The woods wood be silent if only ​the bird with the best song sang

Welcome to West Marin's Community Choir

West Marin Choir is a 60-member community choir with chapters in Point Reyes and Stinson Beach, singing soulful and heartful group harmony songs and chants from around the world. The choir sings a-cappella songs, folk songs, spirituals and more. It was founded in 2013 by Devi Daly and Tim Weed and is now a nonprofit program of Sound Orchard. 

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Upcoming Choir Series

Fall 2019 Series: Día de los Muertos

Sept. 16-Nov. 1, 2019
with Devi Daly

​Sing harmony songs, folk songs and spirituals in this series dedicated to honoring life's transitions. Performance at Día de los Muertos.

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Holiday 2019 Series:
​Songs of Winter

Oct. 28 to Dec. 6, 2019
with Kristine Barrett

​From reindeer herding songs of Finnish Lapland to Old English Christmas carols, explore winter music from traditions throughout the world.

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Winter 2020 Series: Regeneration

Jan. 27 to Mar. 8, 2020
​with Sarah Saulsbury

As the days lengthen toward the spring equinox, honor and celebrate through song the life-giving power of the sun and the rhythmic pull of the moon.

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Upcoming Events

Sat. Oct. 26
Point Reyes Día de los Muertos
Procession and ceremony with music by West Marin Choir​
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Fri. Nov. 1
Bolinas Día de los Muertos
Altar blessing ceremony with music by West Marin Choir
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Fri. Dec. 6
Point Reyes Path of Lights
Annual holiday festival with music by West Marin Choir
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New Media

Introducing Kristine Barrett

October 8, 2019... We're very excited about the guest songleader for our next choir series. Kristine Barrett is a vocalist, composer and choral director specializing in traditional music and ritual song. She performs with the acclaimed Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble and directs several community choirs throughout the Bay Area including the Temple of Light Georgian Community Choir in Berkeley and the Headlands Community Folk Ensemble in Sausalito. She lives in a houseboat in Sausalito with a myriad of plants, shrines, animals, and her husband in Sausalito.

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The Healing Power of Singing, Owning Your Creativity, Building Community: Devi Daly

Meaningful Musical Conversations podcast feature

​September 15, 2019… Sound Orchard director Devi Daly was the featured guest this week on Meaningful Musical Conversations, where hosts Jill Minyé and Daniel Thompson got her talking more than ever about what she does - community music, singing, yoga and more. More info...

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Sangha-ing in Harmony: Anne Cushman

"I drove west out a winding country road lined with redwoods to the tiny, artsy town of Point Reyes Station to join the spring session of West Marin Choir."

"I felt buoyed up, guided, and held by the more experienced voices around me—like swimming with a school of fish through a river of music. As we sang in four-part harmony for my first time, I felt exhilarated, thrilled. We sound fantastic! I sound fantastic! Well, OK, maybe that’s the person next to me—but hey! Who cares? We’re doing this together! ​And just like that—I was back in the groove of singing again."