As singer, actress, director and ensemble leader, Karen Kohler crossbreeds a range of theatrical and musical styles from jazz and Delta blues to classical, rock-folk and cabaret. She is most passionate about the “story songs" by poet-philosophers such as Bertolt Brecht, Jacques Brel, Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits whose compositions tap into universals beyond country and culture. Born in Germany and raised in the U.S., she is based in New York where she lectures at the university level on the roots of small stage performance art and guides artists in attuning to their creative calling. Karen recently self-published her first novella, The Corpses, and collection of poetry, Petrichor. "I feel drawn to places where the veil is thin,” she says. “Tucson is a gorgeous place and the perfect setting for our deep collective inquiry into the nature of consciousness through the many avenues of human endeavoring.” Karen graduated from the University of Arizona with a BA in International Relations and a minor in Music.
THE SAPIENS Music Collaborative
The Sapiens are: Anthony Aldinger, Eli Beren, Mitzi Cowell,
Uma deSilva, Lee Fike, Syndenn Sweet & Nadia Fike.
They are the music collaborative of EachBrainMatters -
The Center for Neurosciences Foundation (CNSF). The group includes Tucson musicians from a variety of musical backgrounds coming together to make songs about brain, mind, consciousness and being human.
JAMES TAGG
JAMES TAGG is an inventor and serial entrepreneur. He trained in physics and computer science at Manchester University and Engineering at Cambridge University. He is most famous for inventing the projected capacitive touchscreen which is now found in all smartphones. In 2015 he published the book "Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?" which explores the difference between the human brain and computers. In 2017, he founded The Penrose Institute which studies the interface between quantum mechanics and general relativity and its implications for human consciousness.
Music:
James Tagg is a Tenor, Bass player and Pianist. He studied singing and double bass at University and has recently taken up the piano. He sings in the Roger Anderson Chorale in Encinitas and as soloist, singing show tunes, jazz, opera and classical oratorio.
Special Appearance
by Timmer
Sky Nelson-Isaacs
Sky Nelson-Isaacs has a masters degree in physics from San Francisco State University and is author of Living in Flow: The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices ShapeYour World.
He has had careers in research,education, music and software.
He will release his 11th album of original music in 2020, and created the Living in Flow Course in 2019 to provide tools and practices for experiencing more flow at work and home.
