CircleFlow

Step into the circle and rediscover the connection between your breath, your body, and your voice.

These sessions are the heart of what we've been building here at Gaia - warm, welcoming spaces for spontaneous singing and harmonizing, led with joy, passion, and kindness by skilled circlesong facilitators.

CIRCLEFLOW

Step into the circle and rediscover the connection between your breath, your body, and your voice. CircleFlow is an immersive experience that blends the ancient power of circlesinging with spontaneous movement and intuitive improvisation. Together, we will build lush sonic landscapes and rhythmic patterns, letting the sound guide our motion and the motion expand our sound. No musical experience is required—only a willingness to listen, play, and flow with the collective energy of the group

WHAT IS CIRCLESINGING?

A spontaneous vocal jam, sung by all of us and led by a facilitator in the middle of the circle who invents parts, teaches improvised harmonies, and shapes the music as we flow from meditative moments to vibrant dance parties to heartfelt anthems and everything in between!

Circle Singing is:

-playful -creative -collaborative -joyful -imperfect -improvised -finding the flow -a full body exploration -welcoming to all ability levels

Circle Singing is done all over the world in many different forms, and, while popularized by musical legends such as Bobby McFerrin and Rhiannon of WeBe3, it dates back to the earliest forms of human singing.

WHO IS LEADING THIS CIRCLESINGING SESSION?

This event will be facilitated by the brilliant Goussy Célestin.

Brooklyn born Haitian-American artist Goussy Célestin interchanges the roles of pianist, composer, vocalist, dancer, and arranger with ease.

Goussy has performed for the last two decades for audiences both locally and internationally. After graduating from the Highschool of Music & The Performing Arts in New York City, Goussy continued her studies with such esteemed artists as Ron Carter, Jimmy Heath, Donald Byrd, Barry Harris, Jaki Byard and Sheila Jordan.

Goussy's current mission integrates all of her disciplines in her project, Goussy Célestin’s Ayiti Brass, incorporating elements of traditional Haitian folklore and Jazz.

While managing for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s early childhood music program, WeBop, Goussy is raising two sons, her "greatest creative compositions"., while leading workshops for various programs, and in the studio recording her compositions and arrangements with Goussy Celestin’s Ayiti Brass.

Her awards include, Laundromat Project: Create Change Fellow, Queens Council on the Arts, Gardarev Residency, Field Leadership Fund, and Space @ Ryder Farm Residency. She was a featured vocalist for Rattlestick Theater, and was a workshop facilitator for The Mile Long Opera. She leads music workshops for Bobby McFerrin’s CircleSongs School and The Metropolitan Opera in NYC.

During the pandemic, Goussy completed an advanced vocal improvisation workshop, “All…