Photos from New York
June 13-17, 2017
Enjoy some photos from Encompass' Paradigm Shifts Music and Film Festival.
| Day 1: Tuesday, June 13th |
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| OPENING CEREMONY: MOVE INTO THE LIGHT | |
| A celebration of nature, water, and the stars featuring composer David DiChiera's "A Letter to Sarah," a New York Premiere, and Richard Pearson Thomas' chamber piece "Driving at Night" with singers, violin, piano, cello, and trumpet resonating throughout the chapel to lift spirits and encourage finding hope in challenging times. Singers Amy Gluck, Irwin Resse, Alicia Waller, and Mark Watson. | |
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| Mark Watson (baritone), Alicia Waller (soprano), Irwin Reese (tenor), and Amy Gluck (mezzo) with Richard Pearson Thomas (pianist) and Arthur Moeller (violinist). | |
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| David Glukh, trumpeter | |
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| Amy Gluck, mezzo, performing “Just Another Hour” written and composed by Richard Pearson Thomas. | |
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| Mark Watson, baritone, performed the NY Premiere of “Letter to Sarah,” music by David Di Chiera based on a final letter of a Civil War Solider to his wife. |
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| Mark Watson (baritone), Alicia Waller (soprano), Irvin Reese (tenor), and Amy Gluck (mezzo) | |
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| Alicia Waller (soprano) and Stephen Flakus (guitarist) performed “Manha de Carnaval” by Luiz Bonfa and “Quedate Luna” by Devendra Banhart. | |
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| Amy Gluck, mezzo | |
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| Jeanai LaVita, soprano, performing “Bachians Brasileiras” by Heitor-Villa-Lobos with her husband Giacomo LaVita on the guitar. | |
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| Jeanai LaVita, soprano | |
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| Jeanai LaVita, soprano | |
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| Derrick Harkins, Vice President of Union Theological Seminary | |
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Richard Pearson Thomas, composer and pianist. He has written/composed songs such as “Just Another Hour,” “Driving at Night,” Paradigm Shifts’ opening song “Move Into the Light,” and more. |
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| Mark Watson performed “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” (music by Ben Moore, poem by William Butler Yeats). | |
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| Valeriya Sholokhova, cellist, performed a Casado Spanish Folk Melody and a duet with violinist Arthur Moeller performing “Driving at Night,” written and composed by Richard Pearson Thomas. | |
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| David Glukh, trumpeter, performing “Miserlou,” an improvisation based on Greek Folk Melody. | |
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| David Glukh (trumpeter) and Richard Pearson Thomas (pianist) | |
| Day 2: Wednesday, June 14th | |
| NATIVE AMERICAN COURTYARD CEREMONY: | |
| Featuring the Leaf Arrow Story Tellers, Donna Couteau Cross (Sac and Fox) and Joe Cross (Caddo/Potawatomi), and Reggie Herd Dancer Ceaser (Sagamore, Matinnecock Tribal Nation of Long Island). | |
| NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC: | |
| TIOKASIN GHOSTHORSE (Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye) master musician of the ancient red cedar Lakota flute and worldwide performer. & SONI MORENO (Mayan/Apache/Yaqui) founder of Ulali, a native women's a capella trio, Broadway performer, and Board member of American Indian Community House (AICH). |
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| AWAKE: A DREAM FROM STANDING ROCK: | |
| Written and directed by Josh Fox, James Spione, Myron Dewey, and Floris White Bull. Capturing the story of the Native American-led defiance that forever changed how we fight for clean water, our environment, and the future of our planet. |
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| Q & A: | |
| Panel discussion led by Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye), Leo Cordier (Sicangu Lakota), Shawnee Rice (Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy), and Alyssa E. M. Wolverton. | |
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| NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC: SONI MORENO (Mayan/Apache/Yaqui) founder of Ulali, a native women's a capella trio, Broadway performer, and Board member of American Indian Community House (AICH). & TIOKASIN GHOSTHORSE (Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye) master musician of the ancient red cedar Lakota flute and worldwide performer. |
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| Soni Moreno (Mayan/Apache/Yaqui) and Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye) | |
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Film still from "Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock" (2017) The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota captures world attention through their peaceful resistance against the U.S. government's plan to construct an oil pipeline through their land. |
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| Q & A Panel discussion led by Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye), Leo Cordier (Sicangu Lakota), Shawnee Rice (Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy), and Allyssa E. M. Wolverton. |
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Allyssa E. M. Wolverton and Leo Cordier (Sicangu Lakota) Allyssa E. M. Wolverton is Chair of La Herencia Latina/Latine Heritage Month and treasurer of the Native American and Indigenous Students Group at New York University. |
Reggie Herb Dancer Ceaser (Sagamore, Matinnecock Tribal Nation of Long Island) studied Cherokee Body Work/Native Healing with Louise Mosfie and is a member of the Flute Society & World Flute Instructors. |
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| Leaf Arrow Story Tellers: Joe Cross (Caddo/Potawatani) and Donna Couteau Cross (Sac/Fox), with Reggie Herd Dancer Ceaser (Sagamore, Matinnecock Tribal Nation of Long Island) on the Native American Flute | |
| Day 3: Thursday, June 15th | |
| LIVE MUSIC: | |
| VALERIE NARANJO, composer/percussionist performing traditional music of Benin and Haiti. | |
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| “FATHER JOSEPH” Written and directed by Jeffrey Kaufman and produced by Marcia S. Ross. Illuminating the mission of a visionary Haitian priest fighting for women’s rights and economic justice who survives political violence and a devastating earthquake while lifting thousands of Haitians out of poverty. |
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| Q & A + RECEPTION: | |
| Father Joseph and the filmmakers | |
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| Valerie Naranjo, composer/percussionist, and Father Joseph Philippe, CSSP | |
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| Valerie Naranjo, composer/percussionist performing traditional music of Benin and Haiti. | |
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| Valerie Naranjo plays percussion for NBC’s Saturday Night Live, was named World Music Percussionist of the Year in 2005 and 2008. She has recorded with Broadway’s The Lion King, the Philip Glass Ensemble, David Byrne, The Paul Winter Consort, Tori Amos, Airto Moreira, MEGADRUMS, among many others. | |
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Film still of Father Joseph Philippe from Father Joseph (2015) Father Joseph Philippe, CSSP, founded Haiti’s largest micro-credit bank for the poor with a special mission of empowering women through literacy classes, small business training, and community-building loans. He founded a 700-student K-14 school, an orphanage, a clean-water project, a reforestation program, a health clinic, radio station, and the University of Fondwa (Haiti’s first rural college). |
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| Q&A Session with Andy Gale, Board Chair of Raising Haiti Foundation, Father Joseph, Jeffrey (director/producer) Kaufman, and Marcia S. Ross (producer). | |
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| Father Joseph Philippe, Jeffrey Kaufman (producer/director of the film “Father Joseph”), and Marcia S. Ross (producer of the film “Father Joseph”) | |
| Day 3: Thursday, June 15th | |
| COURTYARD PRE-SHOW: | |
| OMEGA DANCE COMPANY + GLOBAL WATER DANCERS, New York’s premiere sacred dance company, with excerpts from “Sanctus” and “Benedictus,” the water-inspired movement of Paul Winter’s “Missa Gaia.” | |
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| Nancy Rhodes and the Omega Dance Company + Global Water Dancers | |
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| The Omega Dance Company + Global Water Dancers | |
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| The Omega Dance Company + Global Water Dancers | |
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| The Omega Dance Company + Global Water Dancers | |
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| The Omega Dance Company + Global Water Dancers | |
| Day 4: Friday, June 16th | |
| RENEE ROBINSON DANCE PROJECT, featuring Dancers: Renee Robinson, Alexa, Zakiya Talibah Keféntsé, and Empress Idama; Vocalist: Kefentse; and Drummers: Fatari and Jahi. | |
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| SALIEU SUSO, composer/kora player, on the 21-stringed kora (West African harp) | |
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| TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater the compelling true story of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Kenya who rallied thousands of women to plant trees. Her vision grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy. | |
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| Alan Dater and Lisa Merton, filmmakers of “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai.” | |
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| Renee Robinson Dance Project dancer. | |
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| Renee Robinson Dance Project drummer. | Renee Robinson Dance Project dancers. |
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| The Renee Robinson Dance Project, featuring Dancers: Renee Robinson, Alexa, Zakiya Talibah Keféntsé, and Empress Idama; Vocalist: Kefentse; and Drummers: Fatari and Jahi, performed African Dance, Vocals, and Drumming | |
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| Renee Robinson Dance Project dancers. | |
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| Renee Robinson Dance Project dancers and drummers. | |
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| Salieu Suso is a composer and Kora player. He performed on the 21-stringed Kora, the West African harp. |
Dr. Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Kenya who rallied thousands of women to plant trees. Her vision grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy. |
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| Alan Dater and Lisa Merton, filmmakers of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai (2008). |
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| Day 5: Saturday, June 17th | |
| LIVE MUSIC: | |
| SKY CARAVAN, violinist Milena Davidowicz and pianist Tim Brown, perform exciting Gypsy and Ukrainian music and will introduce young audiences to playing stringed instruments. | |
| AZTEC DANCER CEREMONY: | |
| Aztec Dancer Group Cetiliztli Nauhcampa are a cultural, spiritual, artistic, political, and educational circle of people from Mexico, South America, the Caribbean, and the U.S. who carry on the ancient traditions of native people through ceremony, dances, and song. | |
| FILM: | |
| BORN TO BE WILD, an inspiring story of the remarkable bond between humans and animals, this heartwarming film follows orphaned orangutans and elephants as they are rescued and returned to their homes in the wild. + THE EAGLE HUNTRESS, this thrilling true story follows the quest of thirteen-year-old Aisholpan who is training to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to raise an eagle fledgling from out of the nest and enter an all-male competition with her full-grown eagle on horseback. |
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Violinist Milena Davidowicz and Pianist Tim Brown performing the night’s closing song: “Move Into The Light,” music by Richard Pearson Thomas. Violinist Milena Davidowicz was born in the former Soviet Union, emigrated to Israel, and then came to the U.S. on a Master’s Degree scholarship. She is actively involved in the performance and research of Eastern European Roma (gypsy) music. Tim Brown is a music director, pianist, organist, and singer. |
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| Aztec Dancer Ceremony performed by Aztec dancer group, Cetiliztli Nauhcampa, a cultural, spiritual, artistic, political, and educational circle of people from Mexico, South America, the Caribbean, and the U.S. who carry on the ancient traditions of native people through ceremony, dances, and song. | |
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| Film still from “Born to be Wild,” an inspiring story of the remarkable bond between humans and animals, this heartwarming film follows orphaned orangutans and elephants as they are rescued and returned to their homes in the wild. | |
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| Film still from “The Eagle Huntress,” the thrilling true story that follows the quest of thirteen-year-old Aisholpan who is training to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to raise an eagle fledgling from out of the nest and enter an all-male competition with her full-grown eagle on horseback. |
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