Who We Are
Bloom Sound Collective is a community of healing artists and musicians dedicated to creating meaningful experiences with sound. Through traditional sound healing rituals and immersive concerts, we provide a safe and supportive space for sonic exploration and self-discovery.
Founded in 2022, Bloom Sound Collective began with intimate sound baths and other community events in Brooklyn, NY. Since then, we have worked with major artists and institutions in New York City to bring sound to new audiences through innovative and first-of-its-kind programming.
We continue to develop new programs, pursue unique collaborations, serve clientele through private offerings, and deepen our roots in the greater New York City healing and arts communities.
MEET THE TEAM
MEET THE TEAM
MOLLY RABUFFO
Founder & Executive Director
(she/her)
Molly Rabuffo is a singer and sound healing artist based in Brooklyn, NY. It is Molly’s mission to actively support and contribute to art, music, and world peace. She values creativity, collaboration, and community, and wholeheartedly believes in using music and sound as a catalyst for self-expression, social commentary, and transformation. She studied Vocal Performance and Music Management at The Hartt School and received her Sound Healing Certificate from the Sage Academy of Sound. Since 2018, Molly has performed as a soprano with the New York based vocal ensemble, Choral Chameleon, and has performed and/or produced sound healing events for groups from 1-1000+ people. It is her passion to produce immersive sound journeys bringing together the talent from her musical and meditative communities, which has led to the founding of Bloom Sound Collective. Molly also regularly hosts Rituals at Official Ritual, a sound meditation studio in Chelsea, Manhattan, and writes her own songs in her spare time.
DEREK WEAGLE
Founding Artistic Director
(they/them)
Musician/Educator/Wearer-of-Many-Hats Derek J. Weagle (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based artist and healer invested in the disruption of social and academic barriers around classical music, as well as the preservation of music-making as an act of joyful humanness. With a practice rooted in syncretism, Derek can be found equally comfortable in roles ranging from conductor to composer, performer to teacher. They hold a B.M. in Music Education from UMass Lowell and an M.M. in Composition with a minor in Choral Conducting from New England Conservatory, as well as a Certificate in Sound Healing from the Sage Academy of Sound in Woodstock, NY. Current engagements include work as an independent Sound Healing Practitioner; Associate Conductor of the Queer Urban Orchestra; Artistic Director of the Adelphi University Vocal Ensemble; Composer & Owner at Risanare Music; Board of Directors for the Refugee Orchestra Project. Their work as a composer has received recognition both nationally and internationally, including the American Prize in Composition, The International Horn Society, and the International Composition Competition Harelbeke. For more information on Derek’s artistic practice and services offered, see their website at www.derekjweagle.com.
LIANA DE LA ROSA
Founding Member & Founder, Bloom Sound Sanctuary
(she/her)
Liana De La Rosa’s journey with sound started a few years ago when she felt called to do something with purpose. She had taken a sound healing workshop a couple years before and it was then she learned about the healing power of sound. Her father was diagnosed with bone cancer in February of 2019, and all she could think about was how she could help heal him. It was then that her dedication to sound began. Liana completed her Sound Healing Training through Sage Academy of Sound Energy. Through Sage, Liana was fortunate to learn from pioneers in the field such as Dr. John Beaulieu, Don Conreaux, and Tito LaRosa. Immediately after, Liana continued her training in India to learn Nada Yoga, chakra bowl and active meditation techniques. Most recently, Liana has been mentored under Lynda Arnold (AKA Divasonic) and has been working with plant allies, such as cacao, to facilitate ceremonies. As a sound healer, Liana regularly presents sound baths for private events, concerts, and yoga/meditation studios. Liana uses gongs, Himalayan bowls, crystal, tuning forks, indigenous instruments, voice, and more. Her intention is to guide you on a journey of reconnection to your inner space, back to a natural state of balance and harmony.
CHAYA GLASER
Founding Member
(she/her)
Chaya Glaser is a certified sound healing and meditation practitioner, music educator and musician. Informed by her Orff Schulwerk training, she has over 15 years of music education experience, and focuses on exploring sound and music as a universal language. Chaya studied classical piano and English Literature, and was naturally drawn to start a band with her sisters, where they write and perform original Americana/Folk music together. She received her Sound Healing Certification at the Sage Academy of Sound in New York, and an Integrative Sound Healing Certification (accredited by AHNA) from Sacred Sound of the Soul in Encinitas, California. Facilitating both individual and group sound healing sessions, song circles, self-care embodiment, and humming workshops, Chaya is inspired to cocreate nourishing spaces with and for others. She guides you towards finding comfort and beauty within your unique, individual hum and vibration, instilling healing harmony from within and together. For more information about Chaya and her offerings, please visit her website at chai-sound.com.
ISABELLE PIERRE-EMILE
Founding Member
(she/her)
Isabelle Annick began her journey into soul healing through the practice of Nada Yoga, exploring how mantras and sound vibrations positively affect the body, mind, and spirit. Within this yogic path she was formally trained to use the gong, both as relaxation instrument and healing tool and has continued to study and train with a variety of gong teachers offering non-yogic perspectives. She weaves her multidisciplinary training in the fields of energy and sound wellness for well-being and personal development using vibrational wellness methods: Shamanic Reiki, Gemstone Energy and Sound Healing, Yogic Breathwork and Meditation, Gong Therapy and Hypnosis, including indigenous and earth based traditions. Her approach focuses on felt-sense experiences addressing memories, traumas and beliefs, for the purpose of regeneration, integration and harmonization, inspiring her students and clients to be more self directed in the creative fulfillment of their potential.