Daniel Hirtz is a person of deep attunement, palpable energy, and true integrity. His personal path has lead him on a wonderful journey that crossed several continents and touched many lives. Originally from Germany, Daniel now lives with his family in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is founder of “Tune into Life” and the “Breathe for Peace”
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Jacob Adler began with a single cell. This split to become two and the two became four and so on. After just 47 doublings, ten thousand trillion cells formed a body and he soon found himself writing this bio. Jacob studied music under Rabbis Wall and Martinez before becoming the Pangean Orchestra’s accordionist and Transylvanian
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Felix’s love of drums spans back 25 years and across continents. He is a self-taught musician who at the age of 7 discovered the hand percussion drums. He learned to play reggae, traditional Ghanaian and pop dance rhythms. Felix moved to Arizona when he was 11 and has since continued to develop his love of
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Tom Connor, a Texas boy and a guitar player, married a girl from Ireland, 34 years ago. He’d always loved folk and traditional music and his wife quickly got him hooked on the wonderful music of her native land. He started out on the tin whistle, until finally realizing that the Uilleann pipes were calling
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Kevin Qais Essar, talented musician and well experienced live performer, carries on the traditional legacy of classical Aghan instrumentation, as set by Ustad Mohammad Omar, whom is considered the ‘father of the Rabab”. Trained in both classical and folk mediums, Essar has been able to, along with membership of the Pangean Orchestra, a collection of
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Tamara Freida currently plays with the Arizona Opera and also as the Assistant Concertmaster with the Symphony of the Southwest and the West Valley Symphony. She has also been a substitute player with both the Phoenix Symphony and Tucson Symphony Orchestra. She has recently began playing Irish music with the band, Trotter’s Wake. Tamara also
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Dr. Rose French is the director of the Mill Ave Chamber Players (www.millavechamberplayers.org), and serves as the Symposium Exhibitors Coordinator for the International Horn Society. Rose has performed in China, Croatia, Venezuela, South Africa, Mexico, and in the United States. She performs with groups in the Southwest including the Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Arizona Opera,
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Lai Ma Gates was born in Shenyang, China into a family of musicians. She started learning pipa with her father at age 5 and later, piano and composition. After graduating from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing Lai Ma became the performer, pianist, arranger, and composer for The Premier Song and Dance Troupe of
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Adrian Goldenthal is a native of the Phoenix area and the son of one of the valley’s most prominent jazz pianists. He began playing bass seriously while attending Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ and, while not a music major, spent some of his time in the jazz department following the early inspirations of his
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Tanya Hedjazi is playing electric upright bass. She is a graduate of NAU with a degree in music and a focus in ethnomusicology. She teaches piano, bass and world music classes at Sonoran Studios and has 10 years of professional performance experience playing jazz, latin jazz, reggae, funk, rock and blues. Tanya is an American
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