Masters and Experts and Collaborative Live Artists
Workshops, Performances, Presentations, Multi-Media & Movies/Films
Contact: Anne@AnneLeighton.com, LeightonMedia@aol.com, 718-881-8183
This is a cooperative of professional artists that have great business skills. They are entertainers, musically savvy, and appreciate their audiences. These performers prepare with the venues for their shows, and on time while being ahead of their time and masters of a number of crafts and trades. They’ve sustained their careers for decades.
Sharon Katz & the Peace Train: Movie and Live Performances, Music Therapy Workshops
The multicultural and Grammy-nominated South African band Sharon Katz & The Peace Train helped Nelson Mandela end Apartheid, and continues to spread the message of peace and reconciliation through music all over the world.
Sharon and her group made history in 1992 when they formed and produced South Africa’s first 500-voice multiracial choir, and then organized a courageous tour on board a train –The Peace Train – to promote a peaceful transition to democracy. This became a 2015 award-winning documentary, WHEN VOICES MEET, selected for 25 film festivals and shown in over 50 countries, premiering in South Africa and winning awards at festivals in New Jersey, Hawaii, Philadelphia, Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin, Toronto, and Washington DC.
Sharon gives solo and duo performances and workshops along with showing the film (or film trailer). Thrilling audiences of all ages and sizes with music and melodies from South African cultures, incorporating Maskanda, Mbaqanga, Kwasa-Kwasa, Rock, and Funk genres and African dance styles. Sharon’s performances tell South Africa’s story – past and present – in English, Sesotho, Zulu, Pedi and Tswana.
In addition to the Grammy-nominated 2002 release “Imbizo,” Sharon Katz & the Peace Train have 5 other albums, and appear on the Rainforest benefit album, “Carnival!” alongside of Sting, Elton John, Madonna, Johnny Clegg… Sharon’s latest album is the 2018 release “Side-by-Side.”
She has taught and performed at Carnegie Hall’s World Music Series, Disneyworld, with the KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, and at colleges, museums, festivals, PACs across the world, performed for the Dalai Lama, Joni Mitchell, Nelson Mandela.
More information: www.SharonKatz.com and www.WhenVoicesMeet.com
Scope of Sharon live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUcpNe3Xwmo
Movie trailer: http://whenvoicesmeet.com/watch-the-trailer/
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Anne Leighton Poetry-Readings, Workshops
Anne Leighton’s Poetry Readings and Workshops are rooted in love –she combines her life experiences and history and sciences—to present her observations on the emotional spectrum of kindness and cruelty.
Sometimes Anne joins forces with Bronx-bred poet Tina Jackson on readings and workshops to help abuse survivors chronicle their experiences and find freedom both in writing and their lives. Both Tina and Anne will read some of their poems, and explain how they were inspired to write and develop one of them. Then they’ll give attendees encouragement to write their own poems. This will be done with group discussions and prompt questions. Whether poems pinpoint a situation or offer solutions or amazing realizations, it’s hoped that workshop attendees will find ways to see what is going on in the world.
Workshop attendees will be encouraged to read their poems-in-progress at the last part of the day’s workshop.
After the workshop, the attendees will be encouraged to rewrite with a deadline of a month away.
Depending on the venue’s support, we will explore ways to publish the writing or collaborate on the workshop’s unique blogspot page or a short podcast series. The platform will be agreed upon in all promotional material and spoken about at the workshop.
Anne Leighton’s latest and fourth book, “The Leighton Explosion” is a poetry book. Her first book, “Using Your Art & the Media to Comfort People” was written in part after working public relations for the Westchester County Dept. of Mental Health after the atrocities of Sept. 11.
Tina’s latest and second book, “Love Don’t Hit” is a novel about a woman who is physically, mentally, and verbally abused by her man. A survivor of domestic violence, she is working on a poetry book to give a voice to survivors. Her workshops include segments on ways people can prevent themselves from going into abusive relationships and find ways to escape them.
Anne interviews Tina Jackson on “The Anne Leighton Inclusion Interview Show”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cxzwD8Vcpg&t=8s
workinggalrockandroll.blogspot.com
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The We Remembers
The We Remembers are four songwriters that present a 2-part, multi-media performance, sharing songs, stories, and video about collaborating with Holocaust survivors.
Most of the time, these songwriters present a two-part concert that features their topical songs and material w/ video from their PBS show, “We Remember Songs of Survivors” which was on 450 stations in 2022. We can also include a program that includes showing the program.
The group made their duet at Caffe Lena for Saratoga’s Peace Week. The venue’s Sarah Craig told us, “It was a powerful show and I’m very glad we got to bring the artists together on our stage. Thank you.”
The cast includes Michael Veitch, whose “Veterans Day” has been covered by Judy Collins and has been mentored by Shawn Colvin & Bernie Sanders. Composer, harpist/pianist, vocalist, and performance artist Elizabeth Clark’s major works include her interdisciplinary project “Seeds Under Nuclear Winter: An Earth Opera” which was been seen by over 1000 people in the Woodstock market over the course of 5 performances in August and September, 2022. Jude Roberts tours Europe and performed at Falcon Ridge. Kelleigh McKenzie is a winner of NPR’s Mountain Stage NewSong Contest and an Independent Music Award Winner for Americana songwriting.
The film is now available on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Apple TV and PBS Passport. Visit: weremembersongsofsurvivors.com
www.pbs.org/show/we-remember-songs-survivors/
sagearts.org/videos
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Gary Lucas
Movies & Performances, Classes on Guitar, Jeff Buckley, Captain Beefheart
Gary Lucas: Movies & Performances, Classes on Guitar, Songwriter & Collaboration, Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart
Gary Lucas performs his original soundtracks to vintage movies from the silent film era. This is easy and magical to stage. Recently NPR covered his latest soundtrack, Orson Welles’ “Too Much Johnson.”
epk: http://garylucas.com/film.shtml
Since the late ’90s GARY LUCAS has conducted Guitar Masterclasses, given lectures, and conducted seminars at academies worldwide: including Yale University (his alma mater), Columbia University, the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, New York University, the Amsterdam Musik Conservatorium, Rutgers, Rogers State University, The New School, and the Henri Dutilleux Conservatoire in Paris.
Topics include the craft of songwriting, focusing on the composition of his famous song “Grace” with Jeff Buckley, fingerpicking, lyrics, open tunings, slide guitar techniques, and Gary’s 30 years of experiences working and collaborating with many legendary artists. He has a Captain Beefheart show, a rock band Gods And Monsters, and Chinese Pop.
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Elliott Murphy
Movie & Performances, Songwriting, Storytelling, Stories and Songs…
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Yoga With Greg O’Donovan: Contact us about your company’s individual yoga needs. Greg has programs for anxiety, senior, disabled, weight control, prisoners, performers and artists…
Yoga is a 5000 year old science that originated in India. Medical experts have found that–if practiced regularly-people will improve health problems including high blood pressure, weight, respiration and heart functions, stress, and back pain. There is evidence to suggest that Yoga has helped diabetics lower their blood glucose levels and some asthmatics have been able to lower their medication doses with medical supervision. Others who’ve practiced Yoga regularly says it has helped them with stress, concentration, spirituality, mental issues, and understanding their unique mind-body connection.
Yoga is regularly used to help Post Traumatic Stress, including with Veterans returning from war. An estimated 13.4 million Americans practice yoga at least two times per week.
Greg graduated from the Kripalu School of Health and Yoga in the Berskhires, Massachusetts, November 2007. He’s taught throughout the tri-State area, creating special programs including for the New York State prison system to help inmates deal with anger and stress management. He’s helped women inmates use Yoga to deal with health issues including obesity, diabetes, and AIDS. He taught workshops to the FBI after September 11 to help them manage stress.
Greg says, “Yoga helps us form a connection to our bodies: in mental, physical and spiritual relationships. Yoga is an invitation to explore, not a command performance; you’re not pressured to perform perfectly in the class but find your exploration of the pose.”
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Sing Along
In major markets our infinite list of magnanimous singers lead sing alongs for a wide range of corporations, non-profits, educational institutions…
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PLUS:
Jeremy Bar-Illan
About Blues, Why We Give Back
Joe Deninzon
Electrify Your Strings
Phoebe Legere
The French Connection in New England, SPEED QUEEN: The Joe Carstairs Story, About Folk Music, Piano for Guitar Players, Guitar for Piano Players, Accordion for Everyone…
Alex Otey
Jazz Performances, About Jazz Music