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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