Songleading for These Times :: Part 2
A Songleading Workshop for Changemakers
Wednesday, October 14
1-2:30pm PT
Virtual • $25
We were made to sing together.
It is our birthright to sing and weave song in community, and we are re-awakening to the necessity of song – as a balm, as resistance, as and act of our innate human creativity. But teaching and leading a song don’t always come naturally, even to lifelong singers.
So, how do we begin?
In this 90-minute workshop with community organizer and songleader, audrey voon, you’ll build on the foundations of songleading you have already begun to cultivate with hands-on experience teaching a group a new-to-them song! You’ll practice setting a container of intention and care, honoring the origins of your chosen song, and then teaching the song from top to bottom. You’ll also receive feedback from an audrey that you can integrate into your songleading practice right away.
Who is this for?
For participants of Songleading for These Times :: Part 1.
For new songleaders or the songleading curious.
For seasoned songleaders excited for new takes and perspectives on songleading (or affirmation that what you’re doing is working!).
For changemakers and organizers who want to bring song into your movement spaces.
Practice how to:
Open and close a songful gathering with care and intention.
Honor a song’s origins.
Teach a group a new song by ear.
Receive supportive insights and feedback from a seasoned facilitator/songleader and fellow songleaders.
Plus, learn 2-3 songs of resistance and sustenance written in and for these times.
About the facilitator
Photographer Rachel Hadiashar
audrey voon is a Portland-based singer, songweaver, and community songleader with over 20 years of experience singing professionally, and a lifetime of singing joyfully. After years of singing in and leading choirs, classes, and song groups for all ages – preK through elders – audrey found her way to songleading via the national Singing Resistance movement in the winter of 2026.
Since joining Singing Resistance, audrey has found a way of teaching and leading songs that is aligned with her natural leadership and singing style. A way of teaching and leading that is not hierarchical, but invites trust and collaboration across a group of singers with a common vision and goal: to sing the world we love. Circle singing invites everyone to step in, to surrender to the song, and to be present to what is here in this very moment.
In all of audrey’s song circles, retreats, and gatherings, she seeks to breathe love into the world, one song at a time.
You can sing with audrey in her beloved community of singers, Songha, beginning this fall, or with her local Singing Resistance pod in St. Johns, Portland, OR.
See her calendar for upcoming events and offerings.
Singing Resistance St. Johns celebrates after the St. Johns Parade, May 2026.