Melanie DeMore & Suzanne Sterling
TWO TALENTED ARTISTS!
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Melanie DeMore
Melanie DeMore: Vocal Activist - is one of the most outstanding vocal artists of today helping to preserve the African American Folk Tradition through song and Gullah stick pounding. She was the subject of a documentary called 'Stick and Pound which showcases this tradition. She has a career spanning 30 years dedicated to teaching, lecturing, mentoring, conducting, directing, and inspiring children and adults about the power of song as social and political change. Melanie is a sought-after presenter, conductor, and soloist at national and international choral and music festivals, including Festival 500 in Newfoundland, Canada, and Chorus America.
She is sought after as a song/ prayer facilitator, creating spontaneous choirs for The Trinity Institute, The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and the Powell Foundation as well as many varied spiritual and faith-based organizations. She is adjunct faculty at the California Institute for Integral Studies, Master teaching artist for CalPerformances at UC Berkeley, a featured presenter for SpeakOut! the Institute for Social and Cultural Change, and was the Artistic Conductor of The Oakland Children’s Community Choir with Living Jazz for nine years.
She was a founding member of the Grammy-nominated, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir and has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with such varied artists as Odetta, Richey Havens, Pete Seeger, the Trinity Choir, MUSE Cincinnati Women's Chorus and many others.
Melanie DeMore is a singer/songwriter, composer,conductor, and vocal activist, who believes in the power of voices raised together.
She says: 'A song can hold you up when there seems to be no ground beneath you".
Visit Melanie’s website at: melaniedemore.com
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Suzanne Sterling
Suzanne Sterling is a musician, yogi, ritualist and activist who has been performing and teaching transformational workshops for over 25 years. She is founder of Voice of Change, inspiring others to find their unique voice as a tool for conscious evolution. Suzanne has been featured at hundreds of international festivals and conference centers including Yoga Journal, Omega, Esalen, Wanderlust, Bhaktifest, World Festival of Sacred Music and many more.
Since 2007 she has been training leaders in activism and social justice through her co-founded organization Off The Mat, Into the World. As director of OTM’s Seva Challenge Humanitarian Tours, she has spent time in the US, India, Cambodia, Haiti, Ecuador and Africa working in community resilience and raising awareness about critical global issues.
For nearly 30 years Suzanne has worked with the International Reclaiming Community, co-creating public ritual for healing and social justice. She offers yearlong trainings in Sacred Leadership, is part of the nationwide faculty for YogaWorks Teacher Trainings and is excitedly training facilitators in her signature Voice of Change work. She has released 5 solo albums and numerous DVD soundtracks. www.suzannesterling.com
