Power of Singing Podcast: Recent Episodes
Susan Mohini Kane THE VOICE GROUP
Welcome to the Power of Singing Podcast! Each episode is made up of stories, songs, and a panel discussion among professional singers. We hope this podcast will encourage you to take up singing, keep singing or at least listen to singing. The Voice Group is made up of Susan Mohini Kane, Rich McKinney, Joyce Wells, Joseph Garate, and Heather Fetrow -- all professional working singers, choral conductors, song writers, and voice teachers. This podcast offers information, inspiration and opportunities around singing that are eminently doable and accessible to all. Everyone in this group believes that singing -- and the resulting music we make -- is powerful and life-transforming --- and we'd love for you to join in! For more ways to enjoy singing, please visit our website: https://www.santoshavoicegroup.com.
Welcome to the long awaited Season Four of The Power of Singing Podcast: THE POWER OF SINGING WITH PURPOSE. The five members of the Santosha Voice Group have been touring, performing, writing, organizing, and making music happen all over the country since our last season. We are happy to offer you Season. This season is hosted by the talented and inspirational Heather Fetrow. Her original song, "Pilgrim's Song" performed by Heather, opens every episode while Rich McKinney's original song "I'll share my music" performed by the entire Santosha Voice Group, closed out every episode. The Santosha Voice Group consists of: Heather Fetrow, Joseph Gárate, Susan Mohini Kane, Rich McKinney, and Joyce Wells. Every episode consists of a song, a story, and a question.
Episode two features Susan Mohini Kane with her heart-breaking yet also inspiring story and song about healing from abuse as a teenager. Her question inspires the group to think about their own healing through singing.
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Welcome to the long awaited Season Four of The Power of Singing Podcast: THE POWER OF SINGING WITH PURPOSE. The five members of the Santosha Voice Group have been touring, performing, writing, organizing, and making music happen all over the country since our last season. We are happy to offer you Season. This season is hosted by the talented and inspirational Heather Fetrow. Her original song, "Pilgrim's Song" performed by Heather, opens every episode while Rich McKinney's original song "I'll share my music" performed by the entire Santosha Voice Group, closed out every episode. The Santosha Voice Group consists of: Heather Fetrow, Joseph Gárate, Susan Mohini Kane, Rich McKinney, and Joyce Wells. Every episode consists of a song, a story, and a question.
Episode one features Rich McKinney with his story of "singing" without vocal cords, his challenge for the group to sing like children and his question for us about working with people who are "tone deaf". We hope you enjoy it!
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This final episode for Season Three starts the new year of 2024! We are already in production for Season 4: THE POWER OF SINGING WITH A PURPOSE. In this episode featuring Heather Fetrow of The Penelope Project, we explore creativity and expression of children when they sing. And the group explores how their voices own were described by other people when they were children resulting in a surprising discussion about identity.
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Welcome to Season #3 Episode #4: Why. Children Love Singing Together - featuring Joyce Wells of Enjoy Your Sound. A perfect episode to be released on Christmas Day. Joyce shares her memories of singing together with her siblings as a child and a recording of her conducting a very large group of children singing together. The group discusses their memories of singing with others as children.
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This episode features Joseph Gárate speaking about the importance of feeling supported and safe as children, especially when they are expressing themselves through singing. Joseph shares an original song written with his eight-year-old student. The group discusses their own childhood memories about being supported in their creativity.
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Season Three of THE POWER OF SINGING PODCAST continues with Episode #2: Why Children Sing. The title of Season Three is THE POWER OF CHILDREN SINGING and is hosted by Joyce Wells of Enjoy Your Sound. In this episode Dr. Susan Mohini Kane talks about why we first start singing as children. She also leads us through the development of one young girl's singing from age 4 to age 8. The Santosha Voice Group discusses why they first started singing as children and how that same motivation still holds true for them today.
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Welcome to Season Three of THE POWER OF SINGING Podcast entitled: The Power of Children Singing. Our host for this season is Joyce Wells of Enjoy Your Sound.com. Episode #1 features Rich McKinney, a wonderful musician and teacher who lost his vocal cords through exposure to agent orange in Vietnam. Without his own voice, Rich has a unique perspective on discovering the ability to make sound and how, when your own voice is gone, you have unique challenges. Rich wrote a song for this episode called
"Abracadabra" and it is beautifully sung by 11 year old Ella. The entire Santosha Voice Group discuses the elements of music that inspire children to sing. For more information about THE POWER OF SINGING Podcast and the Santosha Voice Group please visit our website: www.santoshavoicegroup.com.
Stay tuned for the next four episodes being released once per month!
Episode #2: Why Children Sing -September
Episode #3: The Journey of a Child Singing, Exploration and Vulnerability - October
Episode #4: Why Children Love Singing Together - November
Episode #5: Voices of Children: A Palette of Invention and Character - December
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In this bonus episode for the end of season two, we get to meet and hear Miranda Burnett, a beautiful singer and mother of three. Like so many great singers out there, Miranda stopped singing for a few years while she was raising her kiddos. Now that the oldest is graduating from high school, Miranda feels ready to get back to singing with a new, more mature and healthy perspective that gives such a beautiful feeling to her singing. The VOICES of the Santosha Voice Group: Susan, Rich, Joyce, Heather, and Joseph are on hand to ask her questions about being a mom and a singer - just in time for Mother's Day! Miranda performs a few songs including "Nancy Hanks" by Katherine K. Davis (with lyrics by Rosemary Benét) published in 1941, accompanied on piano by Jennifer McGuire. Enjoy!
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This final episode for Season Two: The Power of Singing in Harmony is The Power of Connection Amid Conflict. This episode features Joseph Gárate, professional tenor and teacher, singer/songwriter, DJ and advocate for people with special needs, in the Los Angeles area. Joseph's featured song is "We will always be alone". Every episode also includes the VOICES of the Santosha Voice Group: Rich McKinney, Joyce Wells, Heather Fetrow, and Susan Mohini Kane: all singers and teachers and all dedicated to bringing music into the world as often as possible!
We will have a bonus episode for this season too! Watch for our Mother's Day episode coming soon!
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Welcome to Season #2 Episode #4: Fill the Gap with Harmony - featuring soprano Heather Fetrow from The Penelope Project. When family members sing in harmony, it brings a deep connection found no other way. Heather shares her story and a beautiful recording of herself singing with her sister. The Voices of the Santosha Voice Group discuss how harmony fills the gap between disparate opinions and people -- so relevant in this day and age.
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In this episode, featuring Susan Mohini Kane and her new song "Waking Up in Wonderland" from her upcoming album of the same name, the 5 Voices of the Santosha Voice Group really jump out of the box by talking about how Harmony can be beneficial in group and team building anywhere - including in the corporate world.
Season Two: The Power of Singing in Harmony is in full swing now!
You can find out more about Susan Mohini Kane and her upcoming album at www.SusanMohiniKane.com.
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Season Two of The Power of Singing Podcast is: THE POWER OF SINGING IN HARMONY. This is Episode #2: FIND HARMONY EVERYWHERE featuring Joyce Wells of EnjoyYourSound.com and the five-person panel we call THE VOICES of The Santosha Voice Group.
Each episode includes a story, a song, and a discussion on the topic of The Power of Singing in Harmony. This episode includes the simple round "Row Your Boat" performed by Joyce Wells which illustrates how one can find harmony in every day life. The discussion takes us into the ways harmony shows itself in nature. Our panel generously shares their insights and their own stories on the topic.
We'd love to get to know you. Find us at www.santoshavoicegroup.com.
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Welcome to Season TWO of the Power of Singing PODCAST! We are the Santosha Voice Group, five voice professionals from different walks of life who believe that singing, and the resulting music we make, is powerful and life-transforming. We'd love for you to join in!
Our topic for this season is: The Power of Singing in Harmony. Each of us will share our own personal stories and then share a recording of ourselves singing a song that illustrates our story. Each of us also has a question for the others on this same topic so we will have a little informal discussion following each song.
Our panel is made up of: Heather Fetrow (classical soprano from Washington D.C. area), Joseph Gárate (multi-genre tenor, songwriter, DJ from LA), Rich McKinney (former professional singer who lost his vocal cords due to agent orange exposure in Vietnam, currently pianist, conductor, composer), Joyce Wells (singer, songwriter, teacher and founder of "Enjoy your Sound"), and Susan Mohini Kane (former opera singer and college professor turned Indie Artist and voice teacher, founder of Santosha Voice Group LLC).
Please visit www.santoshavoicegroup.com to find out more about each of us.
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As a bonus, our little group decided to do a holiday episode where we share our stories about being professional singers at the holidays and what the music really means to us. We also share four beautiful holiday songs: "Season's Greetings" composed and played by Rich McKinney and sung by Joseph Gárate; "The Secret of Christmas" played by Kristof VanGrysperre and sung by Susan Mohini Kane; "Let there by Peace on Earth" performed on guitar and voice by Joyce Wells; and "Au pied de mon lit" by Lili Boulanger performed by Heather Fetrow.
This informal podcast is a little holiday party we all attended online and invite you to join in our frivolity and fun. Thus ends Season One of The Power of Singing Podcast by the Santosha Voice Group. We already have Season Two in the can and will release it in 2023!
Happy Holidays and a Magical New Year to you and yours.
Please visit www.santoshavoicegroup.com for more information about this group and this podcast.
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Susan Mohini Kane finishes up this first season of The Power of Singing Podcast: The Life-Transforming Power of Singing with her story, song, and question entitled "The Power of Singing to Affirm One's Existence". The Santosha Voice Group panel will discuss her question on what it means to "make it" as a singer in 2022. The Santosha Voice Group Panel includes: Rich McKinney, choral conductor, composer, and pianist; Heather Fetrow, soprano, conductor, teacher, composer; Joseph Gárate, tenor, composer, DJ, lead singer for Diamonds; and Joyce Wells, singer, composer, vocal coach and director of Enjoy Your Sound.
Susan Mohini Kane is a former opera singer and college professor who quit her job during the pandemic to follow her dreams of writing and performing her own songs full time. This episode includes her story of how she came to believe in herself as a singer and how that lead to her making a promise to herself. Dr. Kane's recording of herself singing "Dignare Domine" from Dvorak's Te Deum with the Bakersfield Symphony and Choirs is beautiful and inspiring.
Please join us on Facebook in our Power of Singing Group and for our live meet ups. You can find information about that by clicking HERE (https://www.santoshavoicegroup.com/resource-hub) - Join us every month after each episode release.
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Season ONE of the Power of Singing Podcast is entitled: The Life-Transforming Power of Singing
Episode #4 is entitled: The Power of Singing to Heal
This episode features Rich McKinney, a magical pianist and composer. Rich used to be a wonderful singer before losing his voice to agent orange exposure in Vietnam. Now Rich has learned to speak with an external "voice". In this episode. Rich discusses how he grew up and how music became his life. In this very special episode, Rich shares one of two recordings of himself singing, before he lost his voice. Though the recording quality is not great, you can still hear the extraordinary performance of Rich who both sings and plays the piano. After his story and song, Rich leads the Santosha Voice Group (Heather Fetrow, Joseph Gárate, Joyce Wells, and Susan Mohini Kane) in a discussion of being self-critical or self-supportive when performing. Each panel member shares something personal and touching.
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Welcome to Episode #3 of the first season of THE POWER OF SINGING podcast! Season One is all about The Life-Transforming and Life-Affirming Power of Singing. A panel of five professional working singers/musicians share their vocal music and their personal experiences of how singing is powerful in their lives. This third episode: The Power of Singing to Illuminate One's Inner World features Joyce Wells, a beautiful singer/songwriter and vocal coach, who will share her personal story, a song she has recorded, and then she will lead a discussion on the question: how do you think your singing affects others - which the entire panel will answer. The panel consists of: Susan Mohini Kane, Heather Fetrow, Rich McKinney, Joyce Wells, and Joseph Garate.
LINKS:
Please click HERE to get more information about the panel and to get the ZOOM link for the live follow up session TBA.
To find out more about the Santosha Voice Group LLC, click HERE.
To visit Joyce Wells's webpage, click HERE.
The final song in the show is: "I'll Share My Music" written by Rich McKinney, produced by Joseph Garate, and sung by all of us. We hope you like it.
The Power of Singing Podcast
Season One: The Life-Transforming Power of Singing
Episode #2: the Power of Singing to Affect Others.
Featuring: Joseph Garate & the GROUPThis episode features Joseph Garate, exceptional tenor and singer-songwriter for the band DIAMONDS and his original song: "I Found a Baby in the Woods". In this episode the GROUP of voice professionals (Susan Mohini Kane, Rich McKinney, Joyce Wells, Joseph Garate, and Heather Fetrow) discuss how our emotions effect our singing and in turn how that singing affects other people, those who are listening. Episode #3 will drop on September 6, 2022.
The final song in the show is: "I'll Share My Music" written by Rich McKinney, produced by Joseph Garate, and sung by all of us. We hope you like it.
Links:
To learn more about the GROUP, click HERE.
To discover the power of singing on our website, click HERE.
To get to know Joseph and DIAMONDS, click Here.
To sign up for the FREE LIVE ZOOM Q & A, click Here.
Welcome to the first episode of the first season of THE POWER OF SINGING podcast! A panel of five professional working singers/musicians share their vocal music and their personal experiences of how singing is powerful in their lives. This first episode: The Power of Singing to Create Community features Heather Fetrow, soprano and teacher, who will share her personal story, a song she has recorded, and then she will lead a discussion on the question: how does singing benefit you - which the entire panel will answer. The panel consists of: Susan Mohini Kane, Heather Fetrow, Rich McKinney, Joyce Wells, and Joseph Garate.
LINKS:
To register for the FREE ZOOM Q&A, click HERE.
Please click HERE to get more information about the panel.
To find out more about the Santosha Voice Group LLC, click HERE.
To check out Heather's CD that includes songs by women, click HERE.
For the Penelope Project, click HERE.
The final song in the show is: "I'll Share My Music" written by Rich McKinney, produced by Joseph Garate, and sung by all of us. We hope you like it.