Join Gaia Music Collective and Ólafur Arnalds for a One-Day Choir on the Falling Apart Together Tour.

No auditions. No judgment. No need for perfection. Just the joy of singing in harmony with a room full of beautiful humans.

This fall, Gaia Music Collective (https://www.instagram.com/gaiamusiccollective/?hl=en) and Ólafur Arnalds (https://olafurarnalds.com/) present a series of One-Day Choir events on the Falling Apart Together (https://fallingaparttogether.com/) Tour in Europe and North America. The workshops will intertwine with Ólafur’s performances in each city.

Please note: This is a page for a Gaia Music Collective One-Day Choir event on the Falling Apart Together tour. A ticket purchase here gives access to the One-Day Choir event. It does not give access to the Ólafur Arnalds concert, which is a separately ticketed event. Any public performance of the song worked on in the One-Day Choir event is on a voluntary basis. See more below.

WHAT IS A ONE-DAY CHOIR?

Gaia Music Collective's One-Day Choir series is an opportunity to sing in a choir for one day only. It’s a celebration of song and the connective power of singing in harmony, and an opportunity to build community, make some new friends, and raise our powerfully diverse voices as one.

For this limited series, we will sing a piece of music by Ólafur Arnalds and Talos. In our time together, we'll:

Play some singing and connection games while we warm up

Work through the piece section by section

Break down the lyrics and emotions at play in the song

Whether you're a vocal ensemble veteran or have never sung in a group before, you are welcome here - all experience levels are valued!

OUR SONG THIS TIME AROUND

For this One-Day Choir, we will be lifting our voices to “A Dawning” by Ólafur Arnalds and Talos, arranged by Geoff Lawson — a beautifully expansive piece that builds from quiet intimacy into something powerful, communal and uplifting.

AFTER THE ONE-DAY CHOIR

This One-Day Choir will intertwine with Ólafur’s Falling Apart Together performance. See Terms & Conditions below.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

This event will intertwine with Ólafur's performance in an exciting way on a voluntary basis. Please indicate which performance you are interested in.

A ticket to this One-Day-Choir does not equal a ticket to Ólafur Arnalds' performance.

More details will be provided closer to or at each event.

LEARNING THE MUSIC

Sheet music and vocal recordings of each part will be available as learning resources at least a week before the event, to accommodate multiple ways of learning. These resources will either be included in your order confirmation or sent out in an email.

The intention is for us to come into the gathering having already familiarized ourselves with the parts, so that we can spend our time together really diving into the joys of connection and expression in the music rather than simply teaching parts one by one. That being said, we’re just doing this for ourselves, so there’s no need to stress over it, and definitely no need to memorize it or get it ‘perfect.’

LED and FACILITATED BY:

Asher Blank (@asherbl_nk)

Asher is a Los Angeles-based composer, arranger, and community organizer whose music for choirs and a cappella groups aims to connect a broad spectrum of singers, genres, and group singing traditions.

NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS

This event is funded by sliding scale ticket donations, with a “no one turned away for lack of funds” policy. It’s important to us that these events remain affordable and accessible - we never want money to be a barrier to making music together. If a ticket is financially prohibitive to you, email us at gaiamusiccollective@gmail.com for volunteer opportunities or assistance.

GAIA’S MISSION

Gaia is a collective of artists and facilitators who create participatory events that invite people of varied musical backgrounds to experience collaborative singing.

We believe that communal music-making is a fundamental human practice, and this project seeks to build spaces for folks to nurture their relationship to music, whether they're shower singers, professional musicians, or anything in between.

We are dedicated to building a community where creativity, collaboration, and care thrive. The values listed here (https://gaia-music-collective.notion.site/COMMUNITY-GUIDELINES-11e1e43ba2ae42a696829c69168c1f30) shape how we work together, how we engage with the world, and how we move toward upholding these principles.

LOW-PRESSURE PARTICIPATION

Gaia Music Collective events are participatory but low-pressure. You'll be invited to sing along and make music with us, but we encourage you to draw your own boundaries and engage at your own pace - we pride ourselves in creating a judgment-free community where you can express yourself however feels right!

MEDIA CONSENT

Because we want to share what we’re up to with people who can’t join us in person, there may be photographers and videographers present — by attending, you consent to being a

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