Power of Singing Podcast

Power of Singing : Living, Listening, Finding a Voic e - Episode #1: Yes it is In Season 5 of The Power of Singing Podcast, Joseph Gárate leads The Santosha Voice Group in an exploration of the songs and artists that influenced them as young musicians and helped guide them toward the creative lives they lead today. The music people connect with at a formative age can shape everything from their ar...

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, &...

The Santosha Voice Group lead by Heather Fetrow creates a beautiful BONUS episode for our 4th season: The Power of Singing with Purpose. Hosted by Heather Fetrow, the Santosha Voice Group (Susan Mohini Kane, Rich McKinney, Joseph Gárate, and Joyce Wells) this season was so beautiful that we wanted to share one more episode to show our gratitude for our listeners and for music. Sing along! Visit us...

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, &...

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, &...

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, &...

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, &...

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...

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. Visit...

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. Visit us at https://smkmusic.com/podcasts/

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 V...

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 ho...

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...

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 Gr...

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 pe...

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...

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 Yo...

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 r...

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 S...

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 McKinne...

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...

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 J...

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 GROUP This 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 K...

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...