About us
Welcome to **Express Your Voice** — a song circle where every single voice belongs, especially yours. 🌿
This is not a choir. This is not a performance. This is not for singers only.
This is a community gathering rooted in the simple, powerful act of singing together — the way humans have always come together to connect, heal, and belong.
Songs are taught by ear through call-and-response — you just repeat what you hear. No sheet music. No musical experience needed. No auditions. Whether you sing in the shower, hum to yourself, sing to your kids, or have never sung in a group before — you will be singing within minutes of walking in.
What you will experience:
A judgment-free circle where all ages are welcome — from children to grandparents. A space to express yourself freely, feel seen, and leave feeling lighter and more connected than when you arrived.
The science backs it up:
Community singing is increasingly being explored as a complement to mental health support in the UK and Canada. Programs like SingWell Toronto already offer group singing for people living with Parkinson's and dementia. A British Journal of Psychiatry study found that mothers with postpartum depression who sang together saw faster recovery — with nearly 3 in 4 no longer meeting clinical depression criteria within 10 weeks. Because when voices come together, cortisol drops, oxytocin rises, and isolation lifts.
Who leads this circle:
Vie is an expressive arts therapist in training, international song circle leader, and community singing facilitator whose work has taken her across borders — co-leading gatherings with song leaders from around the world. Back home in the GTA, she brings this same depth of experience to intimate local circles, including ongoing work with Wellspring Cancer Support, where community singing is offered to individuals and families affected by cancer.
Her approach is rooted in trauma awareness, counselling techniques, and child and youth mental health. She creates spaces where expression is welcomed, emotions can move freely, and every voice — however it sounds today — is exactly enough.
Her belief is simple: every voice matters not because it is perfect, but because it is real.
Where we gather:
Our home base is Woodhall Park Retirement Village, 10250 Kennedy Rd N, Brampton — every first Sunday of the month at 4:00 PM. Vie also facilitates circles in supportive and therapeutic settings across the GTA.
Come as you are. Bring your voice, however it sounds today.
👉 See upcoming events and register at https://www.expressivevie.ca/
Upcoming events
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Express Your Voice In Songs & Connection
Woodhall Park Retirement Village, 10250 Kennedy Rd N, Brampton, ON L6Z 4N7, Canada, Brampton, ON, CAExpress Your Voice: in song & connection 🎶
Some things can't happen over a screen. This is one of them.Join us for an afternoon of simple songs, easy connection, and open hearts 🍂 Formerly known as Community Singing with Vie.
What to expect 🌿
We share simple call and response songs from oral traditions around the world, learned by ear. No sheet music, no experience needed. You'll pick them up within minutes. There is no performance and no spotlight, just voices coming together in a circle. Hot tea and light snacks included ☕Who comes 🤝
Complete beginners, shy singers, shower singers, seniors, families with kids, and plenty of people who swear they "can't sing" (you belong here most). Most people come solo, and you'll be welcomed the moment you arrive.Why people keep coming back ✨
Many people find group singing can feel calming, lift the mood, and bring a real sense of belonging. Community singing is even offered as part of wellbeing programs like SingWell. But honestly, most people come back because it's simply joyful.See what it actually feels like 👉 https://www.expressivevie.ca/gallery
📅 Sunday, November 15 | 4:00 PM
📍 Woodhall Park Retirement Village, Auditorium
10250 Kennedy Rd N, Brampton, ON L6Z 4N7
📝 Register at https://www.expressivevie.ca/events (helps us prepare songs that need more voices to shine), or reply here or message me on WhatsApp or email and I'll add you 💌
💬 Join our WhatsApp community chat: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Em6N26OZV5H2KzjaEr0P0B🎒 Bring: water, and your voice, exactly as it is.
💛 Offered by donation. Pay what is generous and affordable for you. Suggested $15 to $30. No one is turned away. Your exchange goes to the songwriters whose songs we sing, so they can keep writing them, and to the tea and snacks.
About Vie 🌞
Vie is an expressive arts therapist in training and an international song keeper whose work spans borders and communities, including circles at Wellspring Cancer Support. Her approach is rooted in trauma awareness, and her belief is simple: every voice matters not because it is perfect, but because it is real.
Every voice belongs 🌞In song and gratitude
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