Teachers

Bright Hawk is an inspired and inspiring story teller, djembe drummer, performer, teacher and playful spirit. Bright Hawk truly shows up for the participants and organizers of any festival she attends. She shares her expansive and playful spirit with the all night Fire Circle and drumming communities she is a part of.

In 1994 Bright Hawk began performing with Mz. imani and Rhythm Alive! She has performed with Circle Skin and Bone, Sister Adsum, Jeff McBride, Abbi Spinner, and Billy Wo ...more

Morwen is a drummer, musician, teacher, writer, and facilitator who has been exploring the connections between rhythm, consciousness, and healing for many years. She is co-founder of Earth Drum Council, and has been teaching rhythm since the early nineties throughout the Northeast. She works as director of program development at a community art center in her hometown in Massachusetts. At the fire circle, as in life, Morwen is developing the skill of simultaneously sinking into the deep groove ...more

Mushrafali draws from many sources for his inspiration and loves to share that with others in sacred space: jazz, classical, West African, North Indian, Middle Eastern and Sufi. His instruments include piano & synthesizer, hand & mallet percussion, alto flute and voice. He has performed or recorded with jazz legends Paul McCandless (reeds), Stefon Harris (vibes), Zakir Hussain (tabla) and members of Bobby McFerrin's "Voicestra". He leads and composes for the groundbreaki ...more