Sweet beams! We hope to see you at the historic Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden for our limited series of intimate monthly concerts focused on collective breath, meditation, and unity. This is music as medicine, collective ritual, and an invocation for the worlds to come.

We’re sharing this month with our dear Bryan Baker, a flautist and sax whisperer based in Long Beach, who you’ve heard throughout the lands whether it’s at Tea at Shiloh, Jiji’s Jazz Lounge, or possibly sitting in with friends like Low Leaf. In addition to playing music, Bryan is a flute maker and land steward who often works with his partner to bring Generous Herbs to the people.

We’ve given this micro-series the name ‘The Paradise Garden of Endless Melodies’ as a play on two references. First, as a nod to the late IASOS and his Vibrational Environments series which included an album called The Paradise Bird of Endless Melodies comprised of synth and birdsong. Second, as a love letter to the history of Paradise Gardens, and their adjacent role in both Japanese and Persian culture as sites for utopic world building.

Bring a blanket and gather in the garden with us for an evening of spacious sounds and the rekindling of something very special. We’ll have tea available for you upon arrival, a selection of Bryan’s handmade flutes for you to peruse & offer the reminder that there are no animals allowed at the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden aside from our critter friends who nest, rest, and digest throughout the koi ponds and tree canopies.

We may still be setting up and tinkering with sounds at 5p, so pls feel free to lay and wander/wonder and enjoy the garden. Bryan will begin around 5:30p and share sounds for about an hour.

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