Guest Musician

Featured Singer

New Thought CSL fosters the musical talent within the community and encourages children who have an interest in music to contact Music Director, David York, to become involved.

Portland Boychoir is unique as the only all-boy choir in the Portland-metropolitan area. Its mission is to provide music education and professional-quality performance opportunities that develop self-esteem, depth of character, and advance music skills in boys ages 5 to 18. Its membership draws from a broad geographic region ranging from Vancouver to Gresham to Forest Grove to West Linn and represents a myriad of faiths and economic backgrounds. Their repertory, much of which is arranged by Artistic Director, Dr. David York, covers a wide range of styles including classical, pop, and folk.

These young singers have collaborated with high-profile artists such as Pink Martini, Michael Allen Harrison, Daniel Nahmod, Ryan Gosling, and Portland Chamber Orchestra to name a few. In addition to their regular concert series, Portland Boychoir makes guest appearances throughout the season including performances at the Grotto Festival of Lights, visits to various retirement centers, school and community outreach assemblies, and sporting events to sing the National Anthem. They’ve sung concert tours in Arizona, California, Seattle, the Oregon Coast, and New York City – including a performance at Carnegie Hall with Sir John Rutter. In June of 2012, Portland Boychoir will be representing Oregon at the International Boychoir Festival in Tampa, Florida.

Consciousness-expanding Hip Hop band, Luminaries, is based in Venice, California, and sees their role as more than cutting-edge musicians; they’re messengers of hope – true hope – as they work for positive change in the world. Their list of activities and accomplishments is impressive both in volume and range. They’re teachers, social workers, and activists on their home turf, and on the world stage, they are dynamic performers who leave their audiences rejuvenated from the soul down to the cellular level. In recent years they have played around the festival circuit with large-scale events such as Harmony Festival, Lightning in a Bottle, and Earthdance, sharing the stage with some of the hottest acts of our times including K’Naan, The Glitch Mob, Matisyahu, Michael Franti, Spearhead, The Teacha, KRS-ONE, and India.Arie.

Mark Bosnian is a veteran voice teacher, award-winning singer/songwriter and a member of the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Now entering his fourth decade in the music business, Bosnian is a recognized expert in the field of vocal performance. His teaching experience includes coaching rock singer Courtney Love (lead singer of the band Hole) for a concert at the Portland, Oregon Rose Garden in March of 1999 and teaching his popular How To Sing From Your Heart & Soul Seminar in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 2000. Bosnian's vocal clients have included such prominent artists as Dan Reed, Linda Hornbuckle, Stephanie Schneiderman, Meredith Brooks and the Fallen Angels Choir. Mark is the author of "Sing Free Now!" a 'how to' manual for singers.

Under the direction of Dr. David York, Ovation Show Choir is a dynamic vocal ensemble of high-school-aged performers that specializes in pop, rock, jazz, and musical theater. Ovation is affiliated with Portland Boychoir and draws talented singers from the entire metro area ranging from Oregon City to Vancouver to Forest Grove to Tigard. A current list of their upcoming performances is posted on their website: www.portlandchoirs.org.

Guest Musician

By 2004, both Laura Berman and Craig Benelli had achieved a certain amount of success individually. Berman was a NY Singer/Songwriter who received critical acclaim for her debut CD Love Will, including an honorable mention in the 2003 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. She also performed as a backup vocalist with GrammyAward winning performer, Enya, on the David Letterman Show. Benelli was a guitar player in NY who had recorded with numerous singer/songwriters and performed with the National Touring Company for the Broadway Musical, Rent. But, when this duo was commissioned in 2004 by Center for Spiritual Living in Morristown, NJ to write songs for their special programs, it began a musical partnership and a collection of songs that would affect the hearts and minds of thousands nationwide. That partnership became 4 Stories High and those songs became their first CD, Detour. Since the release of their CD, the two have toured extensively opening for top-selling authors like Marianne Williamson and Neale Donald Walsch and performing at numerous Spiritual Centers across the country including The Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City, CA.

Anton Mizerak
is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who plays tabla, harmonica, synthesizers and piano. Anton is literate in Sanskrit, with an M.A. in the History of Religions. He has an intimate understanding of Asian spiritual and musical traditions which he utilizes to create music that enriches and enlivens the listener.

Anton lives and records in Mount Shasta, California, in a house and studio that he built himself. Anton's many recordings reflect his extensive travels, his love of the natural world, and his desire to impact the world in a positive way through music.

Anton has been performing on piano and harmonica since 1968. In 1988, he began studying tabla (classical Indian drums) in Kathmandu, Nepal with Homnath Upadyaya. Much of Anton's music reflects his cross-cultural musical experimentation combining harmonica and synthesizers with traditional Asian melodic and percussive instruments.

Recently featured on ABC's Good Morning America in front of 4 million viewers, HERE II HERE’s irresistibly mesmerizing live performances have garnered them wide attention as the foremost up-and-coming “mainstream-spiritual“ music band of our time. Their infectious charisma has led to performances at the United Nations, Miami Dolphin Stadium, Agape Int’l Center (LA), and alongside world-renowned artists, spiritual leaders & best-selling authors such as the Oracle of Tibet, Neale Donald Walsch, Kenny G, Babyface, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Don Miguel Ruiz, Byron Katie, Rev. Michael Beckwith and so many more.

Rich with intoxicating radio-worthy songs promoting a peaceful planet through inner peace, HERE II HERE's signature rhythmic blend of tribal pop, illuminated rock, and soul-inspired R&B harmonies feature brilliant lyrics of peace, awareness, connection, laughter, and divine love. Now on tour throughout the USA & Canada in 2010, HERE II HERE will simply rock you out of your mind and into your heart!