Song & Weave
An Imbolc Celebration
March 22nd, 2025 from 1-4pm
Lila Music & Nature Centre
Honouring The Celtic Wheel
We will celebrate Imbolc,
the first day of spring
in the Celtic Wheel.
We will be weaving Brigid crosses and
learning some songs that honour this
season.
Join Us for our Upcoming Community Choir Sessions
We love to sing, and have fun,
we sing in a circle, and enjoy harmonies.
We warm up with dance, movement, vocal games, vocal improvisation, all things to get the body and voice moving a little. Then we sing a mixture of repertoire and genres and we celebrate our birthrite of SINGING.
If you can talk - you can sing !
This term - Sing for Nature, will be 13 sessions ending on May 29th (no class during spring break March 20th and 27th) with a concert Friday May 30th with our guest conductor Sarina Partridge and her trio Heartwood
Come on out and SING with us.
About this Workshop
For the past five years, I’ve had the privilege of immersing myself in nature’s cycles—gathering by the fire, journeying to ancestral lands, and learning from the wisdom of the Celtic Wheel, the Medicine Wheel, and the 8 Shields Nature Connection model. These teachings have deepened my understanding of how nature’s rhythms mirror our own cycles of growth, renewal, rest, and transformation.
As the wheel turns, I’m honored to share these traditions through workshops that celebrate seasonal transitions with song, craft, and ceremony. I warmly invite you to SONG + WEAVE, a Spring Equinox gathering on Saturday, March 22, from 1–4 PM, where we’ll sing, weave, and welcome the energy of renewal and balance together.
In the warmth of the circle, we’ll weave not only with our hands but with our hearts—learning the sacred craft of basket weaving while sharing songs and stories by the fire. Guided by ancestral wisdom, we’ll honor the cycles of life with every stitch. Together, we’ll learn a song in Irish Gaelic, along with other spring melodies, letting music carry us into this season of new beginnings.
Our materials, locally harvested from Lila Farm, will root us in the land’s cycles as we craft with intention. This gathering offers a chance to reconnect—to the earth, to each other, and to the timeless rhythms that shape our lives.
Session Details:
Date: Saturday, March 22nd
Time: 1pm – 4pm PST
Where: Lila Music and Nature Centre
Cost: $30 – $100 sliding Scale
To register, email Cari: cari [at] cariburdett [dot] com
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Cari is a seasoned vocalist and music educator with a profound dedication to the transformative power of voice and song. Holding a Bachelor of Music in Performance Voice from McGill University and a Master of Music in Performance Voice and Opera from the London Royal Academy of Music, Cari is fluent in English, French, Swedish, and Italian, with the ability to sing in Russian, Spanish, German, and more.
With over 30 years of training in vocal improvisation under the guidance of Rhiannon, including an intensive year-long training program, Cari has honed a unique approach to voice as a tool for personal and community transformation. She has further enriched her practice under the guidance of Shivon Robinson and Dennis Donnelly in the first Community Choir Leadership Training in Victoria, BC.
Her commitment to the power of music in community building is evident in her involvement with the Ubuntu Song Network and her dedication to offering song and community choir to local non-profits, vigils, and community needs. Cari is also deeply invested in village making, rites of passage, and deep nature connection, working closely with local Indigenous Elders to honor the sacred unseeded lands she inhabits.
In addition to her work as a voice teacher at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and Camosun College’s Post-Graduate programs, Cari has completed extensive sound healing training and has a strong foundation in Waldorf pedagogy, having taught music from grades 1 to 12 at Sunrise Waldorf School. Her Master’s thesis explored the importance of music, improvisation and play in the healthy development of children as inspired by her mentor Par Ahlbom, Jarna Sweden, where she lived for fours years to study and work with him and his specialized Waldorf School “Solvik”.
Cari’s dedication to vocal arts extends beyond education; she is an award-winning recording artist, with her CD *Magnolia* and successful music tours receiving critical acclaim. Her work includes threshold singing in hospices, hospitals, and homes for over 12 years, bringing comfort and peace through song. Cari’s artistic journey also includes three music residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, further solidifying her place as a dynamic force in the world of vocal music.
