Concerts, Workshops and Walks
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These programs offer something rare in a world of virtual everything: real-time, in-person experiences, rooted in presence, place, and genuine connections.
Performances:
Crafted like story arcs, these are part concert, part storytelling, part guided experience. Whether on a concert stage, at a retreat center, or under the stars by a campfire, I’ll bring together music, story, and reflection to create something deeply felt and completely unique to your moment.
Workshops
These are the tools and experiences that I use to keep myself grounded and centered. The Touchstone Story Workshop is an accessible creative process for all levels of experience. The Vision Board in a Box is a unique practice I turn to when I want to take stock, look ahead, and envision how I want my life to feel.
Walks and Saunters:
These give you a glimpse of different ways I love to explore, learn, grow and connect with my sense of place that I can’t wait to share with you.
I hope you’ll join me for one of these offerings, or bring me to your community to inspire your family, neighbors and friends.
Concerts: A Journey of Song and Story
Concerts & Performances
My concerts are designed to be more than entertaining. My goals it to reflect and celebrate where we are— our surroundings, the season, and with each other.
I love to curate these programs! I’ll design and experience that takes everyone on a journey of song, story and conversation and evokes a sense of community, place and belonging.
Perfect for community gatherings, libraries, cultural events, and public programs that want to offer something personal, resonant, and meaningful.
Campfire-Style Concert
Casual in format, rich in heart—these concerts are built for easy connection. Think storytelling, a few sing-alongs, moving moments, seasonal songs, and a good dose of laughter.
Held indoors or out, they create a space where people relax, lean in, and leave feeling more like a community than they did when they arrived..
I’ll curate a selection of songs that root us in a time and place. These casual concerts evoke a kind of nostalgic ease and are always an event highlight.
From Milestones to Celebrations
Imagine you’re gathered with friends and family to celebrate a birthday, anniversary, or other big life event, and everyone there experiences a life journey through song.
For your special celebration, I’ll customize a concert that feels like a living, breathing memoir. The stories are yours. The music is the journey.
In preparation, I’ll meet with you or others close to you to gather stories and memories. Then I shape those into a concert designed to honor, reflect, and elevate the experience. It’s heartfelt, often funny, and always unforgettable.
Concert Add On: Song-on-the-Spot
This community-building experience is a fun, participatory activity. I’ll gather insights and reflections from the audience and then craft a collective, crowd-sourced sourced song-on-the-spot using their ideas. This provides an immediate and meaningful way to connect people to the moment, to places and each other.
“Her song on the spot wowed everyone.”
“Her songs measure the cost of urban sprawl not in terms of species endangered, but in memories lost. Her lyrics evoke all the trails we've hiked, the streams swum, the trees climbed, and all the moments of growth enjoyed there--the silent epiphanies, the stolen kisses--without ever sounding preachy. But when she drops the truism ‘Your children won't know (the land) the way I did,’ suddenly your local zoning battle may seem a little more interesting."
— Yankee Magazine
Workshops & Walks
Writing Workshop
Every place holds stories. So do you. Through a series of carefully guided prompts, you’ll uncover meaningful stories of connection to place—reflections that often live just beneath the surface of your daily life.
You’ll craft what I call a touchstone story—a personal narrative you can return whenever you need to be reminded of what matters most.
Stories rooted in place awaken something inside. They reconnect us to ourselves, our surroundings, and a creativity that’s sometimes hard to access.
You’ll leave with a clearer sense of direction, a deeper understanding of yourself, and prompts to keep the journey going. No writing experience is necessary—just curiosity, and a willingness to begin.
Vision Board in a Box™ Workshop
Not your average vision board. This immersive experience blends creativity, intention, and reflection to help you clarify what really matters right now—and what’s ready to emerge.
Through reflection and writing prompts, you’ll be guided to create a visual collage that expresses your inner and outer visions: who you’re becoming now, what you’re longing for, and how you want to live going forward.
You’ll leave with your own portable “vision box” and a renewed connection to what’s calling you next—not as a list of goals, but as a living map back to yourself.
Includes all materials and a beautifully designed reflective workbook to guide you through the process.
Reflective Walks and Saunters
Let’s gather. Together we’ll walk and you’ll see the familiar through new eyes. We’ll saunter and explore the layers of time and story a place holds.
These are researched and curated experiences that invite you to really see where you are: to notice the textures of the season, hear echoes of history, and engage all your senses in the present moment. With stories, conversation, prompts, and sensory awareness practices, each walk becomes a shared experience of reflection and connection.
You’ll leave more grounded, more curious, and more connected—to yourself, your surroundings, and each other.
These saunters aren’t just strolls—they’re a way of forging lasting bonds with the places we move through.
“At the end of the 3-part writing prompt, I had enough material to write several powerful essays as well as a new idea for an inspirational card deck. If that wasn't enough, Erica listened to what I wrote and, in less than a minute, had whipped up a terrific song. If anyone can rally the preservation troops to get "a sense of place" off the endangered species list, it's Erica Wheeler."
Giulietta "Julie" Nardone, Participant, Upton Forest State Park,MA
I’ll work with you to bring a warm, welcoming presence to elevate any retreat or gathering.
With decades of experience as a performing and workshop facilitator, I have led creative writing and wellness workshops at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health to Women’s Wellness Retreats. I have also led workshops for community organizations and non-profits across the country, from Land Trust events to conferences for Interpretation, Tourism, and Education.
Learn more about my Partnerships with Non-Profits and Community Organizations here
Experience songs that connect you to yourself, your surroundings, and each other.
Let’s Make it Happen!
Schedule a call so we can learn more about each other, discuss your needs, and explore which program might be the best fit for you. Reach out and we can find a good time to set up a call or Zoom, or book a slot on my calendar.
”Listening to 'Good Summer Rain' is like flipping through the photo album of an Ansel Adams road trip. Each artfully created song transports the listener to a particular location, like a snapshot in time.”
— Planet Jackson Hole
