A modern renaissance woman and a native of Northern California 

LAVENDER GRACE KENT

BIOGRAPHY

2008

Sound Engineer- Producer-Writer-Performer

Advocate of

Sustainable Community Arts

Focus

 

Immersed in the theater, music, dance and abundant creativity from birth, the arts remain Lavender Grace Kent's guiding light and abundant focus.

L.G.K. has studied and worked in NYC as a professional sound engineer, and musician. She has traveled extensively in the US, South America, and Europe, where she continues to study and perform. For over 3 decades she has been moving audiences with the sincerity of her voice and scope of her talents.

She has recently returned to the Mendocino coast where she has formed Lavender Grace Productions to forge a sustainable community arts enterprise.

Her most recent collaboration is with Resonance in Design to form STUDIO onethirtyone in Fort Bragg, CA.  

STUDIO

 

Examples

 

While living in New York, L.G.K produced her first CD Shades of Lavender and was fortunate to play in numerous collaborations with Manhattans finest young Jazz musicians.  L.G.K. has just written produced and starred in her most compelling project to date, Enthusiasmos.  With amazing encouragement and profound community response, Enthusiasmos opened to jubilant audiences in Mendocino at the Matheson Performing Arts Center in April of 2008.  A sneak preview is available on You Tube. Live performance dvds and cds in production currently.

MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS

 

 

Producer

04/2008: Enthusiasmos- Mendocino, CA
11/2007: Sneak Peek- Enthusiasmos – Mendocino, CA
04/2007: 4th Annual Spring Hafla - Elk, CA.
04/2007: Miriam Peretz Workshop (miriamdance.com) - Elk, CA.
2004-2006: Jazz and Cocktails for Second Saturdays - Mendocino, CA.
2000: Shades of Lavender - NY, NY

 

Instructor

2006-present : California Poets in the Schools - Fort Bragg/ Mendocino, CA
08/2007-present: Rhythm Church of Albion - Albion, CA.
08/2007-present: Introduction to Frame Drum - Albion, CA.
05/2006-06/2007: Introduction to the Frame Drum - Mendocino, CA.

 

Sound Engineer

2008- present: Studio 131 – Fort Bragg, CA
2002-2007: Yurt Records – Albion, CA
1999-2000: Trinity Digital - San Francisco, CA.
1998-1999: Servi Sound, Inc. - New York, NY.
1997-1998: Sonic Environment Lab - New York, NY.

 

Carpenter

2002-2005: Rivendell, Homestead Project - Albion, CA
1999-2000: Pseudo Programs, Inc. (www.pseudo.com) - New York, NY.
1977-2000: Kent Construction - Marshall, CA.

 

Local Performances

04/2008: Jackson State Forest Celebration Day – Caspar Community Caspar, CA
12/2007: Goddess Crafts Faire – Community Center, Sebastopol, CA
1995-2007: Jazz Solo and Trio - Private Weddings - Various
09/2007: Northern California Women's Herbal Symposium - Laytonville, CA
08/2007: Great Day in Elk - Greenwood Community Center, Elk, CA
08/2007: with Alice Walker - Wisdom House Gallery, Mendocino CA
06/2007: with Teja Gerken & Pat Francis - Bazaar Cafe, San Francisco, CA
04/2007: Oddfellows Cabaret - Oddfellows Lodge, Point Arena, CA
12/2006: Goddess Crafts Faire - Community Center, Sebastopol, CA
10/2000: Lavender Grace at the Living Room- New York, NY
1996-1997: Wednesday Night Jazz - Avenue B Social Club, New York, NY

 

International Performances

08/1999: Solo tour - England and Ireland.
10/1998: Jazz Showcase - Eyvonne Pachenco's, Porte Alegre, Brazil.
10/1998: Channel 3 Community Arts Television, Porte Alegre, Brazil.
10/1998: Noite con Trilia De Famiga - Dente, Porte Alegre, Brazil.
11/1994: Chorus - Seven Lears - Royal Scottish Academy, Glasgow Scotland.
08/1991: Jazz Showcase - Pierres Cafe, Paris, France.

 

Trillium Tribe Performances

05/2008: Mendocino Film Festival – Matheson Performing Arts Center, Mendocino, CA
09/2007: 3rd Annual Fall Hafla - Lions Hall, Point Arena, CA.
08/2007: Great Day in Elk - Greenwood Community Center, Elk, CA.
06/2007: Big Fun Faire - Friendship Park, Mendocino, CA.
05/2007: Fort Bragg Middle School - Fort Bragg, CA.
2004-2007: Annual Spring Hafla - Greenwood Community Center, Elk, CA.

 

Education

08/2007: Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp - Mendocino CA.
08/2007: Egyptian Belly Dance - Robyn Dmeshe - Mendocino, CA.
04/2007: Rhythms, Cymbal, Saiidi Workshop - Miriam Peretz - Elk, CA.
09/2006: Dumbek - Dror Sinai - Mendocino, CA.
06/2004: Dumbek - Armando Mafufo - Mendocino, CA.
05/2004: African Rhythms - Moez M'Rabet - Mendocino, CA.
03/2004: Dumbek And Zill Workshop - Tobias Roberson - Elk, CA.          
10-11/1998: Zeppelin Films - Porte Allegre, Brazil.    
1996: 6 month Self Guided Cultural Tour - Western Europe and UK.
1996: Jazz, World - Arnie Lawrence, Jamie Haddad - New York, NY.
1994: Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama - Glasgow, Scotland.   
1992-1994: Music- Santa Rosa Junior College - Santa Rosa, CA.
1991: Jazz - Cabrillo Junior College - Abtos, CA.
1978-1989: Mendocino Unified Schools - Mendocino, CA.

Contact

Lavender Grace Kent

email

707.964.3054

 

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