Help me name my nonprofit?
March 9, 2019 4:57 AM Subscribe
A friend and I are in the early stages of developing a nonprofit organization related to promoting social singing. I would love some name ideas!
The purpose of the organization is to help bring communal singing back into everyday life and help unexperienced singers find their voice. We have two main categories (so far) that we are developing that will be under this umbrella: one that will have professional and experienced singers leading open sings for the public. We already have connected to a bunch of singers and a youth choir organization for a trial balloon event in Toronto. The other is geared towards education, providing teacher training programs and resources for teachers to bring songs into the classroom, and find their own voices as well. The idea is to encourage communal singing for everyone, young and old, experienced or not. Some ideas include:
Sowing Songs
Seeds of Songs (these two focus on the children aspect; we want a more all-inclusive name)
All Together Sing
Sing Together
The Voice (this might be taken)
None of these sit quite right for me. Help me brainstorm?
The purpose of the organization is to help bring communal singing back into everyday life and help unexperienced singers find their voice. We have two main categories (so far) that we are developing that will be under this umbrella: one that will have professional and experienced singers leading open sings for the public. We already have connected to a bunch of singers and a youth choir organization for a trial balloon event in Toronto. The other is geared towards education, providing teacher training programs and resources for teachers to bring songs into the classroom, and find their own voices as well. The idea is to encourage communal singing for everyone, young and old, experienced or not. Some ideas include:
Sowing Songs
Seeds of Songs (these two focus on the children aspect; we want a more all-inclusive name)
All Together Sing
Sing Together
The Voice (this might be taken)
None of these sit quite right for me. Help me brainstorm?
Sing Everywhere
posted by capricorn at 5:39 AM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by capricorn at 5:39 AM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
The Singalong Society
posted by Andrhia at 5:44 AM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Andrhia at 5:44 AM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
We Sing (sounds like "wee" in kids-related context but is otherwise just inclusive during non-kid-specific operations)
posted by teremala at 6:24 AM on March 9, 2019
posted by teremala at 6:24 AM on March 9, 2019
This sounds really awesome. Is the open sing aspect similar to Choir! Choir! Choir! and Pop-Up Chorus?
[Ourtown] Singalong/Sings/Voices/Voice
Sing Together
Everybody Sing
Crowd Singing
Singing With Friends
Singing Friends
Group Sing
Songs are Bomb
Bring the Sing
Sing Kings
Singing Beings
Sing Thing
Make Songs not War
If you could come up with a cool acronym for SATB or SING that would be neat.
posted by bunderful at 6:30 AM on March 9, 2019
[Ourtown] Singalong/Sings/Voices/Voice
Sing Together
Everybody Sing
Crowd Singing
Singing With Friends
Singing Friends
Group Sing
Songs are Bomb
Bring the Sing
Sing Kings
Singing Beings
Sing Thing
Make Songs not War
If you could come up with a cool acronym for SATB or SING that would be neat.
posted by bunderful at 6:30 AM on March 9, 2019
We Sing (sounds like "wee" in kids-related context but is otherwise just inclusive during non-kid-specific operations)
Oooh, and you could add the second "e" for kid events in parenthesis. We Sing events and We(e) Sing events.
posted by bunderful at 6:32 AM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
Oooh, and you could add the second "e" for kid events in parenthesis. We Sing events and We(e) Sing events.
posted by bunderful at 6:32 AM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
Around the Campfire
Everybody Now
Community Sings
Generation to Generation (apparently sing-alongs for older adults with dementia is A Thing and it sounds awesome)
Around the Piano
Wassail
posted by selfmedicating at 6:57 AM on March 9, 2019
Everybody Now
Community Sings
Generation to Generation (apparently sing-alongs for older adults with dementia is A Thing and it sounds awesome)
Around the Piano
Wassail
posted by selfmedicating at 6:57 AM on March 9, 2019
We Sing sounds wayyyyy too much like Wee Sing - don't copy!
posted by aielen at 7:07 AM on March 9, 2019
posted by aielen at 7:07 AM on March 9, 2019
The Song Throng
posted by fairmettle at 7:11 AM on March 9, 2019
posted by fairmettle at 7:11 AM on March 9, 2019
Response by poster: Is the open sing aspect similar to Choir! Choir! Choir! and Pop-Up Chorus?
Sort of, in the inclusionary aspect, but it's more that the leaders are facilitators, not that we have a set repertoire, songs that people have to learn, or performances that we have a "choir" for. It's just about people singing together. Folks can sing, listen, just sing choruses, knit, or however you would like to participate. The hope is that being there in whatever capacity you want will help foster the idea of singing being a part of everyday life.
posted by transient at 7:46 AM on March 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
Sort of, in the inclusionary aspect, but it's more that the leaders are facilitators, not that we have a set repertoire, songs that people have to learn, or performances that we have a "choir" for. It's just about people singing together. Folks can sing, listen, just sing choruses, knit, or however you would like to participate. The hope is that being there in whatever capacity you want will help foster the idea of singing being a part of everyday life.
posted by transient at 7:46 AM on March 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Common Song
All Together Now, a Community Sing-Along
posted by MonkeyToes at 8:43 AM on March 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
All Together Now, a Community Sing-Along
posted by MonkeyToes at 8:43 AM on March 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
Lift Every Voice
posted by Glomar response at 9:34 AM on March 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Glomar response at 9:34 AM on March 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
Sing As You Are
Social Sing
Song Social
Singing Bee
CommuniSing
(This is a very nice idea)
posted by trig at 11:13 AM on March 9, 2019
Social Sing
Song Social
Singing Bee
CommuniSing
(This is a very nice idea)
posted by trig at 11:13 AM on March 9, 2019
Sing Thing
Tra La La
Sing Club
Melody
I do really like Sing Together and Sing Along
posted by emd3737 at 11:25 AM on March 9, 2019
Tra La La
Sing Club
Melody
I do really like Sing Together and Sing Along
posted by emd3737 at 11:25 AM on March 9, 2019
If you want to go a little less literal, there are a lot of Italian musical terms that could be nice on a more symbolic level.
Tutti
Fermata
Presto
Cantabile
Vivace
posted by roll truck roll at 11:41 AM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
Tutti
Fermata
Presto
Cantabile
Vivace
posted by roll truck roll at 11:41 AM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Voices Rising
meant to evoked the sense of finding their voice as well as the sense of community (being plural)
[City/Region] Voices Rising
Including the city would depend on how you think it might grow - if you expect to stay focused locally and encourage others to start their own branches then the local name would be a strength. However, you don't want a name that you might outgrow
posted by metahawk at 12:49 PM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
meant to evoked the sense of finding their voice as well as the sense of community (being plural)
[City/Region] Voices Rising
Including the city would depend on how you think it might grow - if you expect to stay focused locally and encourage others to start their own branches then the local name would be a strength. However, you don't want a name that you might outgrow
posted by metahawk at 12:49 PM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
Just Sing
posted by daisyace at 3:30 PM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by daisyace at 3:30 PM on March 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
Seattle has this as "crowdsource choir", so avoid that one for the sake of uniqueness.
posted by batter_my_heart at 6:34 AM on March 10, 2019
posted by batter_my_heart at 6:34 AM on March 10, 2019
Sing Song
Sing Along
Rise Up Singing (yes, it's the name of a book, but....).
Hills Alive
Down on the Corner
Street Corner Serenade
posted by cyclicker at 2:33 PM on March 10, 2019
Sing Along
Rise Up Singing (yes, it's the name of a book, but....).
Hills Alive
Down on the Corner
Street Corner Serenade
posted by cyclicker at 2:33 PM on March 10, 2019
Perhaps you already know about Liederkranz halls and the saengerbund choirs. I gather that they are experiencing a decline in numbers, and many are closing/ have closed. That's a shame. But I would like to point out that Liederkranz translates as "singing wreath" or "singing circle." Maybe that will be of use?
I'm so glad that you and your friends are taking on this endeavor!
posted by Jane Austen at 10:14 AM on March 11, 2019
I'm so glad that you and your friends are taking on this endeavor!
posted by Jane Austen at 10:14 AM on March 11, 2019
I second "All Together Now."
posted by cross_impact at 12:17 PM on March 11, 2019
posted by cross_impact at 12:17 PM on March 11, 2019
Response by poster: Thank you all. We had a meeting and used a bunch of these ideas to find a name we decided on (I don't know if it's seen as self-promotion to say what we decided on). Some of the other ideas seem like things we could use for subprojects, so thanks again!
posted by transient at 5:31 PM on March 14, 2019
posted by transient at 5:31 PM on March 14, 2019
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posted by flabdablet at 5:16 AM on March 9, 2019 [3 favorites]