What is The Sing Easy?

Through breath, movement, resonance, improvisation and simple harmony, participants explore what happens in the voice when they brace, hold back, overwork or begin to find ease. The focus is not performance, but awareness: using the voice as both an instrument and a feedback system for presence, choice, expression and connection.

Each session moves through a flexible series of body-based vocal exercises and short original choruses called “spells.” No music reading or previous singing experience is required. The structures are simple enough to enter immediately, while leaving room for play, contrast, collaboration and the particular energy of each group..

Upcoming Public Sessions

Tues, September 1 ·  Bushwick Location
Thurs, September 10 ·  Chelsea Location
Thurs, September 24 ·  Chelsea Location
Thurs, October 8· Chelsea Location
Tues, October 13· Bushwick Location
Thurs, October 22· Chelsea Location
Thurs, November 5 · Chelsea Location
Tues, November 10 · Bushwick Location
Thurs, November 19· Chelsea Location
Thurs, December 3 · Chelsea Location
Tues, December 8· Bushwick Location
Thurs, December 17· Chelsea Location

Who is Jess McAvoy?

Jess McAvoy (they/them) is the creator and host of The Sing Easy™, as well as an artist, songwriter, and voice educator. Over more than three decades, they have built an internationally respected career creating original works that invite audiences into more authentic expression. Whether writing songs, performing one-person theatre, or leading communal singing, Jess is known for transforming complex emotional experiences into work that is both artistically compelling and profoundly human.

Why now?

When many of us are spending more our lives online and feeling more disconnected, the Sing Easy™ creates something priceless: a space where people can experience each other without needing to get it right. Singing won't solve everything, but it can remind us that our voices were never meant to exist in isolation, and our voices were made to be heard, even if imperfect.

Why Group Singing Is Becoming a Practice in Nervous System Awareness

NEW YORK, NY — As interest grows in embodied practices that help people move out of their heads and into greater awareness of their internal state, some facilitators are beginning to approach group singing as more than music or entertainment. The Sing Easy™, created by New York voice educator and artist Jess McAvoy, uses breath, movement, vocal resonance, improvisation and simple harmony as a shared practice in nervous system awareness, expression and integration.

Participants are not taught to perfect a song or perform for an audience. Instead, they are invited to notice what happens as they make sound: where they brace, hold back, overwork, disappear or begin to find ease. Short original choruses called “spells” give the room a simple structure through which individual voices can meet, contrast and gradually find harmony.

The experience is accessible to people who do not consider themselves singers, but its purpose reaches beyond beginner singing. It treats the voice as both an instrument and a feedback system—one that can make patterns of effort, protection, choice and connection audible in real time. The result lands somewhere between a voice workshop, a somatic group practice and a living experiment in how people become more integrated in the presence of one another.