Music Program

During this time of Covid, we are grateful for the talented and dedicated musicians in our community who continue to provide live music for our services each Sunday.
Irene Jalenti is Italian-born, Baltimore-based jazz vocalist who has proven to be a dynamic, soulful, and passionate performer and composer. Irene delves deeply into the meaning of each song and brings drama and conviction to her performances with her naturally deep tone and an impressively wide range. Adept at scat singing and able to sing in five different languages, Irene offers a wide range of music selections.

“It’s rare to find an Italian jazz singer, like the outstanding Irene Jalenti, who is able to convey with such strength and intensity.“ —Angelo Leonardi, All About Jazz

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Irene Jalenti

jazz vocalist, piano, guitar

Jazz vocalist Sara Jones has been delighting audiences nationwide since she began singing professionally in 2001. Praised by critics for her trademark “lush vocals,” and her “velvet embrace” of the music, Sara beguiles and charms her listeners at every performance. She earned a Bachelors of Arts in Music from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a Masters of Music in Piano Accompanying from the University of Cincinnati College’s Conservatory of Music. “I always tell people that if they attend my shows, I swear that they’ll have a good time!” On evidence of the performances recorded on Daydream A Little, that is a sure bet.

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Sara Jones

vocalist and pianist

Born in 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland, David Kane has been a fixture on the US music scene since 1975 both as a pianist and composer. He is equally comfortable in Jazz and Classical settings. He has performed with notable Jazz Artists such as Woody Shaw, Steve Kujala, Dave Liebman and Dizzy Gillespie. He has also performed extensively with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony and the Twentieth Century Consort. He is active as a composer of both Classical Music and Film Music with hundreds of Film and TV scores to his name. Since 2006 he has been writing for Cadence Magazine. He currently lives in the DC area with his wife Cynthia and their two daughters, Celeste and Ariel.

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Dave Kane

piano

David Lonkevich is a solo, chamber and orchestral flutist currently living in Washington, DC. He holds a B.M., Manhattan School of Music. Studied with Julius Baker, Jeanne Baxtresser, Michael Parloff, and Ransom Wilson. He is active as a clinician and teacher and is on the faculty of the George Washington University and the Washington Conservatory of Music. Performed with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; principal flute, National Theater Orchestra, Wolf Trap Opera. Performs regularly with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. Recitals at Austrian Embassy, French Embassy as part of the “Embassy Series,” and Anderson House Museum.
David Lonkevich

flute

“A great voice singing great songs.” That is the simplest way to introduce you to LEA’s music. While she often draws comparisons to other female phenoms like Tracy Chapman, Joni Mitchell and Ani DiFranco, LEA’s sound seamlessly blends gospel, jazz, country and R&B into her own style – SoulFolk.

In the last decade, Lea Morris has discovered that the teachings of Ernest Holmes resonates quite closely with her philosophy. The foundation of her understandings about life revolve around the Unity of all things and the creative nature of humanity. It is a pleasure every time she is able to serve by singing with like-minded New Thought groups. It has also been an honor to share music in Unitarian, Unity, Ethical Culture, for Presbyterian congregations and Jewish temples. We all are One. The religion (or not) that we choose to follow is not important. “All We Need Is Love.”

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Lea Morris

folk singer and guitar

Alan Naylor is a classically trained singer living and working on the east coast. Equally at home in Opera, Musical Theater, and American Songbook, he is an inspirational performer as a pianist and singer.

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Alan Naylor

pianist, vocalist

Caroline Park is a passionate violinist, pianist, vocalist, and song writer. Caroline is an attorney with a broad range of skills and knowledge in the field of environmental law. Pianist, vocalist, and violinist, she is nterested in exploring inter-disciplinary approaches to environmental stewardship, including the use of music and arts programs.

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Caroline Park

violin, singer, song writer

Nancy Snider is more than just director of the music program in American University’s Department of Performing Arts; she’s more than just a teacher once honored as AU’s outstanding adjunct; and she’s more than just a talented cello player. Music Program Director Nancy Jo Snider, ‘cellist, educator, and administrator, is a full-time senior professorial lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts. A multi-faceted career is “de rigueur” for artists. Playing my ‘cello in everything from period instrument performances of French Baroque music at the Opera Royal in the Palace of Versailles, to avant-garde solo playing with a Czech theatre company in South Africa, is all part of a day’s work.

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Nancy Snider

cello

“This man is the real deal – step aside Ry Cooder and all fore-fathers here is the greatest finger-stylist/singer ever lived.” – Matthew C (fan)

Pat Wictor is a singer, guitarist, composer and teacher. 
Pat took a convoluted path to folk music, winding his way through rock, heavy metal, jazz, and free improvisation. He started with guitar, shifted to bass, moved to saxophone, finally teaching himself lap slide guitar. He is a music educator of note, teaching workshops on writing and interpreting songs, slide guitar and other guitar techniques, vocal and instrumental improvisation, body percussion, and various topics of music history.

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Pat Wictor

folk singer

Wayne Wilentz is a pianist, keyboardist, vocalist, composer and arranger, who lives and performs in the DC area. He is a highly regarded jazz musician who specializes in Brazilian music, but is also known for his versatility, vast repertoire and professionalism.

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Wayne Wilentz

vocalist, piano