About Me
..Friends, thank you for stopping by our page! Read as much or as little about us as you like. I have included bios of all the musicians on Every Sound I Hear. MP3s from our recording are now available at the Itunes store and CDbaby.
CD's of Every Sound I Hear are available from our website www.everysoundihear.com . All the words on this recording are the poems or prayers of the Sufi teacher/poet Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) with original music by pianist/composer Stephen Smith, and vocals by Dilwara Fletcher.Stephen Smith began composing music to Hazrat Inayat Khan's poetry in the late seventies. His first recording of Inayat Khan's poetry, Promise of the Dawn (1980), was a collaboration with Dilwara Fletcher and Shams Kairys with original compositions by all three performers. Stephen has performed both in groups and as a solo pianist in many different music genres. He studied classical piano, jazz piano, composition, and arranging at Berklee College of Music, and classical composition and piano at City College of San Francisco.Dilwara Fletcher fell in love with the poetry of Hazrat Inayat Khan in the late 1970's. At the time she was already singing
having grown up in a musical family and studying voice with her mother, Patricia Heuermann-Nowik. After reading
Hazrat Inayat Khan's work on music, Dilwara began studying Indian Classical music which she continues to study today.
She has also studied Music Theory and Composition. Her teachers include such world renowned artists as the
late Pandit Pran Nath, Terry Riley, W.A. Mathieu, Zuleikha, Krishna Bhatt, and the late Vasant Rai.Ananda Eric Pritchard, violinist, enjoys an active career as a
classical performer and supporting musician for the Dances of
Universal Peace. The winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs
Award in Violin, he has performed as soloist with many orchestras in
the United States including the Boston Pops and the Indianapolis
Philharmonic as well as with orchestras in Europe and South America.
As the First Violinist of the Ciompi Quartet he appears on chamber
music series throughout the United States and Europe and serves on
the faculty of Duke University. He holds degrees from Indiana
University and the Juilliard School.Latifa Noor Elizabeth Anderson, cellist, currently performs with the New York City
Opera at Lincoln Center. As cellist of the Meliora Quartet she was
winner of the Naumburg Award. She has created a CD of original
improvisations for cello, voice and tamboura, titled Latifa Noor. As a
recording artist she has recorded for Telarc, Nonesuch, and RCA.Jewelsong is an eclectic women's vocal ensemble who share the joy of music through inspirational songs from many different spiritual traditions. Betsy Bickel, Farrunnissa Lila Rosa, Marilyn Grubbs, and Sofianna Sue-Anne Solem have been musicians most of their lives and have been singing together since 2002. They released a 2006 CD of their music, The Beauty We Love.Michael Thompson, Guitarist, holds a degree in guitar performance from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Masters in Music Education from East Carolina University. After serving for over 10 years in Artist-in-Residence programs with the NC Arts Council, he worked as an Entertainer aboard the Mississippi Queen Riverboat for several years before returning to NC to teach, perform and record.
