Barnum Room
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
540 South Commonwealth Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90020
December 22, 2024
4PM
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
540 South Commonwealth Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90020
December 22, 2024
4PM
Come join us at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, Barnum Room for a special event where we come together to sing, share, and heal.
Grief Choir was created out of a desire to hold space for each other outside of a particular religious context during times of loss. Held on the weekend of the winter solstice, this mourning ritual is both a time to sit with the darkness of our grief and the growing light of the community with whom it is shared.Grief Choir is a free event and is organized around non-performative, communal music making and guided meditation, no experience required. The event is co-lead by Resonance Collective artistic director Fahad Siadat and clinical psychotherapist Cynthia Siadat.
Grief Choir was created out of a desire to hold space for each other outside of a particular religious context during times of loss. Held on the weekend of the winter solstice, this mourning ritual is both a time to sit with the darkness of our grief and the growing light of the community with whom it is shared.Grief Choir is a free event and is organized around non-performative, communal music making and guided meditation, no experience required. The event is co-lead by Resonance Collective artistic director Fahad Siadat and clinical psychotherapist Cynthia Siadat.
Performers
Fahad Siadat |
A “fanciful and downright utopian artist and thinker” (LA Times), Fahad Siadat explores sound as spiritual practice, creating interdisciplinary pieces as a vehicle for unveiling the mystery of our interconnected world. His music is described as “evoking wonder, desire, and terror” (Off Broadway) with narratives that “border on being a spiritual journey” (LA Dance Chronicle).Fahad is the director of the Resonance Collective, a multifaceted organization which explores and expands our definition of sacred music. He is also the director and singing member of LA’s premiere new music vocal ensemble HEX, an award-winning sextet described by the LA Times as “a luminous ensemble of singers”.Fahad maintains a robust performing and recording schedule and has performed as soloist with such groups as LA’s groundbreaking opera company The Industry, and the Grammy Award-Winning ensemble PARTCH, as well as on recordings for artists such as Daniel Lentz and WildUp.Fahad is regularly commissioned to compose for concert music ensembles, dance companies, and theater troupes including: Theater Dybbuk, Rosanna Gamson Dance, Third Angle New Music, the California EAR Unit, and the TOCCATA Orchestra. His music has been performed in Europe, China, and across the United States. |
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Cynthia Siadat is a proud queer second-generation Fil-Am Licensed Clinical Social Worker (CA #76525; NY 083721-1). She acknowledges that she is inhabiting, living and working on Tongva land and encourages all to contribute to the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy. Committed to normalizing and destigmatizing mental health conversations, Cynthia is the owner and primary psychotherapist of Living Fully Therapy. She received her graduate training at Columbia University School of Social Work and has been in the mental health field for over 16 years.Cynthia focuses on the needs of high achieving caregivers within her private practice by her listening, sharing tools, resources, and her own personal experiences. Outside of her private practice, she contributes to the field of mental health through speaking, writing, and organization consultation. She has written for such publications as the Painted Brain and Asiana Post and appeared as a guest speaker on a number of AAPI and mental health related podcasts including "Filipino Fridays", "Choose Your Struggle", "The Filipina-American Woman", and the "Female Founders Network". She has been quoted as an expert on mental health in Forbes Magazine and MindBodyGreen.Cynthia is the co-host of the Filipinx Mental Health Podcast “Ask Your Ates” and is currently working on bringing Kapwa Healing Conversations to share the unique filipinx gift of shared inner-self to help create interpersonal connection that can heal." |
Cynthia Siadat |