Facilitator and musician Joni NehRita is excited to offer a series of Música do Círculo/Circle Music sessions in partnership with Kitchener Public Library! Circle Music is a collective music-making experience that is centred around core elements including: body percussion, improvisation, singing, movement and non-verbal communication. It is structured around musical games that are linked in a “flow”- that is - without interruptions - and uses cooperation and play as a means to create presence and connection.

No music experience required. Open to adults. Attend one or all sessions. These workshops are free. Participants just need to register with KPL.

Facilitator and musician Joni NehRita is excited to offer a series of Música do Círculo/Circle Music sessions in partnership with Kitchener Public Library! Circle Music is a collective music-making experience that is centred around core elements including: body percussion, improvisation, singing, movement and non-verbal communication. It is structured around musical games that are linked in a “flow”- that is - without interruptions - and uses cooperation and play as a means to create presence and connection.

No music experience required. Open to adults. Attend one or all sessions. These workshops are free. Participants just need to register with KPL.

Joni will be giving a talk on being a music professional & will do a short performance for The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW-KW).

Facilitator and musician Joni NehRita is excited to offer a series of Música do Círculo/Circle Music sessions in partnership with Kitchener Public Library! Circle Music is a collective music-making experience that is centred around core elements including: body percussion, improvisation, singing, movement and non-verbal communication. It is structured around musical games that are linked in a “flow”- that is - without interruptions - and uses cooperation and play as a means to create presence and connection.

No music experience required. Open to adults. Attend one or all sessions.

A dynamic, fun weekend of musical empowerment, creativity, & community! Women’s Music Weekend is a transformative, inspiring music program led by musicians Katherine Wheatley, Jane Lewis and special guests. This uplifting and intensive weekend offers women and non-binary folk many options to explore their musical selves.

A dynamic, fun weekend of musical empowerment, creativity, & community! Women’s Music Weekend is a transformative, inspiring music program led by musicians Katherine Wheatley, Jane Lewis and special guests. This uplifting and intensive weekend offers women and non-binary folk many options to explore their musical selves.

A dynamic, fun weekend of musical empowerment, creativity, & community! Women’s Music Weekend is a transformative, inspiring music program led by musicians Katherine Wheatley, Jane Lewis and special guests. This uplifting and intensive weekend offers women and non-binary folk many options to explore their musical selves.

Facilitator and musician Joni NehRita is excited to offer a series of Música do Círculo/Circle Music sessions in partnership with Kitchener Public Library! Circle Music is a collective music-making experience that is centred around core elements including: body percussion, improvisation, singing, movement and non-verbal communication. It is structured around musical games that are linked in a “flow”- that is - without interruptions - and uses cooperation and play as a means to create presence and connection.

No music experience required. Open to adults. Attend one or all sessions.

One Step, One Voice, One Community is a choral experience that features the Grand River Voices, under the direction of Amy Di Nino, singing songs that will encourage and inspire. Performing fresh arrangements of popular classics including Walking on Sunshine and Three Little Birds, it will be a rousing first half! Our special guest, Joni NehRita Music, will join the choir in the second half to perform music from her "Songs For Community" songbook, which explores themes of social justice and empathy. A concert not to be missed!

The word 'grow' evokes ideas of nurturing, openness, curiosity, shifting perspective, change, and notions of time. Through song, we explore these concepts within the relationship with oneself, with the earth, and with one another. Rooted in love, we can grow into life-giving ways of being. As part of the program, AOMS is particularly excited to be performing three original songs that embody these themes by local singer-songwriter, Joni NehRita, from her new project: Songs for Community.

Also featuring works by MacDonald/Girvan | Dickau/Burns | Hatfield | Brumfield | Gjeilo | Larson/Emerson.

Join singer/songwriter and multi-disciplinary artist, Joni NehRita for an evening of music and exploration. The Jamaican-Canadian artist’s music invites listeners to think, feel and move with her socially charged Afro-Latin & Caribbean soul. She will give the audience a peek behind life as an independent artist who is committed to using her voice for equity and the cultivation of compassion. There will be intimate performances from her latest album, Love & Protest as well as from her upcoming choral project entitled, Songs For Community.

Having recently traveled to Brazil to complete facilitator’s training, she will also give participants a little taste of “Música do Círculo / Circle Music”, which is in essence, a form of group music making whose core elements include: body percussion, improvisation, movement, play and singing. Don’t fret- no musical experience is required. For more information, contact the Arts Department at 416-393-7157

Victor Castelo (from Brazil) and Joni NehRita will take participants on an exploration of tuning in and listening to their bodies and inner voices. We will explore vocal technique and improvisation through the lens of somatic practice & Alexander Technique.

Fee: $25 (If you'd like to come but money is a barrier, please email Joni at: joni@joninehrita.com)

Opening act: Mandippal

I will be giving a keynote address on using art/music for justice and equity advocacy. This is a private event for the federation.