Help spread the joy and healing power of Music
Collaborate with Us
Join the growing number of organizations and individuals working with us to host programs: Whether a one-off experience, or a Sing & Celebrate! to build up your community through singing - or if you have an idea for us to consider!
Partner with Us
We are growing our partnerships with a diverse community across Syracuse and beyond. Whether to create a program together, to donate to support our mission, or just to know that we care about our community and have shared values that support one another, we would love to hear from you!
Become a Leader
Want to lead a Singing Soulutions group? Our growth is dependent on training local singing leaders, singer/songwriters, music therapists, music teachers, etc. to lead / co-lead our programs. If you have a passion for our community to be filled with more singing, please reach out!
Volunteer
Making these groups run is not all songs and roses - but it is a lot of fun! And we have a growing number of ways you can be involved. We welcome any support you can offer to help our not for profit flourish!
‘Sing & Celebrate!’ blends the best of our 6-week ‘Activate!’ Program with a community goal-oriented focus. Over the course of our 12+ weeks together, we will explore the connections and find freedom within our Bodies, Breath, and Voices through a wide range of vocal exercises, song exploration, harmony building, and community feedback. What sets this program apart is our cumulative celebration: a flexible, community-oriented sharing of the music we have been working on, plus ample opportunity to showcase the human beings that make your community/organization special!
This program is largely customizable, from program duration to theme, and everything in between — reach out to us at: kath@singingsoulutions.org
An extended, adaptable program culminating in a community celebration
current offerings:
Neurodiverse Minds | Parkinson’s | Memory/ Nursing Care
We can bring a ‘taste’ of Singing Soulutions to you!
A one-off session serves as a healthy introduction to Singing Soulutions’ methodology. We will briefly touch all aspects of our extended 6-week ‘Activate!’ Program and send participants away with a handful of exercises to take with them. ‘Tasters’ can be arranged with an organization, or alternatively, a grassroots organization of a few likeminded people; we generally look for a group size of around 10 people.
Please reach out to us to start a conversation: kath@singingsoulutions.org
Partnerships and Collaborations
“We have adaptable programs to meet any organization's needs. Please reach out to Kath to book a time to discuss a potential partnership.
Do you have suggestions for a new group?
“If you don’t see a group that fits your needs, we’d love to collaborate and create one! We have many ideas on new groups, and we need partners from those communities to work with us to get them up and running. We run groups at a regular venue, or we can come to your place!
If you have a group in mind, or a suggestion for ways we can grow and develop our offerings, please get in touch! kath@singingsoulutions.org
Become a Sponsor or Donate
If you are looking to sponsor Singing Soulutions or fund a program, please reach out to us at kath@singingsoulutions.org
If you are looking to make a donation to Singing Soulutions, click below to be redirected.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Singing Soulutions is grateful for our collaboration with Empower Parkinson’s who have hosted a recurring 6-week program within their programming!
Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company partnered with Singing Soulutions to make our 2024 round of Singing Leader trainings possible!
The Onondaga County Public Libraries have hosted a number of one-off ‘taster’ sessions in libraries in and around Syracuse!
We are excited to partner with Hope for Bereaved for ‘Processing Grief and Trauma’. Many thanks to them for hosting our 6-week program at their center.
Salt City Market partnered with Singing Soulutions to host a number of our 6 week programs in the Fall 2024.
GereBlock are great friends of Singing Soulutions, and many of our groups are run at this venue. We are really grateful for this community partnership.
We are discussing future projects with FAHNN, to join them in using singing to nurture communities as they work to provide healthy and nutritious food.
St Camillus Nursing Home Care have invited us to run a ‘Sing & Celebrate!’ program this Fall 2025. We’re looking forward to working with a number of their units and ending with a celebration show for friends and family for the Holidays!
Support for Singing Soulutions has been made possible by a "What If..." Mini Grant from The Gifford Foundation. We are thrilled to be partnering with them this season!
We are grateful to CNY arts for funding some of our groups and training over the past years. We are excited to continue in partnership to support the arts in CNY!
become a singing soulutions Leader
Here at Singing Soulutions we are committed to community and accessibility! We want to make the healing act of communal singing as wildly available as we can, which means we are always looking for fabulous new people to join our ever growing team!
Singing Soulutions is about moving, breathing, singing - it’s a singing movement!
If you have a passion for singing, believe that singing should be available for everyone to enjoy together, and are excited to welcome a range of people who are often excluded …
If you look for community and believe that we are better together and that singing can heal across our many divisions …
In particular, if you are from an underserved community and want to bring tools for healing there …
...then we would love to hear from you!
FAQ’s
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We work to provide the training free of charge, and to do this we ask our trainees to fundraise for another trainee spot. The mentorship phase, where you work as a contractor in a co-lead role is paid in the form of a stipend.
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Nope! We are looking for folks who have a combination of music and leadership abilities and incorporate relevant music training for those who don’t have a formal music background.
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Fall 2025 (dates tbc)
Applications open in August.
Training Program:
Phase 1: 2 x Saturday full-day trainings in Syracuse, NY, (5-6 weeks apart) plus 5 x online 1-hour weekly training meetings.
Participants will ‘graduate’ by demonstrating their group singing skills developed in the training and leading a Singing Soulutions group for their peers.
Phase 2: Mentorship (co-leading) in a Singing Soulutions program.
We are continually expanding our range of groups available and the number of groups running. We will work with you to schedule a group that fits for you.
We are always looking for new partners! As a trainee, you are also encouraged to suggest new groups, and to work with us to set up groups in a new community space, with new community partners.
NEXT TRAINING
Fall 2025
Two Saturdays, 10am - 4.30pm
October 18th & November 15th
Plus 5 x Tuesday online sessions
(will be recorded for later viewing)
5.30 - 6.45pm Oct 14 - Nov 11
We are a movement
We are developing our training in a module-based approach, recognizing that in our community there are different levels of musical training and experience. Our training model will develop to also provide a 101, for those who have not yet had an opportunity to learn some of the basics of vocal health and song leading; we are committed to provide a ‘catch-up’ musical training, so that our singing leaders look like the city that we serve, and can be fully equipped to bring their gifts within a supported framework.
Please reach out to us to express your interest, ask any questions, or to request a conversation with the founder and director, Kath: kath@singingsoulutions.org
Post Training - Contract work:
When you have completed the training you are ready to co-lead a session. We offer a stipend for each group program (total 6 or 12 weeks with ‘hum’-works set for participants).
All resources provided and creativity encouraged!:
Singing Soulutions leader per full (6-week) program: Up to $500 Singing Soulutions leader per full (12-week) program = Up to $750
Singing Soulutions co-lead per full (6-week) program: Up to $250 Singing Soulutions Co-Lead per full (12-week) program = Up to $350
Note: As a worker, you are responsible for transport to and from any community space where we hold a Singing Soulutions group.
Volunteer
We are continually growing our programming, and we are looking for volunteers in a number of areas.
As a young non-profit we need help with basic admin; fundraising; research to develop an effective evidence-based practice; marketing through social media and in creative ways to spread the word about our singing groups; and support to run the groups smoothly during our programs. Whatever your skillset, if you have some time to invest into our mission of more singing, we would LOVE to hear from you!
To discuss volunteer opportunities please email Kath at: kath@singingsoulutions.org