From the first rehearsal the day after Labor Day to the final chord at Cadogan Hall, every gathering this year is built to widen the circle and make room at the table.
Our 2026–2027 season is built around one conviction: everyone belongs here. Every gathering on this calendar is designed to widen the circle, to make room at the table, and to let people find themselves in the work of making art together.
Open Circle Arts is more than a name. It is a promise about who this organization is for — and this year, four tracks weave that promise across the seasons, from neighborhood sings and quiet mornings of breath to two concerts at home and a journey to London.
The season's musical thread — rehearsing every Tuesday and presenting two formal concerts at home before the ensemble travels to London.
The concerts →Monthly embodied mindfulness and meditation — a standing invitation to simply arrive, settle, and be. No experience needed, every body welcome.
The sessions →Gatherings that open the doors wide — from neighborhood sings and art-making days to storytelling circles and pop-up performances.
The gatherings →A night for the whole community to celebrate, to honor the people who built this organization, and to help send Harmony Collected to London.
The evening →Each concert carries a clear theme and a built-in invitation for the audience to belong — not simply to observe.
The longest nights of the year as a season of welcome. As the daylight shrinks, the music opens outward — songs of light, hospitality, and homecoming. The concert closes with a community verse the audience sings together, so that no one in the hall is only a spectator.
The heart of the season — justice and belonging — shared at home before it travels abroad. Harmony Collected presents repertoire akin to Kyle Pederson's A Vision Unfolding, an acknowledgement that the work still continues.
Common Breath is this season's series of embodied mindfulness, creativity, and meditation — part of our Embodied Creativity program. Eight sessions run October through May, most on Saturday mornings, with a few timed to community moments like the Spirit & Place festival and the Irvington Luminaria.
Each session blends grounded breathwork, gentle movement, vocalizations, and shared silence. No experience is needed, every body and ability is welcome, and there is nothing to perform — simply a place to arrive, settle, and be.
Four gatherings lower the barrier to entry and invite the whole neighborhood to make, sing, and belong.
Our Season Preview Party & Community Sing. An evening to fellowship, meet new folk, and learn about the year ahead — a light meal, a few songs, and the season's first, simplest invitation: come as you are.
A collaborative, all-ages art-making day timed to Irvington's Halloween Festival weekend. Together the community builds one large piece — many hands on a single work — that grows across the season.
An intergenerational storytelling and song circle held during Black History Month, lifting up neighborhood voices across generations, woven together with music.
Spring brings the music outside. Small ensembles perform on porches and in pocket parks across the near east side, carrying the season into the streets so belonging is something neighbors stumble into.
A night for the whole community to celebrate, to honor the people who built this organization, and to raise the funds that send Harmony Collected to London and sustain our practices of belonging.
The year gathers to a single point at Cadogan Hall. Harmony Collected joins Vox Anima London for the UK premiere of Kyle Pederson's A Vision Unfolding — a work on social justice set to texts by poet Shanelle Gabriel, guest-conducted by G. Phillip Shoultz III of VocalEssence.
A six-night residency runs June 12–18, with the concert on Thursday, June 17 — the culmination of the season and the journey of a lifetime.
Read the London storyDates and times are subject to change; a few locations are still to be confirmed. Questions? Reach out any time.
Whether you sing, sit in stillness, make art with neighbors, or simply come to belong — the 2026–2027 season is an open invitation. Come as you are.
