Registration
Registration is free to all members of PMN. Not a member? Check out our inclusive sliding scale membership policy.
Immediately after registering, you will receive an e-mail confirmation with a link to a private Zoom meeting.
Description
Come join us in this shared experience of Community and Heart. You're invited to enjoy a (digital) community circle where inspirational and empowering songs from many traditions rise up from the group. Singers offer a song one by one without instruments or song sheets. These are songs that people know or can learn easily without requiring a lot of teaching.
In this online event, we are drawing upon the tradition of Songs of the Spirit, which has been a consistent feature of PMN/SFS Gatherings since 1977. One person will sing and others will sing along. We ask everyone to mute themselves while the one person is singing, allowing all of us to at least see each other as we fill our separate physical spaces with music.
Between songs, we pause, breathe and feel the energy and connection of the group. We are sustaining this rich tradition during the pandemic, despite the inherent limits of Zoom. One part of our tradition is recognizing that the silence is sacred. In avoiding the urgency to fill a space with song, once we finally do fill a space with song, that song sinks in more deeply.
This is a wonderful opportunity to build community and to harmonize (in your own home) and to start the day with some grounded sacredness.
This event will not be live-streamed or recorded.
If you have any questions, please contact the coordinator:
SPECIAL INVITATIONS: If you know someone who would enjoy Songs of the Spirit, but they are not a PMN member, you can invite them to participate! Simply contact Joanne Tuller <sc-tuller@peoplesmusic.org> . She will send easy instructions for inviting guests to join us.
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MORE INFO: PMN Winter Gathering
The 2026 People’s Music Network Winter Gathering is co-sponsored by, and takes place at, Central Park East II School (433 East 100th Street, NYC). Enter the school from First Avenue and East 101st Street, NYC.
Click the button above for details about the schedule, workshops, food, housing, directions, transportation and more.
HOUSING PROVIDED! If you are coming from out of town, PMN can arrange free home hospitality!
MEMBER RATES: To make member rates available and pre-fill your contact information, please login before registering. Not a member? Join PMN before registering and get a member discount.
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The Matt Jones Scholarship Fund (MJSF): The MJSF fosters a multi-racial and inter-generational artistic and political community at PMN by covering registration and travel costs for young people and people of color. To apply, or to make a donation, please contact <sc-treas@peoplesmusic.org> with the SUBJECT: “Matt Jones Scholarship Fund”. Click here for more info on MJSF.
Note: When registering, please do not enter an e-mail address for children younger than 13. Thank you!
Register: ZOOM-ONLY
More info: PMN Winter Gathering
The People's Music Network Winter Gathering takes place in NYC from January 23-25, 2026. Throughout the weekend, PMN will use Zoom to livestream many parts of the event. We'll also be weaving in opportunities to be part of the dialog and share music, even if you can only participate through Zoom.
Recordings of these sessions will be made available to PMN members in the week following the Gathering.
ZOOM-Only REGISTRATION FEES EXPLAINED:
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