Shirley Mae helps people gain skills needed to transform their lives. Her workshops give participants permission to:

• Take risks
• Move out of isolation into heart-to-heart relationships and move beyond stereotypes
• Face their own fears...And Keep Movin' Forward!

• "Shirley Mae brings joy, deep conviction and love to her audience...our attendees were on their feet, singing and cheering. Rarely is the message of compassion and caring so eloquently portrayed to the audience and so eagerly returned as they joined Shirley Mae in a singular voice." ~Sandy Terrell, Soroptomist International of the Americas
• "My life changed in an unusual and hopeful way when I met you, Shirley Mae. The spirit, energy and inspiration you bring to your singing is a rare gift--a treasure I will carry with me as long as I live, not only with your tapes, but in my heart. Thank you." ~Karen Mulhauser, Mulhauser and Associates, Washington, D.C.
• "I really enjoyed singing and learning with Shirley Mae - she was gracious, encouraging, clear, inspiring and effective. Her singing opened my heart. She elicited more and more confidence from us as we eagerly learned basic breathing and structural awareness for improvising - intriguing to learn a structural context for improvisation, and to stretch our skills. As she led us strongly, we began to allow our voices to play in new blends of timing, and to allow one refrain to float above our solid support. I appreciated learning to observe and participate in the forms she was describing as we created another musical community, and had such a good time. Our singing was sometimes glorious and often tentative, yet so much fun, and deeply moving." ~Kelsey Ramage, Santa Cruz Threshold Choir