About JessicaJessica Ryder is a musician, singer and teacher whose work invites passionate exploration of what it is to be human. Under her original name, ‘Beverly Morgan,’ Jessica sang leading opera roles at La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, Seattle Opera and Lincoln Center, etc., working with Leonard Bernstein and many others, until 1993. Delving deeply into the nature of sound, voice and expression, she has since gradually evolved new ways of making and sharing music. She began teaching workshops while living on Maui in 1994. Later, living in Northern California and practicing Massage, she began to develop her own style of improvisation and to write songs. In Berlin from 1998 to 2001, she formed the ‘Jessica Ryder Band’ and performed regularly at Berlin jazz venues. Now based again in the US, she has made a CD of vocal improvisations called ‘A Voice in the Night: Meditations in Music.’ Lately she sings from the piano and seeks out situations that lend themselves to ease and intimacy. Jessica holds BM and MM degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, teaches at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and makes her home in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Invocation for July 17, 2007
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Note from Jessica: This invocation is intense and stimulating. I suggest you get comfortably vertical, and just breathe the sounds in. Let the vibrations go wherever they want to go and do whatever they want to do. If feelings get stirred up, just let them move. I encourage you to let your own voice respond. Your sounds don't need to sound like mine. Just trust your body, letting go into whatever feels right to you, and remembering that the point here is not 'self-expression,' but to be available as a conduit for healing and creative vibration. Have fun!
