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SUMMARY:Felicia Rose Brings Sacred Song\, World Rhythms and Electronic Trance to the Garde
DESCRIPTION:Felicia Rose Brings Sacred Song\, World Rhythms and Electronic Trance to the Garde Sunday\, Sept. 27\, for an afternoon that moves between singer-songwriter intimacy\, Sanskrit chanting\, percussion\, world music and the electronic transformation of songs originally written as spiritual music. \nPresented by Mezza Stage + Studio\, the 2 p.m. performance pairs Rose with percussionists Tam Zezulka and Kevin Gallagher II\, musicians associated with The Omies and Shakti Ma and the Rainbow Serpents. The concert is being presented as an afternoon of meditative\, devotional\, and electronic world music. \nBut this isn’t simply a concert. \nPsychic mediums and readers from Mystical Horizons will be available before and after the performance\, with short readings offered for an additional charge. Guests can also arrive early or remain afterward to meet the musicians. \nThe afternoon will include a tribute to Verline Eldrige\, a longtime spiritual teacher and medium who died earlier this year after more than 50 years of spiritual work. \nFrom Folk-Rock Songs to Sanskrit Chants\nRose describes what she creates as conscious music\, a broad category that allows her to move between musical forms without separating the music from its spiritual purpose. \nHer repertoire includes romantic ballads centered on love for the Divine as well as more rhythmic chants performed in both English and Sanskrit. \nMusically\, the originals draw from folk rock\, world beat and gospel\, while kirtan and mantra are also central to her performances and workshops. \nKirtan comes from the devotional traditions of India and commonly uses repeated chants or mantras in a communal setting. Rather than the audience remaining completely separate from the performer\, repetition can turn the room itself into part of the music. \nThat helps explain the unusual range represented in Sunday’s program. \nA singer-songwriter ballad\, Sanskrit chant and percussion-driven piece may sound like they belong in entirely different concerts. Rose approaches them as different routes toward the same meditative and emotional experience. \nThen She Put the Sacred Music on the Dance Floor\nRose’s music has recently taken another turn. \nIn 2026\, she collaborated with electronic producer DJ JackEL on Deep Elevation\, Vol. 1\, reworking spiritual songs as deep-house and melodic electronic tracks. \nThe project takes material originally associated with meditation\, yoga and sacred performance and places it inside an electronic framework suited to movement and dance. \nAmong the 2026 releases are remixes of songs including Repetition\, Through the Sound\, Rain Falls\, Longing and Let It Go. \nIt’s an interesting collision of purposes. \nElectronic dance music is built around repetition. \nSo is mantra. \nIn one setting\, repetition keeps bodies moving on a dance floor. In another\, repeating words or sounds can become a meditative practice. \nRose’s recent work deliberately puts those ideas together. \nKevin Gallagher II Builds the Rhythm From Several Traditions\nPercussionist Kevin Gallagher II brings another set of musical traditions into Sunday’s performance. \nThe Lyme musician has studied and performed West African\, Latin and kirtan rhythms\, with experience ranging from Nigerian ceremonial mask performances and West African dance classes to rock\, jazz\, jam and fusion bands. \nHe currently plays mridanga and percussion with Connecticut kirtan groups The Omies and the Rainbow Serpents. \nThe mridanga is a double-headed drum closely associated with devotional music from India\, giving Gallagher a way to connect rhythmic traditions that stretch far beyond the conventional Western drum kit. \nThat percussion becomes particularly important in music intended not merely to be heard\, but sung\, chanted or moved to. \nA Memorial Within the Music\nThe concert will also pause to remember Verline Eldrige. \nOrganizers describe Eldrige as a beloved spiritual teacher and medium who spent more than half a century doing that work before her death earlier in 2026. \nHer inclusion gives Sunday’s gathering a memorial dimension alongside its musical and spiritual elements. \nThe presence of readers from Mystical Horizons extends that atmosphere beyond the stage. Short individual readings will be available at an additional cost before and after the concert\, while the musicians themselves will also be available for a meet-and-greet. \nSo the two-hour advertised performance is only part of the experience. \nAn Intimate Project Inside a Very Big Theater\nThe afternoon is presented by Mezza Stage + Studio\, a queer-led performance project built around intimate\, small-scale arts events. \nRather than committing itself to one discipline or permanent venue\, Mezza produces spoken word\, theater\, dance\, music\, comedy\, film and other performances\, shaping individual events around the rooms in which they happen. \nSunday brings that philosophy to the Garde Arts Center\, the historic State Street performing arts venue now celebrating its centennial season. \nAnd the pairing is an unusual one. \nA theater created during the age of grand movie palaces becomes the setting for Sanskrit chants\, world percussion\, spiritual singer-songwriter music and songs newly reinvented through electronic dance music. \nSomewhere between concert\, meditation\, remembrance and gathering\, Felicia Rose’s Sunday afternoon doesn’t fit neatly into one category. \nFor Mezza Stage + Studio\, that’s pretty much the point. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Felicia Rose\, presented by Mezza Stage + Studio\nDate: Sunday\, Sept. 27\, 2026\nTime: 2–4 p.m.\nLocation: Garde Arts Center\nAddress: 325 State St.\, New London\, CT 06320\nAdmission: $27–$32 plus fees\nFeatured Artist: Felicia Rose\nPercussion: Tam Zezulka and Kevin Gallagher II\nMusic: Devotional and meditative music\, folk rock\, world beat\, gospel influences\, Sanskrit and English chants and electronic music\nAlso Featured: Meet-and-greet with the artists and psychic mediums/readers from Mystical Horizons before and after the concert\nReadings: Short readings available for an additional charge\nSpecial Tribute: The late spiritual teacher and medium Verline Eldrige\nPresented By: Mezza Stage + Studio\nBox Office: 860-444-7373 ext. 1 \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
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LOCATION:Garde Arts Center\, 325 State Street\, New London\, CT\, 06320\, United States
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