END OF YEAR GRATITUDE & SOIRÉE 2025

Wooooo, what a big last few months it has been for me and all those who have been coming into the studio. Life has been really asking us to step up, be brutally honest, hold firm boundaries, and trust in the bigger picture. People have been diving to such depths this year; the year of shedding has been fully alive.

Growing is painful; shedding the old skin to allow the new to become is very uncomfortable. Making tough decisions isn’t easy, and I dread having to do it. This year, I feel like I have grown into the teacher Jacinta, and I am sure this will continue to unfold in ways I do not yet know.

Jacinta Percy & Matina Parthimos

I thank all my teachers, alive and past: Anne Miller, Vicky Roussel, Mira Melton (dec.), Eoin McCarthy, Rebekah Luisse, Amit Carmeli, Surya, Manish Kumar, Channa Dasanyaka and Amanda Hartzler Ferris. I honour the knowledge and wisdom they have shared with me. May you continue to be a flowing river of this knowledge.

I honour my ancestors and thank them for holding me in silent ways, guiding me through this life; I know I am never alone. I am always loved and always supported.

Lily Irvin

I am taking a break over the Christmas/New Year’s period from Thursday, 18th December, to Sunday, 1st February.

I will message all my current students directly in early January to book times for 2026.

Song & Sound will continue next year, and the Sound Weaving 2-day workshop will also take place. To stay up to date, please join my mailing list newsletter.

Dara Macindoe

Soirée 2025

To all who came and performed at the end of the year, Soirée, it was an honour to witness and receive you! There was a lot of energy in the lead-up for all, and I want to commend you all for showing up and not running away. This is how we genuinely transform from fear into freedom. Thank you to everyone who came, listened, and held space for each performer to meet the moment as it was.

Alix Coutts

Thank you to everyone who came, helped set up/pack down, bought food, and allowed a space of beauty to be created. I couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you, Megan Gamble (Yoga Spot Fairfield), for generously donating your beautiful space for the Soirée. May the goodness permeate the walls, air and all who enter.

A small excerpt from one of my favourite poets, David Whyte…

“But no matter the medicinal virtues of being a true friend or sustaining a long close relationship with another, the ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the self nor of the other, the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone.”

Riley Richards

Soirée Performers

1. Natasha Peiris - Baba Nam Kevalam

2. Rebekkah Connors - Hiding Out in the Open: Feist

3. Dara Macindoe - Free: KPop Demon Hunters

4. Riley Richards - She Used to Be Mine: Sara Bareilles from Waitress

5. Shelly Browne - The End Of Love: Florence & The Machine

6. Zoe & Hannah - This Is Me: Keala Settle from The Greatest Showman

7. Pavel Wojtech - Cover Me Up: Jason Isbell

8. Alexis Parthimos - Nostalgia: Tate McRae

9. Alix Coutts - Masterpiece: Big Thief

10. Aniko Haranyasi - Dissect the Bird: John Craigie

11. Matina Parthimos - Clumsy Love: Thelma Plum

12. Jo Niall - Firefly: Original

13. Tamilla Maslen - Release Myself: Bess Atwell

14. Lily Irvin - All I Want for Christmas Is You: Mariah Carey

15. Song & Sound Group - This Joy: Resistance Revival Chorus

Flowers & Alter: Natasha Peris - LuciousJungle & Tamilla Maslen

Venue: Yoga Spot Fairfield - Megan Gamble

Volunteers: Rebekkah Connors, Aniko Haranyasi & Raquel Woods

Pavel Wojtech

The Sound Weaver, End Of Year Gratitude 2025

Gift Vouchers

If you’re wondering what to get a loved one this Christmas, how about a Singing, Guitar or Piano Lesson gift voucher?

You can get single classes or blocks of 4 or 8. If you are interested, please email me: jacinta@thesoundweaversigns.com.

I wish you and your families a joyful and peaceful Festive Season.

I love you all so much; my heart is overflowing with all the wisdom and goodness I have received.

In Love and Sound,
The Sound Weaver

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