Make Music New York and Gaia Music Collective are excited to partner on our first ever “24-Hour Sing for the Earth” circle singing program. Inspired by the tradition of Bobby McFerrin's Unbroken Circle, we will gather singers for 24 hours of nonstop music-making in honor of our planet, including circle singing, improvisation, participatory performances, music games, dancing, and whatever else we can think of to keep the song spinning.
The power of this celebration lies in the people we gather and the music we make, so we invite and encourage you to be a part of it by visiting our Dojiggy registration page: 24-Hour Sing for the Earth.
The program is free for all interested singers, though we invite participants to take part in our "sing-a-thon" pledge system to raise money for the planet during the registration process. 100% of the proceeds from our singers will go to support charities doing conservation and environmental justice work: GrowNYC, The American Indian Community House, and Rainforest Foundation US.
The special project will be led by Featured Facilitating Artists from Gaia as well as invited artists from around the world (US, India, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, England, Haiti, Italy, Ireland and Colombia) including:
- Guillermo Rozenthuler
- Kenter Davies
- Matt Goldstein
- Tracy Robertson
- Zahara
- Simi Yuyu
- Sofia Campoamor
- Sofia Ribeiro
- Tiago Grade
- Zuza Goncalves
Over forty additional Special Guests will step into the circle for surprise featured moments to help us keep the song spinning, including:
- Circle Song Facilitators
- Song Leaders
- Gaia Community Members
- Recording Artists
- Improvisers
- Instrumentalists
- Dancers
- Visual Artists
- And, mostly importantly — YOU! Sign up here!
We hope you're able to join us for what is sure to be an unforgettable communal experience to celebrate music making and the summer solstice!
This program is support in part by the Cheswatyr Foundation, a New York-based charitable organization dedicated to the development of creative contemporary music. Special thanks for in-kind support from Whole Foods and Viewcy.
More About Gaia Music Collective
Gaia Music Collective is an NYC-based creative community seeking to foster a more connected world through collective music-making. Founded in June of 2021 by Matt Goldstein in a living room in Brooklyn, this project was born out of a desire to create accessible, inclusive, playful spaces for people to explore connection, expression, healing, and release through collaborative song - spaces where folks feel empowered to make music free of judgment or expectation, and to make new friends as our full, beautiful, authentic selves.
We believe that communal music-making is a fundamental human practice, and this project seeks to build spaces for folks to nurture their relationship to music and foster deeper connection to themselves, each other, and the world around us. All are welcome in this community: all ages, races, genders, sexual orientations, classes, religions, abilities, national origins, languages, and musical experiences. All we ask is that you bring an open mind, a desire to connect, and a willingness to leave judgment of self and others at the door.
