Tossie Long

Choir Director aka Creative Direction

San Francisco native with the incarnations of Mississippi, Tossie Long, is a experience designer, international performer artist, facilitator and director. Nicknamed "Bone Rattler," Tossie works at the intersections of music, culture and sociopolitical edges spanning from rock and roll vocals, afrofuturist productions to immersive design experiences.

 As a multi-hyphenate and Grammy Nominated artist, Tossie is a practitioner of ceremonial music from around the world with a focus on diasporic cosmology, Tossie has voyaged to Haiti, Cuba and Benin tracing the migration of Vodou.

 In addition to her vocal artistry, Tossie is also the cofounder and creative director of Bakanal de Afrique, a biannual afro-urban arts and culture festival that culminates into a

full length theatre production. 

An advocate for Black Women's mental and spiritual health, Tossie cofounded Blood + Bone, a think tank that centers and celebrates radical wellness. Tossie does not perform simply for the sake of performing, but rather, to challenge herself and to experiment with how far she can push her perceived limits.

Tossie Long's performances and workshops have graced many premier avenues including Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Stern Grove camp and Festival, Oakland Symphony, The Stone NYC, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Harlem Museum, Oakland Museum of California, UC Berkeley, UCSF, UC Merced, We Sing Conference, State of the Movement, Zoo Labs and Stanford D School to name a few.