ARCHIVES: 

Upcoming Events

    • 09/21/2025
    • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
    • Private Zoom Meeting, provided via e-mail upon registration
    Register


    SONGS of the SPIRIT - Sunday September 21st, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm (Eastern)

    Facilitator: Verne McArthur

    Registration

    Free registration for this event is open to all members of PMN.  Not a member?  Check out our inclusive sliding scale membership policy.

    Immediately upon registering, you will receive an e-mail confirmation that provides you 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:

    • Joanne Tuller <jt4cmn@yahoo.com> 

    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 <jt4cmn@yahoo.com> .  She will send you easy instructions for how to invite guests to be part of this experience.

Past events

08/25/2025 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
08/24/2025 Singing for a Livable Future International Song Swap
08/17/2025 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
07/28/2025 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
07/27/2025 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
07/13/2025 Trans-Atlantic Song Session: Songs of Freedom and Struggle
06/29/2025 A Night of Serious Story Telling w/Bev Grant & Charlie King
06/29/2025 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
06/23/2025 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
06/12/2025 Juneteenth Celebration: Songs of Liberation, Freedom and Disability Awareness
05/23/2025 PMN Summer Gathering (ZOOM-only)
05/23/2025 PMN Summer Gathering in Groton, MA (In-Person)
05/04/2025 International Workers' Day in Spoken Word and Song
04/28/2025 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
04/27/2025 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
04/22/2025 PMN Earth Day Online Song Swap
04/10/2025 PMN "Songs of Struggle for a Country/World in Crisis" (Online Song Swap)
03/30/2025 Women's History Month in Spoken Word and Song
03/24/2025 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
03/23/2025 PMN Membership Meeting - ZOOM Only
03/23/2025 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
02/24/2025 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
02/23/2025 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
01/24/2025 PMN Winter Concert 2025
01/24/2025 PMN Winter Convergence, 2025 (ZOOM-only)
01/24/2025 PMN Winter Convergence, NYC 2025 (In-Person)
01/16/2025 PMN "Songs of Struggle for a Country/World in Crisis" (Online Song Swap)
12/22/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
11/25/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
11/24/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
11/21/2024 PMN "Songs of Struggle for a Country/World in Crisis" (Online Song Swap)
10/28/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
10/27/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
10/04/2024 Livestream from PMN Fall Gathering (ZOOM-only)
10/04/2024 PMN Fall Gathering in Groton, MA (In-Person)
09/23/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
09/22/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
09/12/2024 PMN "Songs for Our Time" (Online Song Swap)
08/26/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
08/25/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
07/29/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
07/28/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
07/19/2024 Hybrid Round Robin @PMN-NYC Convergence (Friday, July 19)
07/19/2024 July 19-20, 2024: PMN-NYC Mid-Summer Convergence (Fri + Sat) - IN-PERSON
07/19/2024 July 19-20, 2024: PMN-NYC Mid-Summer Convergence (Fri + Sat) - ZOOM-only
06/24/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
06/23/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
06/20/2024 Songs of Struggle in the Americas (Online Song Swap)
06/06/2024 Juneteenth Celebration: Songs of Liberation, Freedom and Disability Awareness
05/26/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
05/22/2024 Songs Against War (Online Song Swap)
05/20/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
04/29/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
04/28/2024 Earth Month Song Swap (Online Song Swap)
04/28/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
04/11/2024 PMN "Songs for Our Time" (Online Song Swap)
03/27/2024 Women's History Month in Spoken Word and Song
03/25/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
03/24/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
03/14/2024 PMN "Songs for Our Time" (Online Song Swap)
02/26/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
02/25/2024 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
02/15/2024 PMN "Songs for Our Time" (Online Song Swap)
01/28/2024 PMN Winter Convergence @TPF in NYC (SUNDAY) - IN-PERSON
01/27/2024 PMN Winter Convergence @TPF in NYC (Saturday) - IN-PERSON
01/26/2024 Virtual Round Robin @WinterConvergence (Friday) -ZOOM/LIVESTREAM
01/26/2024 PMN Winter Hybrid Convergence - ZOOM-only
01/22/2024 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
12/28/2023 Songs for Peace and Healing in the Middle East (Online Song Swap)
12/21/2023 Songs in the Struggle for a Ceasefire and Peace with Justice in Israel/Palestine
12/18/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
12/17/2023 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
11/27/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
11/19/2023 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
10/23/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
09/25/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
08/28/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
08/27/2023 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
08/24/2023 PMN "Songs for Our Time" (Online Song Swap)
07/24/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
07/23/2023 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
06/26/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
06/14/2023 Juneteenth Celebration: Songs of Liberation, Freedom and Disability Awareness
05/27/2023 Livestream from PMN Summer Gathering - ZOOM-only
05/26/2023 PMN Summer Gathering in Groton, MA
05/22/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
04/24/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
04/23/2023 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
04/20/2023 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
03/27/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
03/26/2023 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
03/09/2023 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
02/27/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM Only
02/11/2023 PMN Winter Convergence @TPF in NYC (Saturday) - IN-PERSON
02/10/2023 Virtual Round Robin @WinterConvergence (Friday) -ZOOM/LIVESTREAM
02/10/2023 PMN Winter Hybrid Convergence - ZOOM-only
01/25/2023 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
01/23/2023 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM
01/22/2023 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
12/15/2022 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
11/28/2022 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM
11/27/2022 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
11/21/2022 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
11/18/2022 Virtual Site Visit to Camp Grotonwood
10/24/2022 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" -ZOOM
10/23/2022 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
10/22/2022 PMN Fall Convergence @TPF in NYC (Saturday) -IN PERSON
10/21/2022 Virtual Round Robin @FallConvergence (Friday) -ZOOM/LIVESTREAM
10/21/2022 PMN Fall Hybrid Convergence (Saturday) -ZOOM Registration
10/02/2022 PMN Coffee Hour and Song Share: Meet Fellow PMN Members -ZOOM
09/30/2022 Songs Against Dobbs: Embracing the Power of Choice – An Evening of Art and Resistance -ZOOM/LIVESTREAM
09/25/2022 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
09/22/2022 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
09/19/2022 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" (Online workshop)
08/28/2022 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
08/22/2022 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" (Online workshop)
08/07/2022 PMN Coffee Hour and Song Share: Meet Fellow PMN Members (Member Discussion)
07/25/2022 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" (Online workshop)
07/24/2022 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
06/27/2022 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" (Online workshop)
06/04/2022 Round Robin @Virtual Summer Convergence
06/03/2022 People's Music Network Virtual Summer Convergence
05/24/2022 Brainstorm about PMN, Disability Awareness and Equitable Accessibility
05/23/2022 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" (Online workshop)
05/22/2022 Turning Silence Into Song: The Music of Leon Rosselson (Online Concert)
05/22/2022 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
05/01/2022 PMN Coffee Hour: Meet Fellow PMN Members (Member Discussion)
04/28/2022 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
04/25/2022 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" (Online workshop)
04/24/2022 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
04/18/2022 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
04/08/2022 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
04/03/2022 PMN Coffee Hour: Meet Fellow PMN Members (Member Discussion)
03/31/2022 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
03/28/2022 PMN Songwriters Peer Feedback Session: "If I had a Song" (Online workshop)
03/27/2022 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
03/20/2022 “Badass” Bev Grant’s 80th Birthday Bash!
03/07/2022 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
02/27/2022 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
02/25/2022 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
01/29/2022 Round Robin @Virtual Winter Convergence
01/28/2022 People's Music Network Virtual Winter Convergence
01/16/2022 Trans-Atlantic Song Session: Songs of Freedom and Struggle
12/19/2021 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
12/17/2021 Sing a Song For Justice! Benefit Concert for Matt Jones Technology Fund
12/12/2021 PMN Coffee Hour: What have you learned from the politically-conscious artists that have influenced you? (Member Discussion)
12/09/2021 What the World Needs Now ... Odd and Unpredictable Love Songs (Online Concert)
12/02/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
11/21/2021 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
11/18/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
11/12/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
11/05/2021 Safe Place - Remembering Martin Swinger and his Music
10/17/2021 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
10/16/2021 Round Robin at Virtual Fall Mini-Convergence
10/16/2021 People's Music Network Virtual Fall Mini-Convergence
10/07/2021 How to be a Troubadour in the Age of Crowdsourcing
10/03/2021 PMN Coffee Hour: How has you musical life changed since the Pandemic? (Member Discussion)
09/30/2021 CANCELLED: "Ensembles of the People's Music Network" (Online Swap)
09/27/2021 "If I had a Song": Workshopping Songs in Progress that have a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
09/26/2021 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
09/09/2021 "Songs and Poetry for a Planet in Crisis" (Online Swap)
08/25/2021 "Songs and Poetry for a Planet in Crisis" (Online Swap)
08/23/2021 "If I had a Song": Workshopping Songs in Progress that have a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
08/17/2021 "Ensembles of the People's Music Network" (Online Swap)
08/11/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
07/26/2021 "If I had a Song": Workshopping Songs in Progress that have a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
07/25/2021 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
07/22/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
07/15/2021 "Ensembles of the People's Music Network" (Online Swap)
07/09/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
06/28/2021 "If I had a Song": Workshopping Songs in Progress that have a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
06/05/2021 Round Robin at PMN Summer Convergence (Online Swap)
06/05/2021 2A. Singing For Fun For Everyone (PMN Convergence Workshop)
06/04/2021 PMN Summer Concert: Munit Mesfin, Elise Bryant, David Rovics, Jane Sapp, Elise Witt, and Black Workers Center Chorus
06/04/2021 People's Music Network Virtual Summer Convergence
05/24/2021 "If I had a Song": Workshopping Songs in Progress that have a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
05/23/2021 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
05/16/2021 PMN Coffee Hour: What artists have had a profound impact on your political growth? (Member Discussion)
04/29/2021 Pre-Mayday (International Workers Day) Song & Poetry Swap
04/26/2021 "If I had a Song": Workshopping Songs in Progress that have a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
04/25/2021 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
04/23/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
04/13/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
03/30/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
03/24/2021 Jacktrip Practice Session: Singing Together Online with Low Latency
03/23/2021 Sonobus Practice Session: Singing Together Online with Low Latency
03/23/2021 Soundjack Practice Session: Singing Together Online with Low Latency
03/22/2021 "If I had a Song": Workshopping Songs in Progress that have a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
03/21/2021 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
03/19/2021 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
02/28/2021 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
01/31/2021 Sunday: The Art and Craft of Songwriting (PMN Convergence Workshop)
01/30/2021 PMN Winter Round Robin (Online Swap)
01/30/2021 Planetary Survival & Communal Singing (PMN Convergence Workshop)
01/30/2021 Saturday: The Art and Craft of Songwriting (PMN Convergence Workshop)
01/29/2021 PMN Winter Concert: Frankie Lopez, Kim Harris, Hot Glue & the Gun, Gary Allard, Melissa Braven, Lea Gilmore
01/29/2021 People's Music Network Virtual Winter Convergence
01/17/2021 Trans-Atlantic Song Session: Songs of Freedom and Struggle
12/29/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
12/17/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
12/11/2020 Feeding Body & Soul W/The Power Of Community (Online Concert)
12/01/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
11/19/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
11/13/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
10/29/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
10/26/2020 "If I had a Song": Workshopping Songs in Progress that have a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
10/18/2020 Trans-Atlantic Song Swap: Songs of Freedom and Struggle (Online Swap)
10/16/2020 Good Trouble . . . Vote! (Online Concert)
10/12/2020 Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Online Concert)
10/02/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
09/24/2020 All Power to the People! (Online Concert)
09/18/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
09/17/2020 Hard Hitting Words for Hard Hit People (Online Concert)
09/07/2020 Labor Day Concert for All (Online Concert)
08/28/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
08/23/2020 Trans-Atlantic Song Swap, Part 2 of 2: Songs of Liberation, Justice, and People's Empowerment (Online Swap)
08/17/2020 "Grain of Salt": Workshopping Songs in Progress with a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
08/13/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
08/06/2020 Hiroshima Never Again (International Concert)
07/30/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
07/26/2020 Sisters Sing In Solidarity (Online Concert)
07/24/2020 Trans-Atlantic Song Swap, Part 1 of 2: Songs of Liberation, Justice, and People's Empowerment (Online Swap)
07/19/2020 The Centennial Of Women’s Suffrage & Empowerment (Online Concert)
07/17/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
07/12/2020 Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
07/02/2020 "Songs of Freedom and Struggle" (Online Swap)
06/26/2020 Artists Against Racial Oppression: A Hip Hop and Spoken Word Collaboration
06/22/2020 "Grain of Salt": Workshopping Songs in Progress with a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
06/18/2020 "Songs to hear during a pandemic" (Online Swap)
06/15/2020 Building Online Musical Community (Online Workshop)
06/14/2020 PMN Summer Membership Meeting
06/14/2020 PMN Songs of the Spirit (Participatory Singing)
06/13/2020 PMN Summer Round Robin (Online Swap)
06/12/2020 PMN Schmooze Rooms (Coffee Hour Hangouts)
06/11/2020 PMN Summer Concert: Natu Camara, Evan Greer, Lara Herscovitch, Aileen Vance, Two of a Kind, & Frank Antonio López
05/29/2020 "An Evening of Nueva Canción" (Online Swap)
05/21/2020 "Songs to hear during a pandemic" (Online Swap)
05/18/2020 "Grain of Salt": Workshopping Songs in Progress with a Political Edge" (Online workshop)
05/15/2020 PMN Honors The Life and Music of John Prine (Online Concert)
05/07/2020 "Songs to hear during a pandemic" (Online Swap)
05/01/2020 "International Workers' Day: Labor Produces all the Wealth" (Online Swap)
04/23/2020 "The Ecological Crisis is Here" (Online Swap)
04/17/2020 “Songs we need to hear during a Pandemic" (Online Swap)
04/09/2020 “Songs we need to hear during a Pandemic" (Online Swap)
04/03/2020 Online Song and Poetry Swap via Live Video Conference: “Songs we need to hear during a Pandemic"
03/27/2020 Online Song and Poetry Swap via Live Video Conference: “Songs we need to hear during a Pandemic"
03/20/2020 Online Song and Poetry Swap via Live Video Conference: “Songs we need to hear during a Pandemic"
01/24/2020 PMN Winter Concert 2020
01/24/2020 PMN Winter Convergence, NYC 2020
10/20/2019 PMN Fall Convergence NYC, Oct. 20, 2019
06/20/2019 PMN Members at 2019 Great Labor Arts Exchange, Silver Spring, MD

©2017-2021 People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

PMN Video Livestreams on Facebook and Youtube

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software