Presenter Bios

Zacciah Blackburn teaches at the Center of Light Institute of Sound Healing and Shamanic Studies in Vermont, and is director of education at the International Sound Healing Network. www.thecenteroflight.net

Don Campbell, author of the best-selling book, The Mozart Effect, is music director of Aesthetic Audio Systems and has been part of the American Music Research Center at the University of Colorado since 1998. www.mozarteffect.com

Joshua Leeds, sound researcher, educator, and music producer, is author of Through A Dog’s Ear, The Power of Sound, and Sonic Alchemy, as well as more than 30 psychoacoustically designed recordings. www.JoshuaLeeds.com  

DRUM! Magazine lists Layne Redmond as one of the 53 Heavyweight Drummers Who Made A Difference in the 90’s. She is author of When the Drummers Were Women, and is the first woman to have a signature series of world percussion instruments with Remo, Inc. www.layneredmond.com

Music therapist Christine Stevens is founder of UpBeat Drum Circles and author of The Art and Heart of Drum Circles. She has drummed with many Fortune 500 companies, survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and most recently, led the first ever drum circle training in a war-zone in northern Iraq. www.ubdrumcircles.com