Presents...the Music of

 

Bring your vocal chords for some sing-a-long opportunities…!”

 

began singing at an early age, studying voice and participating throughout her school years in various choirs, and
local theater productions. She was recruited by fellow theater loving pals to help create The Avalon Players, a community
theater that is still thriving and she has sung with various vocal ensembles including: The Univerisity of Fribourg Choir in
Switzerland, The Eucharistic Congress Choir, and the Anna Crusis Womens Choir, and the Common Ground Choir.  Helen
co-produced and performed a concert of Old English and Celtic Christmas Carols entitled “In Praise of Winter” in 1999.
More recently, she enjoys sharing her love of singing, informally as a hospice chaplain and in performance with the vocal trio “WhenSheWakes.” 

 

sings of a world community that celebrates cultural and spiritual diversity. Rhetta is an international performer
and a conservatory trained musician who blends indigenous influences into the songs she writes and sings.
She is spirit led to serve this new era in which ancient wisdom meets new thought and transformation is imminent. 
Rhetta is the creator of Zenvoice, a method of vocal instruction which  weaves spiritual development and vocal
healing; which leads to vocal mastery. She is currently choir director of the Common Ground Community Choir
and formerly was the Director of Music for the The Center of Peace, both are interfaith, spiritual communities. 
For the 2006 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, she co-created a show entitled, 'No More Blues Black Woman'
with Lois Moses and Dr. Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, a celebratory collaboration of the lives and triumphs
of black women through poetry, song, dance and a mixed media presentation. She enjoys making music with
Helen Burke and Sherri Riesner as part of the vocal trio WhenSheWakes. Following the path of healer and
spiritual aspirant, Ms. Morgan is completing the first year at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, in NY, NY, and
will become an ordained interfaith minister in 2009. She is asked to speak at gatherings and spiritual
communities frequently and is currently working on a CD of her songs with renowned musical artist and producer,
Aaron Graves.

 

is a founding member of WhenSheWakes with Rhetta Morgan and Helen Burke, and thrilled to also be singing
conscious music with beautiful melodies, harmonies, and compositions with two other local groups: the
Common Ground Community Choir (www.commongroundfellowship.com) and the kirtan band known
as Sam Rossitto and Friends.  Sherry’s musical training began at the age of 5 with Suzuki violin, and she has
been in various vocal groups since the age of 10 including an award-winning high school jazz choir where she
learned to sing tight harmonies (their 13 voices sang as many as 8 parts!), several musical theater productions,
and a women’s a cappella ensemble at the University of Pennsylvania.  Sherry was also selected for the All
Eastern and Pennsylvania All-State Choirs. After college she lived in France for several years where she was a
member and soloist with Voices Choeur International - a choir singing traditional American songs and spirituals -
and a vocal jazz quartet whose performances included one of Paris’ major jazz clubs; followed by a period in
New York City where she participated in other vocal collaborations.  Sherry has appeared on several recordings
including dance club music and Voices Choeur International (recorded during the Paris years), Sam Rossitto’s
recent release “Lotus Tattoo,” and a forthcoming CD for guitarist and composer Rama Bala.

 

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Monique Canniere

 

Violinist/Composer/Poet/Improviser

 

Monique earned her BM in violin performance at Mansfield University; she performed with the MU Jazz ensemble,
Concert Choir, and the Williamsport Symphony. Monique attended the Henry Mancini Institute at UCLA.
She earned her MM in Jazz studies at University of the Arts in Phila. where she studied with world-renowned jazz
violinist John Blake. She has appeared twice on ESPN and has performed with Smokey Robinson and Kanye West.
Monique is a freelance musician in the Philadelphia and New York areas; she teaches at Soundstage School of Music
andsings soprano with the choir of the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. As a composer and improviser, her
influences stem from classical, jazz, folk, country, Celtic, and Eastern European genres. Monique performs as a soloist,
as well as in various groups, including the Monique Canniere Quartet, the acoustic duo Snackers, and Western Aparel
(a country band—yes, deliberately misspelled).

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Christopher Bohn

 

Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter

 

Whether teaching or performing, Christopher's many years of dedication to writing, performing, and recording
music come through loud and clear. He values honesty in music and strives to transmit a strong emotional experience
through his songs.  Taking a step beyond performance for performance sake, Chris uses his talents to facilitate
workshops about sound healing, as well as presenting healing sound concerts. He utilizes toning, chant, mantra,
overtone throat-singing, Tibetan and quartz crystal singing bowls, and percussion in his healing sound concerts
and sessions. Christopher performs as a singer-songwriter in solo and small ensemble formats, exploring jazz, folk,
Western classical, and many other musical traditions from around the globe. 
Find out more at www.myspace.com/cbohnmusic.

 

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Host/Ron Kravitz  & Natasha Dastur 

 

StereoShruti's/HangHang/Percussion/Vocals  

 

Ron took voice lessons as a child, began playing and collecting percussion instruments in the
early 70's (has over 800, including egg shakers in this collection), discovered the art of improvising music with
Music For People and creating music with dance for the Group Motion Workshop in the 80's, facilitates
Music in the Moment Improvisational Workshops for Everyone, is creator of the house concert series,
Underground at Ron's, is thee acting musician for Philadelphia's Playback Theater for Change, for the past
5 years, has been the sole distributor and the person who has introduced the PANArt Hang to the USA market,
Is the US distributor for the finest Shruti Box on the planet and is a dealer for Mother Rhytnm Djembes, a company
whose drums come from a sustainable forest and where workers are paid fair wages.  The performance highlight of
my musical career took place two summers ago at Omega Institute, where I was invited on stage to perform on
the Hang Drum with Cellist David Darling and vocalist, Bobby McFerrin.

 

spiritual connection in her life.

 

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(Space is limited to 70) 

 

musicinthemoment@earthlink.net

 

Some refreshment and non-alcoholic beverage will be provided.