About Neale Lundgren's Music Ensemble "Cypress"
Cypress is a world fusion ensemble dedicated to the musical adaptation of the words of illuminated masters, transformational poets, as well as songs of spiritual aspiration.
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• Neale Lundgren: composer, lead and harmony vocals, guitars, ocarina (clay flute) on "Great Lions"
• Eric Peterson (left): udu(West African clay-pot drum), riq (Arabic percussion), snare-drum & brushes, agogo, goat-hooves, thunder-drum, jaw-harp, shakers & hand claps
• Sheila Gambill: vocals on "The Brightest Morning" and "Circling," shaker
Additional Musicians:
Bruce Lebovitz, violin
Monica Palta, cello
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Neale Lundgren has recorded with Columbia, Capitol, Epic, and Metromedia Records in his youth, including Manchild 1 (Capitol Records, 1972). He has studied classical guitar with Elias Barreiro, student of the renown Andres Segovia (Tulane University). As a Benedictine monk, he performed in the monastery's schola, participated in a "collegium musicum" which performed a never-before recorded 14th century "hocket" for network television. He composed and recorded a collection of original songs entitled Time of the Harvest: Songs for Three Voices, (Liturgical Press, 1982) and in 1992 a collection of original songs which documented his tenure as spiritual director for an addictions treatment center entitled Breaking Open (1992). Neale holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in religion, psychology and literature from Emory University(Atlanta ). In 2000, after a pilgrimage to India, Neale began his collaborative effort with Cypress, composing original music to the sacred poetry of the spiritual masters.
Eric Peterson is a performer, instructor, and dedicated student of Arabic and Turkish percussion. He is an active member of the Middle Eastern music and dance community in Atlanta. In the Cypress project, Eric blends the cultural percussive styles of Middle Eastern rhythms on the non-indigenous instrument called "Udu," a clay-pot drum commonly played in villages of West Africa and Brazil. Eric has played in a variety of world music ensembles, including the Turkish music ensembles Kirmani, and Emrah Kotan and the Sultans (Atlanta). Eric is presently an instructor of music percussion at Emory University's Evening at Emory program (Atlanta). More information on Eric Peterson can be found at http://www.geocities.com/ericnpeters.
Sheila Gambill has been making dance and performing with musical ensembles in Atlanta since 1995. She has performed at the Fringe Festival of Contemporary Dance and Performance Art at 7 Stages Theatre, the Emory Performing Arts Center, Beacon Dance Theatre, and Garden House Theatre. She is the organizer of monthly Middle Eastern dance and music events in the Atlanta area. She has been collaborating with the members of Cypress since 2001.
The CD Diamond or Stone is available here at www.nealelundgren.com or call 404-636-5188.
Meher Baba at Home (1960, 1962) is available at bababook@pacbell.net. |
