A modern renaissance woman and a native of

Northern California 

LAVENDER GRACE CINNAMON

Advocate of

Sustainable Community Arts

BIOGRAPHY

I was born at home into the loving arms of my family on the Northern Coast of Californiain in Santa Cruz. Surrounded by abundant creativity and guided by the cultural arts of music, poetry and dance from birth, I tell stories.

Within these arts forms I undergo exploration of a deeper understanding into life and how it can be expressed. I am filled with these amazing experiences, to be danced, to be sung, to be shared. This is how I tell my stories.

I have studied Theater in Scotland and worked in NYC as a professional sound engineer, and musician, traveled extensively in the US, South America, and Europe.

Mendocino is my home town and where I have formed Lavender Grace Productions, a company dedicated to sustainable community arts; the knowldege of how essential music, dance and poetry is to a thriving community. How all people need shelter, a sense of purpose and nurishment. This work is benefitial to honoring performing artists within the community and honoring the community with art.

My most recent collaboration is with my husband Todd Cinnamon of Resonance in Design. Together we form

Studio Onethirtyone, a full service multi media production and design studio

We have just been blessed with a daughter, Izabella Rae

Examples

Resume updated 02/01/10

Producer

04/2009: TRILLIUM TRIBES 6TH ANNUAL SPRING HALFA - Greenwood Community Center, Elk, CA
03/2009: A Doumbek Workshop with Dror Sinai -Aimed to foster a deeper understanding of rhythm and connection through music

01/2009 to Present: Associate Artist with Hugh Dignon's Rock the Ground Theater Company - Fort Bragg, CA
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 Onethirtyone – Mendocino, CA

01/2010: Doctors Improving Healthcare and NBC Bay Area Commercial Spots - Audio Editor

07/2009: Mendocino Music Festival- Mendocino CA
06/2009: Spring Dance Concert - Fort Bragg, CA

January 28 - February 22, 2009: Rock the Ground production of Richard O'brian's Rocky Horror
January 22 - February 22, 2009: Rock the Ground Theater Production of Shakespeare's Hamlet

2002-2007: Yurt Records – Albion, CA

1999-2000: Trinity Digital - San Francisco, CA

1997-1998: Sonic Environment Lab - New York, NY

1998-1999: Servi Sound, Inc. - 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.

Performances

Links to Past Events

October 25th, 2009:A Conversation with Alice Walker- Live music by Lavender Grace- Raven Performing Arts Theater- Healdsburg, CA 95448
October 25th, 2009:Bountiful - Visionary Conference by Cosmic Cowgirls Ink, LLC-Lavender Grace/Rhythm Church Cosmic Cowgirls Studio- Healdsburg, CA
September 12th, 2009- Albion Fire Fest-Lavender Grace Band -Benefit for Little River/Albion F. D. Little River Airport, Little River, CA 95456
August 30, 2009:7TH ANNUAL CASPAR FEST -Lavender Grace Band-Caspar Community Center, CA
August 22, 2009: Day at the Westport Headlands- Lavender Grace Band - Benefit for the Westport Fire Department- Westport, CA
May 23nd, 2009:Lavender Grace Band -Music at Frankie's Pizza and Ice Cream Parlor 44951 Ukiah St., Mendocino.
May 22nd, 2009: Lavender Grace Band - V'CANTO 124 E. Laurel Street, Fort Bragg CA 95437
April 25th, 2009: TRILLIUM TRIBES 6TH ANNUAL SPRING HALFA - Lavender Grace Band- Greenwood Community Center, Elk, CA
March 21, 2009: Equinox Ball- Benefit for Caspar Community Center Playground -Lavender Grace Band - Caspar Road, Caspar, California
March 21, 2009: ANNUAL WHALE FESTIVAL -Lavender Grace Band-The Arts Council of Mendocino County and The Chamber of Commerce -TOWN HALL Fort Bragg, CA
March 14th, 2009: Lavender Grace Band - Neo Coastal Soul- V'CANTO 124 E. Laurel Street, Fort Bragg CA 95437
February 28, 2009: Lavender Grace Band - Neo Coastal Soul - V'CANTO 124 E. Laurel Street, Fort Bragg CA 95437

12/2008: New Year's Eve - Jazz at MacCallum House Inn and Restaurant - Mendocino CA
12/2008: Goddess Crafts Faire - Community Center, Sebastopol, CA
10/2008: A Day on the Westport Headlands - Westport, CA
04/2008: Jackson State Forest Celebration Day - Caspar Community Caspar, CA
12/2008: 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

 

Trillium Tribe

October 17th, 2009: FLY FUNDRAISER for Cotton Auditorium and Mendocino Center for Circus Arts Trillium Tribe - Cotton Auditorium-Fort Bragg, CA
August 30, 2009: 7TH ANNUAL CASPAR FEST -Trillium Tribe Fusion-Caspar Community Center, CA
June 19-21nd, 2009: SPRING DANCE CONCERT - Trillium Tribe- Cotton Auditorium -Fort Bragg, CA
April 25th, 2009: TRILLIUM TRIBES 6TH ANNUAL SPRING HALFA - Greenwood Community Center, Elk, CA
March 25th, 2009: WEST COAST TOUR OF DESERT ROOTS '09- Lavender Grace and Nicole Fish of Trillium Tribe

March 7th, 2009: 18TH ANNUAL VARIETY SHOW in Anderson Valley- Trillium Tribe - Philo Grange, Philo, CA

10/2008: 4th Annual Fall Hafla - Lions Hall, Point Arena, CA
05/2008: Mendocino Film Festival - Matheson Performing Arts Center, Mendocino, CA
04/2008: Enthusiasmos - 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
2004-2008: Annual Spring Hafla - Greenwood Community Center, Elk, CA

International

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.

Education

08/2009: Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp - Mendocino CA
03/2009: A Doumbek Workshop with Dror Sinai – Point Arena, CA
02/2009: Mendocino Dance Project - Caspar, CA

08/2008: Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp - Mendocino CA

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

10/2001: Green Medicine - Open Center, New York NY

10-11/1998: Zeppelin Films - Porte Allegre, Brazil

1997: Djeneba West African Dance Center- Afro Haitian Dance –New York, NY

1996: New School -Jazz, World Music- Arnie Lawrence, Jamie Haddad - New York, NY

1995-2002: Shivanada Yoga- Lucie Mitchell- New York, NY

1994: Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama - Glasgow, Scotland

1992-1994: Humanities, Theater, Choir - Santa Rosa Junior College - Santa Rosa, CA

1991: Jazz - Humanities - Cabrillo Junior College - Abtos, CA

1990: 6 month Cultural Tour - Western Europe and UK

 

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