The 2008 concert will feature many styles of MUSIC with people
of all ages from many cultures.

The Octagon Art Gallery will present a coordinated ART SHOW with an opening on 12 September 2008 from 7 to 9 PM. All the works have a MUSICAL theme by both famous and soon to be discovered local artist!
See the link for Art Show Opening or click here

Come back for more information and more Musicians will be added

Catherine Costa & Barry Skeete-- Percussionist

Cathy --Native American Flute and Middle Eastern Shrudi Box

Sharis Coleman-Derr--Original Piano Music from Heart

Susan Patricia Golden--Founder of Universal Music Day Voice

Ed Kraemer--Jjembe or Drums Kit

Abasi Ote--Didgeridoo also known as a Yidake

Charlie Wheaton--Jazz Piano

BIOGRAPHIES

COSTA AND SKEETE

Catherine Costa--Native American Flute and

                                                          Middle Eastern Shrudi Box

Catherine Costa sings and plays Native American flute.  She sang with the Dan Bremer Jazz Group in NYC for 5 years before moving to Florida 12 years ago.  Since then, Catherine has sung with Fred Johnson and a local spiritual vocal group called Sacred Voices.  Her time is spent making music, cooking and spoiling her flock of parrots rotten.

Barry Skeete--Percussionist

C. Barry Skeete, owner of Bluejay Rhythms and "Drum With Me"  has been a music and percussion enthusiast since childhood. Barry has performed with the Fred Johnson Jazz Group at the Clearwater, FL Jazz Festival in 2000 & 2005, and opened for headliners such as Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Boney James and Rick Braun. As a duo, Barry and Fred provided the background music for readings by Deepak Chopra and Coleman Barks and have co-produced countless Sound Sculpture Improvisational Performances. Barry participated in the Art & Spirituality Festivals and Community Arts Ensemble held by the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and has provided percussion for many multi-national musical presentations.

Barry completed Drum Circle Facilitation Training with Arthur Hull, has facilitated childrens’ percussion workshops and hosted Fire and Drum Circles for the City of Largo Recreation, Parks and Arts Dept.  Barry facilitates "Drum With Me" events for Senior Centers throughout the Tampa Bay area.

 A certified Helmtone Drum Therapy Practitioner, he is affiliated with Vision in Voice with Fred Johnson, the Sound Body Wholistic Health Center and is an associate artist with the International Association of Sound, Breath and Healing. Contact: barry@bluejayrhythms.com

Sharis Coleman-Derr--Original Piano Music

Hello, my name is Sharis Coleman-Derr. I have been living in Largo for the past 4 years.

I learned at a young age how to play the piano by ear, then taught myself the rest of the way.

Last year I recorded my very own piano CD, GITA, meaning "song" in Hindi, of which I’m very proud. Each song is an original composition strait from my heart.

This CD was recorded to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I feel very deeply that my music can help to heal our troubled world.

I also love to sing and have had the privilege of singing in two choirs before I joined the chorale at UUC. I feel

The song “How can I keep from singing”, deeply expresses my love of making music.

I enjoy

Playing the piano and/or singing with the UUC chorale  whenever I can, making friends, selling my CD, and expressing myself to anyone who has the time to truly hear., 

I find it extremely helpful whenever I can, to educate the public about what it’s like to be visually impaired. Thanks for your support.

Susan Patricia Golden--

Susan is the Founder of Universal Music Day, professional speaker, advocate for Music and Children, a Reconstruction Musician, which means that she takes people back to the way they came into the world--as singers, musicians, artists and all around creative people. She conducts workshops for those who “wish” they could sing or make Music, leads support groups to support the caretakers while they support their significant others with serious, long term illness or injuries. Susan is soon to be both a nationally Certified Music Practioner, and member of IHSM. She is a member of Music For People and the Music for Healing and Transition program. see SPG link for more information or contact her as your next speaker or workshop leader at SPG@UniversalMusicDay.org or 727 804 4908.

Val Harrington--her new compositon

Ed Kraemer--Drums Kit

Ed Kraemer is a retired bank examiner.  He enjoys playing the drums to jazz and popular music. He also enjoys playing the djembe drum, and singing in choral groups. A musical highlight was playing drums for an amateur theatre production of the Gershwin musical "Girl Crazy."

Baba Abasi Ote--Didgeridoo also known as a Yidake

MAKE MUSIC THROUGH RESOURCEFUL THINKING

ABASI OTE, a peace maker, musician and primal instrument maker, teaches you to discover music anywhere, through innovation, adaptation, and borrowing from different cultures.

ABASI uses traditional and indigenous instruments such as wooden flutes, didgeridoos, bull roarers, rainsticks, musical mouth bow, and clappers.  He teaches about their historical origins, as well as, their relationships to the ecology and the cultures from which they are derived.  He pays special attention to Africa and Australia.

       

"Many children are becoming passive consumers at an early age," Abasi says.  Without elaborate toys, games, and media, they often regard their surroundings as inadequate or boring."

Abasi's hands-on presentation encourages the audience to identify and make use of the bounty of human and natural resources all around us, creating  deeper sense of connection to the world.

Ellie Speed--Voice

Ellie Speed, vocalist and songwriter, is a nationally Certified Music Practioner and member of the non-profit organization, Institute for Healing through Sound and Music. She has also studied “Sound Sculpture” with Fred Johnson, internationally acclaimed for his presentations on the Healing Power of Music.

Ellie conducts “Music Rounds” and facilitates a “Tones for Healing Group” on a weekly basis at Bayfront Medical Center. This program has been ongoing for the past four years, and is sponsored by the Department of Pastoral Care.

For thousands of years sound has been employed as a healing modality. Its efficacy is now scientifically confirmed and it is gaining recognition by the medical community.

Consider this: “Every SOUND you hear has the Power to Affect how you feel. The Choice is Yours.

For additional information, Ellie can be reached at: ESPEED@TAMPABAY.RR.COM

Charlie Wheaton--Jazz Piano

Charlie Wheaton does clinical and forensic psychology in Clearwater, but likes to play jazz.