com/?page_id=386 PEOPLE’S MUSIC NETWORK (PMN). (They are a support group for songwriter activists with weekend workshops and online song swaps.) https://www.peoplesmusic.org CHILDREN’S MUSIC NETWORK (CMN) (They are an offshoot of PMN, a support group for activist music teachers). https://childrensmusic.org GREATER BOSTON CHORAL CONSORTIUM, (Support group for hundreds of choral groups in the Boston area. Other cities have similar groups). https://bostonsings.org GLOBAL JUKEBOX, An incredible FREE online resource with recordings of EVERY CULTURE on Earth, songs, dances. www.theglobaljukebox.org BUILDING SINGING COMMUNITIES Joey Weisenberg is a master of leading contemporary Jewish songs. He has brought the niggun tradition into the 21st Century. www.buildingsingingcommunities.com. www.smithsonianglobalsound.org l Their "education & outreach" section (particularly the Center for Folklife section) has free lessons for teachers. http://www.folkways.si.edu/index.htm CHORUSES FOR CHANGE. Peter Blood, co-creator of the Rise Up Singing songbooks, created a website dedicated to activist choruses. The site includes strategies, songs, and many useful resources. https://www.riseupandsing.org/singing/choruses SINGING CIRCLES Circle Sings are improvisational a cappella fully-participatory events inspired by Bobby McFerrin’s work. Do a search for “singing circles near me.” In Boston, go to: https://www.bostonareasingingcircles.com SHAPE NOTE SINGERS (Resource for finding Sacred Harp singers in your area.) https://shapenotesingings.com/local-singing-groups/ RECOMMENDED SONG COLLECTIONS AND SONG LEADING INSTRUCTION BOOKS. The African American Heritage Hymnal, published by GIA (Excellent hymnal) Barnwell, Ysaye, 1989. Singing in the African American Tradition, Choral and Congregational Vocal Music. (Six CDs where Dr. Barnwell teaches the harmonies one part at a time---Her way of keeping the songs within the aural tradition. With great background information. Highly recommended!) Blood, Peter, & Patterson, Annie, ed. 1988. Rise Up Singing. Bethlehem, PA: A Sing Out Publication, PO Box 5253, 18015. (The best collection of folk song lyrics around. Tapes or CDs available.) www.singout.org Carawan, Guy and Candie, ed. Sing For Freedom, The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through its Songs, Bethlehem, PA: A Sing Out Publication, 1990. Cuyler, Patty and Stone, Molly, ed., RAISING THE BAR Vol. 1 & 2, Trad. South African music taught in the oral tradition from South African choirs. http://www.northernharmony.pair.com Nyberg, Anders, ed. FREEDOM IS COMING, Songs of Protest and Praise from South Africa for Mixed Choir. Chapel Hill, NC: Walton Music Corporation. (Great book and CD of SATB songs and chants.) Orozco, José-Luis, ed. Ill. by Elisa Kleven, De
May 20, 2026
Tuneless Choirs: Exuberance in Singing
Nadine Cooper and Bernie Bracha started their first Tuneless Choir in 2016. Their sole aim was to have members walk out the door feeling uplifted. There were be no auditions, no music, no parts and no tuition. Now there are over30 active tuneless choirs around the UK, with more in the planning stage. https://www.tunelesschoir.com/story/
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<p> Singing has been an integral part of being human for thousands of years. Choirs, choruses, sing-alongs, spontaneous celebrations, grief rituals, and other expressions of the human experience continue to this day in old and new forms. In this podcast we explore how singing together remains a vital part of life. Through interviews with song leaders, academics, improvisers, gospel choirs, prison ministries, children's singers, and more we discuss some of the how to, the why, and the often surprising ways that group singing blooms throughout the world. </p> <p>Stuart Stotts hosts these conversations, examining, reflecting, and hearing stories from those who are in the field, creating harmony and giving voice to anyone willing and able to join in.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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