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Check out my new album Banquet of Love, my first book The Sacred Art of Chant, buy albums or sheet music, find out where I’ll be appearing next, learn a chant, read my blog, or support my work. Thanks for stopping by!
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New Album!
Banquet of Love: Vol. I of The Big Chants Project!
featuring:
Ike Sturm – bandleader, bass
Chris Dingman – vibraphone
Laila Biali – piano
Mike Webster – sax
Melissa Stylianou – vocal soloist
Chanda Rule – vocal soloist
Steve Rosser – vocal soloist
Zaneta Sykes – percussion
Ana Hernández – vocals, shruti box, guitar
Mark Dann – bass
The Choirs of Church of the Heavenly Rest, Mollie Nichols, director, Prince Nyatanga, asst. director.Learn more
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The Sacred Art of Chant invites you to use your voice to live a deeply fun and spiritual life — no matter your religious background or vocal ability.
Honor the voice God gave you and learn to:
- Cultivate clarity focus, and compassion
- Improve your listening skills
- Raise your energy level
- Feel more comfortable in your own skin
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Sending You Light
by Ana Hernandez and Fran McKendree
This wide-ranging collaboration is deep and fun, offering beautiful arrangements of folk, chant, blues, country, and simple songs by Ana Hernandez, Antje Duvekot, Charles Murphy, Eliza Gilkyson, Jimmy Messer and Trevor Hall, John Bell, Melanie DeMore, Naomi Littlebear Morena, and Rumi.
It features Billy Cardine on dobro and chaturangui, Duncan Wickel on violin, Ike Sturm on bass, Mark Dann on bass and guitar, Paul Friesen-Carper on cello, and River Guerguerian on percussion.
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Where Ana Will Be Appearing Next
Episcopal Divinity School Honors Ruby Sales
May 29, 2026
Open to the Public!
Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) will honor the life, theology, and enduring activism of Ruby Sales. Join us for a “Passing of the Torch” Ceremony & Commissioning Honoring Civil Rights Freedom Fighter Ruby Sales ’98
Sales survived an act of terror in August 1965, when she, then a 17-year-old Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteer, was shielded from a shotgun blast by Jonathan Daniels, an EDS seminarian. Daniels died instantly, saving Sales’ life.Sales went on to be a “long-distance runner for justice.” She studied at EDS and shaped a public theology rooted in the resilience and intimacy of Black folk tradition that provides a balm of hope in an age of isolation and hopelessness. Sales’ theologies will be central to this event; those in attendance will be commissioned to bring these theologies into their work for justice in their own contexts in a unique “passing of the torch” ceremony.
The Passing of the Torch
Sales’ manifesto “A Balm in Gilead” will serve as the spiritual framework for the commissioning which will call for a revolution of values in an increasingly dehumanized technological age. Sales has long warned of the intergenerational divide between the Freedom Fighters of her time and justice-advocates on the frontlines today, noting,“We are incomplete without knowing each other. [Elders] are charged with a responsibility to bequeath to the nation the resilient spirit our ancestors intentionally gave to us.”
The ceremony will feature a formal ritual of commissioning, where Sales will be joined by fellow Freedom Fighters and emerging leaders working for justice across the country.EDS invites all faithful justice leaders to join in this commissioning by attending the event in person or by watching the livestream on EDS’ YouTube channel.
When: Friday, May 29, 2026 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm Eastern
Who: Ruby Sales, other Civil Rights Freedom Fighters, and the alum community of EDS will be present.
Where: St. John’s Chapel on Lesley University’s South Campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts (enter from Brattle Street)
Livestream: Available on the EDS YouTube Channel.
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