Yes! Over the years, we've had members representing six continents (we still need a member representing Antarctica! 😄), so we come together online on Zoom.

No, and we don’t expect you to attend everything! Drop in as your schedule allows, like a neighborhood exercise studio! Just keep in mind that the warm-ups are not recorded, so there will be no replay. (This is for your own comfort and privacy, so you can move, be silly, make sound, and even join in your pajamas, without worrying about others watching you later!)

Also, you're welcome to have your camera on or off for anything you attend... please engage in whatever way is right for you on any given day. If you're open to having your camera on, it will be really nice to see your face!

During the voice and movement warm ups (3-4x/week), we start by checking in with how our bodies feel. Based on the collective experience among the group, we do a voice and movement practice. And then at the end we check in with ourselves and each other using the Voice Body Connection Process™. You'll leave 25 minutes later feeling better than when we started. Warm-ups are not recorded, so you can feel free to let loose and be free. 

Imperfectly, but better than you might imagine. Most of the time, everyone will be on mute except Elissa. However when possible, you'll be invited to unmute so we can hear each other's voices. 

There's no replacement for singing in person together, and feeling the tangible vibration of everyone's voices around you. That being said, there's something incredibly special about feeling the energetic vibration of everyone singing together across the globe. Folks generally leave the online sing-alongs smiling.

(If you want to sing in person with Elissa, please check out the Events page for her Hudson Valley singing events.)

Check out <this literature review on pubmed> with info about how singing is helpful to all populations. The results section of the review says: "Key benefits of singing include improvements in verbal fluency, executive function, and episodic memory."

That's completely up to you! When you sign up for the Community, you'll have immediate access to the Voice Body Connection Process™ core training, plus all past recordings of our workshops and sing-alongs. As new workshops and sing-alongs happen, they'll be added to the portal. The only thing you won't have access to is our warm-ups that happen 3-4x/week, since they are not recorded. If watching the recordings and communicating with us in the WhatsApp text thread (optional) will bring you joy, please sign up to join us! 

(A note that we do our best to schedule the warm-ups for folks living in various time zones around the world. We would love to hear from you if you have requests for other times we could add to the schedule in the future!)

Yes! Glad you asked. We aim to offer equitable access to our programs.

If you are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color) please use the coupon code BIPOC to receive 30% off your membership.

If you are an artist and need a lower price to make the community accessible for you, we offer a 25% discount for creatives. To qualify, please email [email protected] with the following information:

• Your name
• Where you reside
• A short (1-2 paragraph) statement about your creative practice, and how you believe that the Community will benefit you and your artistic development.

If you live in a so-called developing country and would like to join the Community, we offer economic scale scholarships so that your monthly enrollment in the VBC Community is $20 USD/month. In recent months, we have also been extending this tier to folks in Westernized countries who are disabled or living without sufficient income. To apply for the economic scale scholarship, please email [email protected] with the following information:

• Your name
• Where you reside
• A short (1-2 paragraph) statement about your economic circumstances, how you believe participating in the Community will benefit you.