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BIO
Hearing Rachel
Bagby
—Using the voice to embody resonant wisdom.
Rachel Bagby Sings Out
Rachel's work as a vocal artist and composer has earned her acclaim
from audiences and critics worldwide. As a member of Bobby McFerrin's
a cappella vocal group "Voicestra," Rachel practiced the art of dynamic
singing and performed on numerous nationally syndicated television and
radio programs.
In 1993, Rachel produced FULL, her debut
full-length release of original chantsongs. Her music is featured in
the Emmy-award winning film Dialogues with Madwomen and the acclaimed
documentaries The Way Home and Alice Walker: Visions of the
Spirit. Her publishing company, Breathing Music, widely distributes
her choral arrangements, including Daughterwise Suite, a collection
of songs about the joys and challenges of caring for aging parents.
Rachel Bagby Writes Down
Rachel is the author of Divine Daughters:
Liberating the Power and Passion of Women's Voices (HarperSanFrancisco
1999), a collection of poetry, essays, fiction, music manuscripts and
memoir. She is currently working on the first in a series of Daughterwise
Guides™: How to Thrive with Aging Parents. She has also written
for The Wall Street Journal, Time, Ms. Magazine,
Women of Power, and other periodicals, anthologies and literary
journals. Much of her writing focuses on the powers of women's collective
voices and the healing capacity of cultivating our individual voices.
Rachel Bagby Speaks Up
Throughout Rachel's rich and varied career, social/environmental activism
has always played an integral role. In 1977, she helped her mother create
a community service organization that planted 40 neighborhood gardens,
rehabilitated 70 houses, and designed a shared house for elders, students
and single mothers. She later served as the Associate Director of the
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project at Stanford University, where
she conducted extensive research on women's leadership in social and
ecological justice movements and began giving keynote speeches across
the United States about her findings. Most recently, she founded Singing
Farm, a solar-powered, certified organic learning community in central
Virginia. Her music, writing and activism seek to cultivate restorative
relationships between nature and culture.
Rachel Bagby Teaches In
Rachel has worked all over the world with thousands of people devoted
to bringing their voices to life. Her teaching draws on mindfulness
practices, her dynamic personal experiences, and her degree in law and
social change from Stanford Law School. Rachel gives keynote addresses,
conducts trainings in mindfulness and daughterwise eldercare, and offers
voice blessings—vibralingual practices and performances that use
the voice to embody resonant wisdom—to organizations and individuals.
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