The Cinci Sing

05/06/2026

Bookshop Sing! All voices welcome - just come sing in community because it feels good and it’s fun. No pressure to perform, all easy-going learn-by-ear songs. Great for your health, great for your soul, and a great bookshop too full of good reads and a nice cup of tea. See you at 6:30. It’s casual, no stress. Don’t be afraid! Come join us.

04/20/2026

You can always jump in in the middle, but tonight is the first night of Spring Riverside Sing. Come join us for 10 weeks of easy-going community singing. Leave feeling better.

The Riverside Sing in Cincinnati, Ohio is a joyful, no-audition required, community singing group located in Columbia-Tusculum. We meet for 10 week session on Monday evenings at 7 PM. The Riverside Sing is part of The Cinci Sing network of singing for well-being gatherings led by April Combs Mann.

04/20/2026

The Cinci Sing is growing! Come sing with us and see why. All voices welcome. No pressure, no auditions, no performance - it’s just wonderful to sing in community. We always leave feeling BETTER. And Science agrees! It’s good for your mind, body, and relationships. So come to Riverside Sing Monday Evenings at 7-8:15. Spring starts tomorrow. Or The Clifton Sing on Tuesday mornings 9:30-10:30 May -June. Or come to The Bookshop Sings on the First Wednesdays of each month at Roebling Books-Newport. Links in bio.

04/18/2026

"Singing promotes social connectedness and reduces loneliness
Moving together in song rapidly builds social connections and increases pro-sociality (behaviours intended to benefit others). For example, this study found that children who sang a song together were more likely to cooperate and share resources than those who did a group art project. In fact, some theorists claim that one evolutionary purpose of singing is to foster group cohesion and cooperation."
https://www.choralcanada.org/en/news-details/9-reasons-why-singing-with-others-makes-us-healthier-and-happier #:~:text=6.,foster%20group%20cohesion%20and%20cooperation.

04/17/2026

Something to lift your spirits:

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04/17/2026

Picking Songs for each session is a process. Here’s how I do it these days:

New Session, New Songs

04/15/2026

.partridge wrote this great song! “A Conference of Songbirds” was so much fun to lead and to sing! We loved the idea of a sweet group of songbirds on a winter doorstep keeping their spirits up together through the cold. We felt like those little birds this winter, no doubt about it. We loved learning the bird list part, which you can tell because those folks are singing it loud with joy for all to hear. “Chickadee-dee, nuthatch, cardinal, sparrow and junco…” We loved and admire you, .partridge !

04/15/2026

Help people. Be kind. Be generous.

04/14/2026

We create a safe space to sing into every week at the beautiful in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. Of course we had to sing ‘s beautiful song of the moment, Hold On. We all need it, don’t we? Community, resilience, connection, friendship, relationships, solidarity - this was what I was looking for when I started this Sing. It’s turned into a beautiful thing. I’m grateful for every voice that joins in this community of singing. The road is long, let’s sing together. “He who sings scares away his woes.” — Miguel de Cervantes

04/14/2026

Siyahamba! We are marching in the light of love. This is The Riverside Sing. We have fun! (It’s blurry on purpose.)