Music of the World,
Music in the World
Ever on the prowl for new music that brings forth ancient cultural connections, I have studied and performed with dancers, percussionists, vocalists, and instrumentalists from around the world. Click here for my full musical biography. And my latest collaborations involve harp and koto with members of Silk
Strings (www.silkstrings.info); harp and dousongoni
with members of Seattle's West African musical community, and harp and flute
with flutist Ann Lindquist, who is featured on the "Full Hearts, Empty Mind" cd.
Please see: www.annlindquist.com for
some of Ann's musical work. The Puget Sound Folk Harp Society (www.pugetsoundfolkharpsociety.org)
is a registered Washington State nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to
promote the awareness and appreciation of the folk harp in the Puget Sound
area and beyond. The Puget Sound Folk Harp Society was officially
incorporated on January 15, 2004, and has secured federal 501(c)(3) New friends playing (and building!) harps in the Salmon Arm area include Debbie and Mike White of Heritage Music (www.heritagemusic.net), and Julia Armstrong of Julia's Wood Works (www.juliaswoodworks.com) Open Mics in Seattle...there are a number
of them, visit: www.openmike.or I am also actively performing, recording, and directing music in a wide variety of contexts. I accompanied Jan Kraft on Jan's cd, Meditative Affirmations, which can be ordered here: www.cdbaby.com/cd/jleekraft A founding member of the Samsara Meditation Ensemble of Seattle in 1999, I
was a composer, performer, arranger and temporary director of SME. After a
change in directorship and focus in 2001, I continued with the World
Meditation Ensemble as a composer and performer until 2004. WME's two cds,
Spirit Fusion (2003) and Sacred Sojourn (2006) can be ordered here: www.cdbaby.com/cd/wme. In the early 1980's I was one of the fortunate few working and studying at
the Creative Music Studio (www.creativemusicstudio.org)
in Woodstock, NY.
Arriving from Vancouver, BC with small daughters and a harp in tow, I
quickly found that it was the perfect setting for an unprecedented musical
and cultural exploration. Musicians who traveled to CMS to teach, perform,
jam, and just hang out with us were (and still are) the creme de la creme of
jazz, improvisation, and world music. Some of my experience at CMS is
described in this interview by Bob Sweet. Bob's book, "Music
Universe" chronicles the inception, growth, and change that CMS experience
from the early 1970's to the late 1980's. It seems hard to get a copy of
this book, but you could try here: www.woodstockmusicshop.com/woodstock_pages/woodstock-goodreads.htm.
The CMS legacy is still active within my own musical explorations as seen on |
