Singing in Harmony
Exploring how singing together can shift how we sense and act in systems
Join us for an evening of joyful, embodied group singing - created especially for those working to shift systems. No experience necessary. Together, we’ll practice singing our own note while listening deeply to others, exploring what it means to harmonize, and experiencing what emerges. All music parts are taught live by song leader Kelsi James (Dreamwalker).
This gathering is part of Soma, Systems and Soul, a fall workshop series of embodied practices for people transforming systems. These spaces invite us to explore what becomes possible when we shift into our bodies, intuition and collective wisdom - and how that shift expands the way we approach systems change.
The intention: when we bridge our strategic mind with embodied and intuitive wisdom, our work becomes exponentially more powerful, creative, and connected. This isn’t a retreat from the rational, but a strategic expansion of how we know, sense, and act together.
Who it’s for: Social and tech innovators, designers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, program leaders, researchers and all who are engaging with systems change. It’s for anyone seeking new ways of engaging in systems change practices: with more intuition, creativity, and collective wisdom.
This event is for you if you’re feeling tired, disenchanted or overwhelmed, and in need of a spark of joy and hope. It’s also for anyone who may feel shy about singing or sharing their voice.
About the Organizer:
Claire Buré is a systemic designer, facilitator, and community-builder with 20 years’ experience bringing diverse groups together to co-create solutions to complex social and environmental challenges. She has worked across sectors — from housing affordability to energy transition, public education to regulatory innovation — with empathy, curiosity and inclusion.
Claire feels a deep calling to bridge the worlds of systems and soul — especially collectively. Her work explores how embodiment, intuition, and creativity can expand the practice of systems change, allowing us to imagine and build new realities that are more equitable, inclusive, and whole-hearted. Soma, Systems & Soul is an expression of this exploration.
Claire is also creating Soul Capsule, a growing community for people working in systems change who are curious about what becomes possible when we centre our bodies, intuition, and collective wisdom in how we work and live together.
About Kelsi James:
Kelsi James (they/she) is a white queer and asexual theatre creator, producer and performer, who works most often from the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and from Tkarón:to. Kelsi facilitates a monthly community choir with Dreamwalker at Morrow (Vancouver, BC), and has composed and/or written plays for Sheridan College (First Drafts), Driftwood Theatre, Talk Is Free Theatre, Theatre Rusticle, Coquitlam Heritage, Paprika Festival, Arts Club Theatre (LEAP), Tarragon (NYPU), Sound Off, Rumble and the frank. Kelsi is particularly interested in: the intersection of theatre and community gathering, queer accessibility and inclusion, and low-barrier, joyful music-making.
About Dreamwalker Dance Company:
Incorporated in 2005, Dreamwalker Dance Company is a charitable non-profit organization that facilitates the creation, production, and sharing of art that explores and interprets the human experience so that artists and publics alike can connect, awaken and be empowered. Our mandate specifically includes strengthening connections between culturally diverse and multigenerational artists and audiences. Dreamwalker Dance Company fosters and celebrates inclusivity and is a bridge between how we live and how we feel.
We gather for this series on the Treaty lands and territory of the Mississauga of the Credit, and on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Wendat, and the Haudenosaunee. We honour their living relationship with these lands, waters, and all Beings — and we invite this awareness into our own bodies, voices, and collective practice.