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Welcome. Here you will find music & sound; poetry, visual art & musings. I am a multi-disciplinary artist and a Quaker. I seek to include body, mind & spirit into an integral artform and spirituality - not avoiding shadow, but holding it tenderly. In listening, I seek to be led by and faithful to a deeper voice that is heard through inner and outer awareness; to listen for the muse in myself and others; to build peaceful community.

Please explore the sounds and other artwork on the site and visit again as I will be updating often. If my work speaks to you, you can learn about my offerings of workshops, performances, recordings & merchandise or how you can support my work.

Listening in Tongues My 2008 release is out. It features music made from unusual field recordings, flutes, drums, psaltry, and even a bit of spoken word.

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Experiments in Truth CD My 2005 solo album. Contemplative, experimental electro-acoustic music. Flutes, spoken word, electronics, percussion.

New!!! Visit my online store to buy great stuff like shirts, notecards, and mugs and help support my work.

Listening for Muses Internet RADIO: Hear my work along with a selection of creative, intelligent, authentic music from artists sharing their tracks on Soundclick.

Hemingway's Cat debuts in Woodstock - March 17, 2009

My latest project is a trio I'm been playing in with Lorah Yaccarino, who plays 12-string electric & acoustic guitars, and Michael Mulvey, who plays electric bass. In this band, I play psaltery (that would be, electrified psaltery, percussion and spoken word. The sound of Hemingway's Cat is very different from my solo sound - more groove oriented and structured - but I think you'll like it! I met Lorah at the first Deep Listening retreat I attended and we've done some other collaborations as a duo. Michael and Lorah used to play together in Ritual Motion. It's been a very rich experience to combine our various creative ideas and influences into a cohesive sound.

We don't have a website or CD out yet, because we've been busy working up all original music. The rest will be coming soon. In the meantime, the only way to hear us is to come out to our first show, at the Woodstock Mothership in Woodstock NY. Thursday March 26, at 8:00. I'm so excited to be playing this new music live!

Women's Electro-Acoustic Listening Room - March 8, 2009

My piece Vespers has been accepted for inclusion in the Women's Electro-Acoustic Listening Room on March 21st, 2009 from 9AM to 3PM in Recital Hall, Cal State Fullerton, in Fullerton, CA.


The 8th Annual New Music Festival, March 18th-21st: The Composer-Performer in the 21st Century features guest artists in residence: Anne LaBerge, Jane Rigler, Lydia Ayers, flute/composer/electronics, creative flutist/improviser Nicole Mitchell with our Jazz Ensembles, and composer/performer Paul Dresher with percussionist Joel Davel, pianist Lisa Moore and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick.


Organized by Dr Pamela Madsen, this year’s Listening Room project is part of a Composer/Performer Symposium on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 that will feature paper presentations by guest lecturers, listening room, lecture-demonstration by flutists/composers Anne LaBerge, Jane Rigler and Lydia Ayers and lecture-panel discussion with guest artists.

The Listening Room will feature work by 54 different women composers working in electroacoustic music! If you are in southern California that weekend, go and listen to this selection of cutting-edge art. My piece will be played a few minutes after 1:00 p.m..

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