The Healing Presence Singers

07/04/2025

SUMMER OFFERINGS!
Summer is such a great time to treat yourself to self development in areas you feel passionate about.

As I’m increasing my online teaching offerings this year, I’m attaching some flyers that will give you an idea of what’s cooking over here!

The one TIME SENSITIVE offering is my summer intensive on Singers’ Diction….. deadline for registering is tomorrow evening.

I am also extending some special discounts through July and I might extend it to August. If folks are interested in some regular and consistent study in either private voice work, coaching, or composition.

There is also a little flyer about who I am, for those who do not know me or have not worked with me before.

As always, I’m always appreciative to expand the radar if you feel moved to share the flyer on your own pages or with certain individual individuals you feel who might be interested in any of the offerings.

Contact me soon to set up a free 30 minute consultation for private lessons, and or to register for the diction class.

All information you need is in the flyers.

12/16/2024

Anyone, including YOURSELF, have a desire to work with a trained vocal specialist/professional singer, composer, conductor with nearly 40 years of experience in a fun and engaging one on one voice lesson?

Have you always wanted to increase your vocal range, breath capacity, improve your diction and/or amplify the power of your voice for singing or giving public presentations or lectures?

Do you have songs in your heart, but don’t know how to create them to share with others?

Would you like to increase your musicianship through focused private lessons in music theory, and wish to do it in a lighthearted yet focused atmosphere?

I am extending an end of the year – holiday discount via three different levels of immersion for gifting to yourself or loved ones you know who are yearning to expand or explore their musical gifts.

Please see attached flyer and contact me via email or phone:
Holly Phares:
[email protected]
215-514-1696
Website: www.civocalarts.com

02/19/2020

As the Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare to take to the debate stage tonight, we turn to a central issue of the campaign: Medicare for All. In a new study, Yale scholars have found that Medicare for All will save Americans more than $450 billion and prevent 68,000 deaths every year. The study...

01/14/2020

Healing Presence Singers...check your emails..

03/03/2019

Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through feminist Holly Near.

12/16/2018

To know this beautiful face, is to know joy, kindness, unconditional love, generosity, and an indomitable spirit, even in the face of great adversity. This is unfortunately where we find our dear friend Holly Phares, after an infection on the skin of her ankle took a turn for the worse, and sprea...

02/18/2018

Check out this AWESOME “Pub choir” singing this powerful song, “Zombie”....we need to learn this, singers!!!

02/07/2018

An Invitation - Join the first Singing Circle for Homeless with Holly 2/11 6-8 p.m. -

01/19/2018

Local Philly friends who sing, know Milck’s song “Quiet”, are thinking of marching or already set to march this Saturday, 1/20, at the Women’s March, Jane Hulting is calling for as many singers as possible to join Voices Rising Philly to sing this during their “stage time” between 2:25-2:35!

UPDATE, FOR CLARITY:
Jane has clarified that she doesn’t need more folks for the stage in the “leadership” position, but wants as many singers as humanly possible who know the song well to be close by and sing with them! No need to contact her and give names!!

12/09/2017

Stapeley Home gig is ON today, dear singers! Drive safely and see you, ready to sing, at 1 pm!

11/28/2017

Please consider sharing a small bit of your abundance on this Giving Tuesday with my beautiful comfort choir, The Healing Presence Singers! I just sent out a mass email to many and am copying that below for your consideration.

I am excited and proud to say we are closing our fifth season providing peaceful and comforting songs to those individuals and organizations in need of accompaniment through difficult and challenging times of transition or change.

It is incredible work and so deeply gratifying to continue to fulfill this dream I've had for many years.

Below is the letter for your consideration. Please feel free to share with others you feel might be inspired to give of their abundance today or any day!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Dear friends,
As you discern your year-end giving, I am hopeful that you might consider sharing some of your abundance with The Healing Presence Singers, a Philadelphia area based comfort choir that provides solace, comfort and support to people and organizations who are in need of accompaniment during times of struggle or transition.

This amazing group of singing souls is now completing its fifth full season of service to a wide variety of organizations throughout the city, including Holy Redeemer Hospice, Heeding God's Call to End Gun Violence, memorial services, a stunning service at The Philadelphia Cathedral to honor families grieving the loss of a child through miscarriage, Tuesday evening Healing service during the Eucharist Dinner serving the homeless and HIV/AIDS community at University Lutheran Church, providing songs of celebration and peace at the recent Opening Reception for Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church's Arts & Music Festival (in conjunction with Heeding God's Call), serving dinner and singing for/with the shelter guests at the men's winter shelter at Old First Reformed UCC, and various visits to local nursing homes to sing for and with residents. Some of our members continue to sing weekly with my choir of folks living with Parkinson's Disease, ParkinSingers, and are cherished members of that incredible singing family.

Our upcoming engagements include return visits to the Old First Reformed UCC Winter Shelter, where we hope to start a monthly song gathering with the shelter men, possible collaboration with a well-known choral organization in its outreach efforts for the homeless, as well as providing holiday sing-a-long visits to area nursing homes.

This work is funded solely by the membership in the way of an annual dues, a few small honorariums shared by some of the larger organizations for which we serve, a generous donation from Tabernacle United Church, our original home in which I founded this ensemble, as well as donations from individuals like yourselves.

We are now blessed to call Old First Reformed UCC Church our home of residence, where I now serve as Director of Music.

As Old First has graciously agreed to sponsor us, and provide a space for our monthly rehearsals, all donations received for Healing Presence are tax deductible, to the full extent of the law.

Donations accepted are either via personal check or money order, made payable to "Old First Reformed UCC" with "Healing Presence" written in the memo portion of your check.

Checks should then be mailed to the following address:

Old First Reformed UCC Church
151 N. 4th Street
Holly Phares, Director of Music
Healing Presence Singers
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Once we receive your donation, you will receive a letter of thanks acknowledging your gift, which may be used for tax purposes.

For more information about us, please visit our website at www.hpsingers.com.

Wishing all of you a beautiful and peaceful holiday season and an abundant and promising year ahead!

In continued hope,
Holly Phares
Founder & Artistic Director

P.S. Please feel free to share this email with others you feel might be inspired to donate to Healing Presence! We appreciate your support!

The Healing Presence Singers, a Philadelphia-based “comfort choir”, provides comfort and loving presence to those people and situations in need of healing and accompaniment through some of life’s most significantly challenging moments and transitions. Led by Founder and Music Director, Holly P...