More than a community song circle, this evening will be a blend of performance, ritual, singalong, and community power. With the support of a locally-sourced musicians, join us as we journey through songs from the newly-birthed album Gather Your Resilience: Medicine for Liberation by artist and songleader Ríomas (previous known as Shireen Amini).

With great intention and design, this album is meant to be taken in as medicine, then affirmed in community, rewiring our nervous systems and subsequently rewriting collective scripts. It is just one side of the vision that is incomplete without the live experience. So please, bring your voice in celebration of this music now being out in the world, summoning us to build resistance and life-serving culture from within and, bravely and joyfully, with each other.

In collaboration with Voices Rising led by Kira Seto.

This gathering is offered as a part of the Gather Your Resilience Tour, a traveling series of locally-attuned song circle-ceremony-performance experiences inspired by the recent release by Ríomas.

*Ríomas lived in Bend for 15 years and is excited to bring this new album and identity to this home community!*

SPECIAL INVITATION:

If you are able, you are invited to listen and learn lines from the album in advance as study for this pop-up community choir experience. Teaching will be minimal. Though not at all required, (parts will be just as easy to pick up in-the-moment) this will add boost and magic to our gathering.

LISTEN AND/OR PURCHASE THE ALBUM ON BANDCAMP

DOWNLOAD THE BANDCAMP APP

You are highly-encouraged to listen on Bandcamp, but the album is also available for listening on any streaming platforms.

IN THIS CONTAINER:

We believe singing is a birthright and welcome all levels of experience.

No matter your race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, size, neurodivergence, abilities, immigration or housing status, you are welcome, wanted, and needed here.

EVENT DETAILS:

Doors open: 6:30pm

Singing: 7-9pm

$20-60 sliding scale

Pay what you can / No one turned away Tickets Available:

$0-$19 >> enter Access Code: CARETICKET

Limited *BIPOC comp tickets available >> enter Access Code: BIPOC

*Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

This is a no-alcohol event

All ages welcome

Kids 12 and under are free (must be accompanied by an adult)

ABOUT THE VENUE:

First Presbyterian Church is an evolving, justice-seeking, fiercely caring community practicing Spacious Christianity. Questions and doubts are welcome. They celebrate our differences and see them as strengths. This also is a More Light congregation, which means they publicly affirm and celebrate the full participation of LGBTQIA+ people in the life, leadership, worship, and community of the church.

This is a secular performance that does not require any particular religious or spiritual affiliation.

It will take place in HERITAGE HALL, side entrance is to the left of the main building.

PARKING:

Parking lot.

SITTING, STANDING, MOVING:

We will have chairs setup, standing room and dancing zones as well as an altar area. We may have floor seating, with the invitation to bring floor cushions, if needed.

ACCESSIBILITY:

The building is ADA accessible. We will prioritize chair seating for folks who have that accessibility need.

COMMUNITY CARE:

If you are not feeling well, please stay home. Masking is not required for this event. We encourage you to mask and distance to your own comfort level and will hold a culture of respect for the choices everyone makes to take care of themselves. In the case of having to stay home because of feeling ill, contact host before the event starts to receive a full refund. No refunds will be offered if contact is made after the event.

LAND & PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

We acknowledge that the land upon which we will sing is the traditional, unceded homelands of the The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Wasco, and Northern Paiute peoples. We encourage participants to consider supporting the Warm Springs Water Coalition.

WHAT WILL BE PROVIDED:
Water

Chairs

Restroom facilities

WHAT TO BRING:

Any altar item that feels connected to the themes of this album (it will return home with you)

A water vessel

Any clothing layers and supports you need to to help your body feel comfortable

Possibly a floor cushion (you will be notified by email if we could use some folks willing to sit on the floor)

Your voice, your open heart, your whole truth

Contact the host of Ríomas | Gather Your Resilience | Album Release & Singalong BEND