Listening with Lisa Kelly, Vocalist

Lisa Kelley is a vocalist, performance artist and mother residing in Kingston, NY. Steeped in traditional theater, vocal and performance studies in her youth, Lisa’s creative process continues to revolve around investigations of identity, musical genres and styles, dream action theater, her family’s immigration memories from the Philippines, universal archetypes, Eastern philosophy and a recognition of the metaphysical and spiritual. Lisa’s performances and writing explore womanhood, grief and loss, dreams and the confluence of self in nature and the cosmos. She spent twelve years working closely with Pauline Oliveros and Ione as a staff member and artist of the Deep Listening Institute performing in numerous festivals and concerts and collaborating with fellow Deep Listening artists across the globe. Lisa is a Deep Listening certificate holder and an ordained high priestess and board member of the Ministry of Maåt. Lisa is currently the founding Executive Director of the Kingston Midtown Arts District and an arts commissioner for the City of Kingston. Lisabarnardkelley.comIn this episode Lisa Kelley tells how her experience working for almost a decade at the Deep Listening Institute influenced her vocal work and her experience leading Pauline Oliveros' "Heart Chant."