women’s leadership retreat

Every few years at different locations around the country, mirabai provides a Leadership Retreat, a professional development opportunity choral singers, conductors, and educators.

This event brings together singers, conductors, and educators in a retreat-style event to sing, learn, network, and refresh. Participants will sing with mirabai artists, observe rehearsals, refine leadership skills, and interact socially in an effort to support and uplift the work of women in choral music.

Sessions included:

  • Sandra Snow: Keynote address

  • Rachel Kabodian: Guided Meditation and Massage---Ground and Relax and Meditation and Massage---Activate and Energize

  • Andrea Ramsey: Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Elizabeth Hogan: Elevated Harmonics - A Holistic Approach to Creativity

  • Lindsay Kesselman: Cry, Shout, Seize, Take, Love, and Tell the Truth: This is No Time for Singing

  • Catherine Goode: BINGO! Being Inclusive - Not Gentlemen Only: An Introduction to Women Composers

  • Jennifer Sengin: Building Community: Making meaningful connections in a virtual or virtual-hybrid choral music classroom

  • Becky Marsh: "When a Woman Takes Power": Talking & Singing the Tough Topics

  • Alyssa Cossey: Amplifying Womxn’s Voices in the Reimagined Choral Ensemble

  • A panel discussion about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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past retreats

Sessions included:

  • Sandra Snow: side-by-side singing with mirabai

  • Barb Lamont: Yoga for Choir

  • Voice building and reading sessions with mirabai artists

  • Andrea Ramsey and Elizabeth Hogan: Storytelling and Share

  • Kristin Zaryski and Carolyn Cruse: Meaningful and Musical Strategies for Increasing Musicianship

  • Kelly Miller: Teambuilding

  • A community concert featuring mirabai artists and surrounding Orlando singers