MIRRORS | an interactive Gaia House Show

You're officially invited to Gaia Music Collective's newest House Show, a musical celebration were the barriers between performer & audience melt and all are welcome to join in the music-making! These magical evenings of community & song are part house show, part art party, part jam session, part improvised extravaganza, and part evolving co-creation that takes on a life of its own.

DOORS @ 7pm
MUSIC @ 7:30-10:30pm
HANG 'til 11:00pm!

A NIGHT OF GATHERING TO CELEBRATE:
song & dance
art & expression
play & improvisation
community & connection

FEATURING:
Kayla Carpenter
Soraya Perry
Xavier Cornell

LED & FACILITATED BY:
Matt Goldstein

with an incredible improvisational HOUSE BAND led by Justin Goldner

OUR THEME:
This show is an invitation to take a look in the mirror and see what you find! What do you see when you gaze at your reflection? Do mirrors tell the truth? How does music reflect the world around us? Who IS that girl I see, staring straight back at me?

In this light, we are excited to be collaborating with True Mirror! The True Mirror is the world's first seamless, optically correct non-reversing mirror. When we typically look in the mirror, we see ourselves reversed, not how the world actually sees us. The True Mirror allows us to see ourselves un-reversed, the way we actually show up in the world! We’ve been following them on social media for a while, and it’s so amazing to see people’s reactions to truly seeing themselves for the first time. We’re thrilled to get to offer this experience to everyone at our Mirrors show!

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WHAT TO EXPECT:

• performances by amazing artists from the Gaia community
• songs where the whole room joins in the music-making
• singalongs of beloved tunes & discoveries of new ones
• improvisations that spin song out of thin air
• moments of sharing & storytelling
• a whole lot of harmony
• art-walls for communal creation
• reveling into the night!
• & more…

FEATURED PERFORMERS:

This event will be lovingly led & emcee'd by Gaia’s founder & artistic director, Matt Goldstein, featuring a lineup of unbelievably talented, inspiring local artists, and an incredible improvisational house band.

PARTICIPATION AT GAIA:
Gaia Music Collective events are participatory, but low-pressure. You'll be invited to sing along and make music with us, but we encourage you to draw your own boundaries and engage at your own level - we pride ourselves in fostering a judgment-free community where you can express yourself however feels right!

PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY:

• 1/2 flight of steps to get into the main venue space
• Moderate amount of seating available (several couches, chairs, cushions)
• Bathroom is not wheelchair accessible (~2 steps in order to get into the bathroom stalls)

LAST BITS:

Respect The Space!

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Lead With Kindness!

This party will be full of wonderful, beautiful human beings, all of whom are deserving of love & respect. Please greet them openly, kindly, and with the intent to connect, listen, and learn from one another!

A little more about who we are:
Gaia Music Collective is an NYC-based creative community seeking to foster a more connected world through collective music-making. Founded in June of 2021 by Matt Goldstein in a living room in Brooklyn, this project was born out of a desire to create accessible, inclusive, playful spaces for people to explore connection, expression, healing, & release through collaborative song - spaces where folks feel empowered to make music free of judgment or expectation, and to make new friends as our full, beautiful, authentic selves.

We believe that communal music-making is a fundamental human practice, and this project seeks to build spaces for folks to nurture their relationship to music, whether they're shower singers, professional musicians, or anything in between.

All are welcome in this community: all ages, races, genders, sexual orientations, classes, religions, abilities, national origins, languages, and musical experiences. All we ask is that you bring an open mind, a desire to connect, and a willingness to leave judgment of self & others at the door.

In short - we're here to sing, to play, to connect, to grow, and to have a good time!

With love,
The Gaia Team