St. Clair Productions presents Buddhist inspired singer/songwriter Jennifer Berezan in concert on Saturday, January 11, 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Fellowship, 87 4th St., Ashland. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door, $10 for teens 12-17 and free under 12. Tickets available at www.stclairevents.com, 541-535-3562 or at the Music Coop in downtown Ashland.
Jennifer Berezan is a unique blend of singer/ songwriter, producer, and activist. Her 10 recordings reflect her lifelong involvement in environmental, women's, and other justice movements as well as an interest in Buddhism and earth-based spirituality. She is as a leading voice in the field of music and healing and is a producer of large scale multi-cultural ecstatic musical events.
Berezan teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco in the department of Philosophy and Religion. Her on-going class is entitled "the Healing Ecstasy of Sound" and explores music as a spiritual practice from a wide range of cross cultural, traditional and contemporary perspectives.
In 2011, Berezan released In these Arms, A Song for all Beings, a long-playing musical meditation based on two of the Buddhist "sublime attitudes," loving kindness and compassion. In Korea, Berezan and co-producer Don Benedictson recorded 250 Buddhist nuns from Un-munsa monastery. The nun's chants are inter-mixed with voices from around the world, including Dechen Shak-Dagsay (Tibet), Rita Sahai (India), Katia Cardenal (Nicaragua), Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield and others.
Not your typical singer/songwriter, Berezan’s work continues to expand artistic boundaries, blurring the distinctions between musical styles, politics, and spirituality. Though her songs often confront universal issues, her perspective is informed by a refreshing and honest intimacy. Raised in the prairies of Alberta, Canada, the transformative power of nature is also at the heart of her work.
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