One-on-One Song Leader Mentorship

Are you feeling called to lead songs in your community - but unsure where to begin?
Or perhaps you’re already leading songs, but longing for more confidence, clarity, or support along the way.

This one-on-one mentorship is a space for you. Whether you're just starting out or have been leading songs for years, these sessions are designed to meet you exactly where you are. Together, we’ll explore the practical skills, inner confidence, and deep listening that song-leading asks of us.

This is not about becoming a “perfect” leader.
It’s about embodying your unique essence as a leader becoming a more authentic one.

Each session is collaborative, supportive, and tailored to your specific goals and questions. You are encouraged to bring real-life situations, challenges, or dreams into our work together.

In our time together, we might explore:

  • Building confidence in your voice and presence

  • Learning and teaching songs in the oral tradition

  • How to start (or grow) a Community Singing group

  • Holding and facilitating inclusive and welcoming spaces for all voices

  • How to choose songs for specific groups, situations, and moments

  • Designing the flow and pace of your Community Singing session

  • How to integrate group singing into your current work and the spaces you hold

  • Navigating nerves, self-doubt, or imposter feelings

  • Developing your own unique leadership style

  • Building a sustainable offering: the business of song leading

  • Practice! Have the opportunity to lead a song with me, and receive constructive feedback

This mentorship is well-suited for:

  • Emerging song leaders who are seeking foundational skills and guidance

  • Experienced song leaders who are looking to refine or expand their approach

  • Educators, facilitators, and community organizers who are integrating group singing into their work

  • Individuals who are interested in cultivating inclusive, participatory singing spaces

At its heart, this work is about connection - to your voice, to others, and to something larger that moves through song.

This mentorship is for you if:

  • You feel a pull toward song-leading but don’t know where to start

  • You want guidance, encouragement, and honest feedback

  • You’re seeking a deeper connection to your voice and leadership

  • You value community, care, and authenticity in your practice

About Your Mentor

Mila Redwood is a Community Song Leader, Mother, and the Founder of Sing for Joy in Toronto, Canada. Mila uses song as a tool for building community, for restoring our sense of belonging and connection in a fragmented world. She is passionate about singing together in the oral tradition, in the simple yet powerful ways that people have done for time immemorial. As the Founder of Sing for Joy, Mila pioneered a Community Singing movement in Ontario that has grown exponentially over the past decade. To read more about Mila, including her personal singing story, click here.

Rates & Bookings

*All rates are in Canadian dollars.

1 hour (60 minute) session – $160 + sales tax

3 x 1 hour session package – $450 (Discount of $30) + sales tax

Bookings: To schedule a session, email me at: mila@singforjoy.ca.

Payment Options: I accept e-transfer, credit card, PayPal, or cheque.

Cancellation Policy: Full payment is required if a session is cancelled with less than 24 hours notice, unless the session can be rescheduled in the same week.

A Note on Group Singing

As a complement to our coaching sessions, singing with others in a group can be a great opportunity to explore your voice in a communal setting. I hold seasonal Singing from the Well retreats, Reclaim Your Voice workshops, and a Singing in Bloom summer gathering, which are all women-centred spaces. I also co-facilitate an annual Communal Grief Retreat, for all genders.

Since ancient times, women have gathered together to sing songs. There is an enduring magic that happens when women sing together – through the weaving of our voices, we remember our power, our rhythm, and our purpose.

Testimonials

“Singing with Mila has changed my life. It has helped me to overcome my fear of singing out loud. Her loving and warm approach is deeply healing for the spirit and I feel so free when I am singing with her. I always leave her sessions feeling lighter and full of confidence.” – Edane Tobias

“Mila's work has profoundly shifted my relationship with my voice. I highly, highly recommend Mila's work to any woman who wants to experience community singing that nourishes deeply while allowing space for grief, joy, and everything in between.” - Maya Nadeem, Trauma-Informed Counsellor for Women

“Thank you a thousand times for creating a space where I felt safe, seen, heard, honoured, respected and valued. I felt that I belonged in the most beautiful way in the circle of women that you invited on this journey. Every song resonated in its own unique way and felt like a balm to a different part of my soul, one that I did not even realize needed soothing.” – Sacha Salenik

“The Reclaim Your Voice workshop was incredible. It was fun, playful, and deeply healing. Connecting with other women through song has helped me to feel more alive and empowered. Mila is a gifted facilitator, and gently guided us all in reclaiming our power and our voices. I left feeling joyous and renewed”. – Chloe Oliver

“Mila holds some serious song magic, and has a beautiful ability of weaving song, playfulness, and deep meaning into her workshops. These moments of group singing are cherished, and feed my soul in ways that are palpable for days after. Singing in this way has helped me to feel ever-more confident in my own voice and ability to share songs.” – Sammy Tangir

“Singing with Mila changed my life. Learning to sing with her was a waking-up kind of experience. It felt like breathing. I now know that I'm going to be singing for the rest of my days.” – Parker Glynn-Adey

“Mila draws you in with authenticity and opens you up with her joy. Then, you remember parts of who you really are, and you come home to yourself. Connection and healing happen in the safe, thoughtful, exuberant song-scape that Mila creates. As she moves our group, I experience myself as an essential part of an essential whole, and I know that singing is everyone’s birthright.” – Sarah Vandenberg

“Mila holds space with warmth, wonder, and wisdom. The songs she offers seem to be carried in her bones, and her leadership approach is embodied, welcoming, and playful – always uplifting the voices in the room, embracing the gifts that each individual brings to the circle. I felt so deeply nourished by my experience in the Reclaim Your Voice workshop, being held by and with community, weaving harmonies, playing, laughing, and crying together – it was like protein to my soul!” – Michaela Bekenn