DCMS x DITR
Saturday, October 9, 2021
DC Music Summit Presents: “Healing Musicians, Heal the World” 

DC Music Summit at Down in The Reeds will explore and express how important healing musicians is a part of healing the world. Our program includes:

Welcome the Day with DC Music Summit
The DC Music Summit is a D.C. based nonprofit that supports musicians and the creative industry by fostering a positive and inclusive environment for community engagement and networking, skills and professional development, and  inspiration. Visit our information table and sign up to support as a volunteer, become a member, or contribute to our non-profit goals via GoFundMe!

Guided Meditation: Cecily Music with accompaniment by DJ Nate Geezie 
Set the tone for this wonderful day of community and learning with this meditation guided by beloved DMV-based soul musician, Cecily. Using embodiment and affirmations, this meditation assists in cultivating joy, peace, diligence, curiosity, awareness, gratitude and love. 

Presentation and Q&A: Arts in Wellness / Music in Health with Tamara Wellons 
Learn about the field of arts in health, gain an understanding of the commonalities and differences between music therapy and therapeutic music in the healthcare environment. Attendees will learn about current, local arts in health programs, find out information about artist in residence training, and hear first-hand experiences of how music has been used as a healing tool in hospitals for cancer support and palliative care.

Presentation and Q&A: The Musician's Guide to Creative Wellness with Sarah Benrazek
Are you interested in deepening your relationship with authentic creative expression? Do you enjoy connecting with other artists, musicians, and visionaries? Explore what creative well-being looks like in our daily lives in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation includes interactive icebreakers, a discussion of the definition of creative wellbeing, reflections on daily practices that foster creative flow, and a hands-on activity of creating a personal “creative expression mission statement.” Attendees will have an opportunity to network with other musicians, artists, and visionaries and discuss practical activities and practices for fostering creative wellness in daily life. Attendees will leave the session with a creative wellness toolkit and new ideas and strategies to nurture artistic expression. 

Panel Discussion:“Healing Musicians, Heal the World” 
This hour-long moderated panel includes musicians and artists discussing what healing means to them, and how their healing relates to the healing of others who may consume their art. For example, how do they maintain balance with life, work, and creativity? How might the perception/reality that artists are a bold voice for the unspoken affect our own wellness and healing? How do they work on healing themselves in order to create and share their art? What intentions do they set to heal themselves? How are they coping in the COVID-19 pandemic? 

Musical Performance: DJ Nate Geezie
DJ Nate Geezie believes in the power music has to change, guide, and direct. Using music of all genres—Gospel, Soul, Hip-Hop, House, Latin, and Afrobeat sounds. His Sunday Morning Inspirations provide a soundtrack to encourage, uplift, and support listeners and viewers. As the pandemic forced many DJ’s into online spaces, he made a conscious decision that based on what was happening in our country and our world, to move into the online space, and continue to provide content to feed the souls of people in the community and in his own circle.

Musical Performance: QUA
Born in Georgetown of the Nation’s Capital, & Raised in the Rurals of the Carolinas, QUA's first interests in the Arts began organically & unknowingly. She's a self taught curator of Sound Therapy & Vibrational Healing. Primarily a writer, she includes vocalizing, instrumentation, and dance as her medium. She creates music intended to bring lightness to the body, designed to grant calmness and understanding throughout this World’s trying times of insanities. QUA’s performed frequently in the DMV area and hosted a well-loved Open Mic at the only Raw vegan restaurant in the city. She’s more recently performed at the Kennedy Center as a recognition to “Stories with Sari’s” documentary release. “I refuse to choose stagnancy in this reality of Abundance. This journey has come from many places and will continue to plant seeds of reparation.”

Healing Closeout Jam
With music accompaniment by DJ Nate Geezie, dancers, vocal performers, poets, speakers, and instrumentals, the audience will be able to share and contribute with improvised creative expression for a moment of healing, rejuvenation, and fun! 

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