[NEohioPAL]Sacred Music, New Release

[Betsy Zajko]

This CD release announcement is being sent by actress, Betsy Zajko, who now
lives and works in Chicago after having spent 12 years in Cleveland.  Betsy
is also a vocalist with Breathing Room, and offered two a cappella pieces at
the first Cleveland Theater Collective Benefit for the Danny Morris Equity
contract.  Many of those in attendance asked to be notified when the
Breathing Room CD was ready. Now's the time....


For anyone interested in chanting, the new Breathing Room CD, Namo Namah is
astounding. You've never heard any chanting CD like this.

"Breathing Room" is a Sanskrit chanting group featuring classically trained
instrumentalists--classical guitar, tabla, hammered dulcimer, and double
bass.  'Namo Namah' comprises original arrangements of traditional chants
that move from lilting melodic to harmonic depth.   All of the music was
recorded in a concert hall by Jeremy Dobbins (also a member of the Cleveland
community of artists).  There is no multi-tracking or overdubbing. What you
hear is a pure, organic sound, as with live  experience.

Listener comments:
"Gayatri Mantra (track 5) has an ancient feel which begs intimacy with the
eternal."

"Mahamrtyunjaya (track 7) is a soul-piercing a cappella."

Order info:
$15 one CD
$25 two CD's
$35 three CD's
+ $3 shipping for up to six CD's standard USPS.

Send order inquiries to breathingroom at zajko.com . Please include shipping
address and preferred payment method (personal checks and credit cards
accepted).  Additional shipping will apply to special requests for overnight
orders.

Track samples can soon be heard at www.cdbaby.com/breathingroom
Words and Translations can be found at www.zajko.com

Breathing Room are:

Betsy Zajko (vocals) Betsy comes from a family of vocalists.  Her love for
chanting began in 1985 when she began her practice with the Siddha Yoga
Foundation.  Outside of music, Betsy has a large body of work both as a
performer and producer in stage, film and radio.  She hosted and co-produced
"A Change of Season" for National Public Radio.  Most recently she appeared
in "The Script Doctor" on Showtime Television, and in the film "Mothman
Prophecies." Noted stage roles include Lady Macbeth, and Lisa Morrison in
"Collected Stories" which earned the Northern Ohio Live nomination for 'Best
Theatrical Achievement 2000.'

Tina Bergmann (vocals, hammered dulcimer, guitar) began playing hammered
dulcimer at eight years old and first recorded at twelve.  She has performed
with the Cleveland Orchestra, Apollo's Fire and numerous festivals.  Tina is
a teacher and virtuoso performer/recording artist known for her spirit,
syncopated rhythms, and finesse.  Pete Seeger described her as "the best
hammered dulcimer player I've heard in my life."

Margot Milcetich (vocals, manjeera, clave) holds a Master's degree in
education and is a yoga teacher and a student of Sanskrit.  She has been
teaching meditation since 1976, hatha yoga since 1983.  She has a master's
level training in Integrative Yoga Therapy, and has edited three books on
the yogic way of life for her teacher, Brahmrishi Vishvatma Bawra Jee.

Mike Curtis (guitar) is a classical guitarist with a PhD in musical arts
from Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music.
He has spent several years studying abroad with the support of a Fulbright
scholarship and a Graduate Rotary Scholarship.   He teaches music at Malone
College and the College of Wooster.  Mike has two children: George, 10 and
Henry, 12. Mike is also a versatile Yoga teacher who has practiced yoga
since
1984.  In 1995 he opened The Yoga Place in North Canton, and he is a partner
of the
Kent Yoga Center.  He holds yoga teacher certifications from four different
schools of yoga.

Ishwar Harris (tabla) is department chair and the Synod Professor of
Religious Studies at the College of Wooster since 1981.  He is from North
India and has devoted his career to studying Eastern religions, particularly
Zen Buddhism. In the summer of 1999, he spent five weeks in Japan at the
Tofuku-ji Monastery, where he meditated with the monks and observed their
lifestyle under head abbot Fukushima Keido.

Bryan Thomas (double bass) is a talented double bass player, trained in
virtuoso solo bass, who has recorded with a number of groups including the
Glenn Miller Orchestra.  He plays various genres including traditional jazz,
Afro-Cuban and European Classical.  He teaches at several Northeast Ohio
Universities.

Alison Scola Plys - (Shiva Shiva & Om Dyauh) is a lead vocal artist. She
runs the 2Plyswing School of Dance based in San Diego, and tours the US and
Canada giving dance workshops.