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JayCee Driesen – The Voice You Will Never Forget
International Powerhouse Vocalist, songwriter, producer and recording artist, JayCee Driesen is entertaining audiences nationally and abroad. Her musical ability has offered her great opportunities to perform with some of the finest artists in the music business and work with many National Acts including, Pat Cooper, Robert Klein, Billy Gardell, Freddie Roman, Dick Capri, Gabe Kaplan and many more.
| LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU |
| BEAUTIFUL |
| DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE |
| WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW |
| DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER |
| IT’S IMPOSSIBLE… |
| IT’S NOT UNUSUAL |
| MELODY |
| SECOND HAND ROSE |
| THE WAY WE WERE |
| SHOOP SHOOP SONG |
| SUMMERTIME |
| TOP OF THE WORLD. |
Rihab Azar – Syrian Oud Player
Rihab Azar is a Syrian Oud Player and music facilitator and a graduate of the Conservatoire of Damascus (2014). She has trained with London’s Wigmore Hall. She was the first woman oudist to solo-perform accompanied by the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music (2014). In 2016, Arts Council England Recognised Rihab as a musician of “exceptional promise”.
Since 2015, Rihab has performed in the UK as a soloist and with different ensembles and orchestras such as the London Sinfonietta, Cantata Dramatica, The Third Orchestra, Theatre of Voices, and Stile Antico. She has collaborated on several interdisciplinary, compositional, and cross-genre projects and has received several special mentions in the press for live performances and festivals she has played. Her playing was described as “infinitely tender and haunting”- The Arts Desk and her appearance in ENF2021 was described as a “Highlight” – The Guardian.
Alongside a repertoire of “classical” and traditional tunes from the middle-East and North African countries, Rihab has been writing and sharing more of her own oud-centred music. Her compositions have been very well-received and described as “unique and unconventional” in how they present the oud in a fresh, playful, curious way whilst still preserving the core sound characteristics that have come to give the oud its unique presence worldwide.
Anthony Cirillo – Sage Stream Founder, Guitarist/Vocalist – By Request
Anthony is a Philly native who has entertained in casinos and resorts, has won several Billboard songwriting awards, recorded in Nashville and been featured in songwriter showcases. He regularly entertains in local venues, clubs and cafes and is available for private functions as well.
Phyllis Chapell – Top 500 Jazz Vocalists of All Time
Phyllis Chapell has spent her life developing a universal musical style singing “world songs.” Her repertoire includes songs in 13 languages from Brazil, Latin America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as American folk, jazz, originals and popular music. Phyllis Chapell has been named as one of the top 500 jazz vocalists of all time by Scott Yanow (Down Beat, Jazz Times and AllMusicGuide). She has also won song competitions for her original music; and was chosen to be one of Indie-Music’s Top 25.
Duo Eunoia – Ines Delgado and Laura Casas Cambra
Drawn together by their passion for using music in the context of health and wellbeing, Duo Eunoia creates interactive performances where creativity, improvisation and connection are at the heart of it all. They have supported and co-lead workshops for: early years, schools, SEN schools, groups for young people on the autism spectrum, for adults with disabilities, people living with dementia, homeless people, women and children who experienced abuse, women survivors of human trafficking, mothers experiencing postnatal depression, in prisons and in addiction recovery settings.
Passionate about discovering the work of lesser-known and contemporary composers, they share a varied and contrasting selection of music with listeners – from meditative sounds to magical scenarios, old traditions to folk melodies – to inspire each person’s own creative mind.
Ben Mauro – Guitarist to Lionel Ritchie, Cher
Ben Mauro is an international musician, who has performed all over the world, in some of the largest venues, with Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Cher, Lionel Richie, Don Felder from the Eagles, Peter Frantom, and John Fogerty from Creedence Clearwater Revival. He has also performed with other icons, including Toni Braxton, Kelly Clarkson, and many others. He now performs singing and playing guitar, either acoustic or electric, as a solo singing guitarist, as a duo, or with his cover band.
