Singer, Songwriter, Improviser
Music Therapist, retired
Music Wellness Facilitator
Consultant, Arts & Health
Kate Richards Geller, MA
Kate Richards Geller is a vocal improviser and artivist (artist+activist) who is well-known for keen listening, creating an environment conducive to learning, facilitating freedom within structure, and supporting personal expression.
Kate earned a master’s degree in Music Therapy from NYU in 1997 and combined singer/songwriter skills and ‘joie de vivre’ with clinical improvisation to enhance “quality of life” in healthcare settings, community centers, and therapeutic pre-schools. The core of her work engages people in interactive singing as a bridge to self-expression, communication, and community-building. Her training has included esteemed artists/teachers: Rhiannon, Lisa Sokolov, Silvia Nakkach, Diane Austin, Renée Manning, Joanne Loewy, Leeav Sofer, Bradford Bancroft, CultureSync.
In 1996, she began hosting a community of vocal improvisers in NYC which has morphed and is still thriving. Since June 2012, she traveled across the US and Europe sharing experiences and training with singing communities along the way. Currently, she is living in Nice, France and recently retired from nonprofit leadership roles at Urban Voices Project and Skid Row Arts Alliance which amplify the voices of artists in the Skid Row neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles, California.
social media
Instagram @singforyourself2020
I love hosting singing lessons, vocal improvisation workshops, CircleSong events, and conversations about Arts & Health, arts nonprofits, music therapy, and the voice as a primary instrument in personal and social change.
and I find four leaf clovers.