Spotlight

The award-winning, progressive new age band 2002 has placed 11 albums on the Billboard Charts and made the list of top new age artists in a Billboard Magazine “Year in Review” issue alongside Yanni, Mannheim Steamroller, Jim Brickman, George Winston and Enya. Over their 22 year career, their ever-evolving sound has encompassed a wide range of genres – from wistful ambient soundscapes all the way to light progressive rock. This daring blend of musical styles has given them an undeniable “signature sound” that sets them apart from other recording artists.

2014 Grammy® Award Winner, ‘Peace Ambassador’ and US Billboard #1 artist Ricky Kej is an internationally renowned Indian Music Composer and Producer. He is the youngest Indian to win the Grammy® Award. His Grammy® winning album "WINDS OF SAMSARA" was based on the ideals of peace by Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. Ricky is also part of 3 albums Nominated for the 2015 Grammy® Awards. 

Since 1993, Jeff Pearce has been well known to the ambient/new age music community for his unique approach to the electric guitar. He has been called "one of the top two electronic guitarists of all time" by the AllMusic guide, while reviewer John Diliberto wrote in Billboard magazine that Pearce is "one of the best" guitarists to follow the solo electric guitarist concept.  Whether playing intimate acoustic-based music or crafting deep-space ambient guitar drifts, Jeff composes music with equal parts melody and mystery.

Charlee Brooks is an American vocalist, composer, and audio engineer. She began her first works in production as a second engineer on the 2010 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion. That same year she made her first television appearance as a performer during the live broadcast of BlizzCon 2010 on Direct TV. She continued her work in production/creative design through 2012 where she contributed to projects for Crystal Cruises, Dr. Daniel Amen, HGTV, Arbonne International and many others.

Ann Licater is an award-winning recording artist, "Flute for the Soul" workshop facilitator, and world flutist from California. In addition to being an accomplished silver and alto flutist, Ann soulfully performs on hand-crafted, indigenous Native American and world flutes made of wood and clay.

André works with many talented individuals including the renowned Von Trapp Children. In fact, Al's schedule intermingled with the Von Trapp's during the production of the album Scheherazade, which coincided with work on one of their albums.

Francesca is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. She is the founder of Song of the Body, in the San Francisco Bay area, California, USA. Francesca released Numinous River, her solo album of improvised Sanskrit chants, in 2008. She has also collaborated with Troels Folmann, a Danish film composer, to create a voice library for Tonehammer. She is presently embarking on several projects with composers from the US and Europe.

Tim Cummings, a native of Tennessee, began his musical studies at the age of 6 as a student of the piano. He took up the pipes at age 8, and Celtic music has been his primary musical focus ever since. He earned his undergraduate degree in Music Education (The College of Wooster, Ohio); and both a B.A. Honours degree in Ethnomusicology and an M.A. in Musicology (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand).  During the 2002-03 school year, he was the Artist in Residence at The College of Piping in Canada's Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Living in Glasgow, Scotland, when she was four, Hannah Beth developed her love for the violin and traditional music. At age seven she started learning classical violin, but soon made the commitment to become a fiddler; since then she has been working on developing her own style.