Calling all high school students! This pas t year has been hard for everyone. Bridging GAAPS (Giving All A Place to S peak) in partnership with Cambridge Art Galleries l Idea Exchange wants to give YOU a platform to share how you are feeling and doing as well as dis cover new strategies for dealing with stress.
\nJoin a new local art ist each month as they share their work and their personal experiences\, a nd lead exercises to unlock your creative potential and productively deal with stress. Submit your work to our digital publication after the worksho p and gain volunteer hours! This month we welcome singer/songwriter/musici an Joni NehRita: https://joninehrita.com
\nThis program comes with a free kit of supplies. Once you have registered\, you can pick up your kit of supplies at our Queens Square lo cation (1 North Square\, Cambridge) during our regular open hours (10:00am -6:00pm) on October 13\, 14\, or 15.
\nThis program is delivered thr ough Zoom. You only need to register once per viewing device
\nInstructor: Jamaican-Canadian artist Joni NehRita writes songs about unity\, hope a nd social justice. Her jazz-tinged brand of soul is infused with rhythms & amp\; sounds from her Afro-Caribbean background. The Toronto Canada native studied jazz vocals &\; arranging at Humber College. A multi-instrumen talist\, songwriter and arranger\, she has a gift for writing infectious\, well-crafted songs that are deeply personal. NehRita&rsquo\;s a seasoned performer known for her ability to touch an audience and leave them feelin g changed. Raji Sohal from CBC 3 Montreal may have put it best\, &ldquo\;I can attest that in live performance her voice and stage presence are stel lar and come off as endearingly natural. \; Joni had me hollering and cheering like I haven&rsquo\;t at an R&\;B show in a while.&rdquo\;
\nThis year NehRita releases her 4th full length album\, &ldquo\;Love & amp\; Protest&rdquo\; which is a marked step further toward global roots/w orld music but keeps her distinctive gift for writing accessible songs tha t groove in tact. \; Love &\; Protest explores the juxtaposition be tween love being &ldquo\;the answer&rdquo\; and fire/anger being the fuel to protest\, to question\, to be the change. The new album finds NehRita s witching from keys to guitar as her main instrument and has relies heavily on percussion rhythms found in Caribbean &\; Brazilian music. Joni is also a music educator &\; facilitator who has taught workshops in impro visation\, performance &\; vocal technique at Wilfrid Laurier Universit y\, Seneca College\, Folk Alliance International\, The Uptown Waterloo Jaz z Festival as well as at countless other schools &\; community events. In February of 2020 she added TEDxED speaker to her list of professional a ccomplishments. Joni is also regularly called on to participate on panels about music\, race &\; social justice\, for adjudication at music festi vals/competitions as well as to host and/or moderate events.
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