Coracle

Cynthia Hughes, Celtic Harp

John Crockett, Cello and Whistles

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A coracle is a small boat, a skin stretched over the simplest of frames. For us the coracle represents the womb of all creation, that sacred emptiness, that centered stillness from which
each moment is birthed.

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Cynthia Hughes, Celtic harp and John Crockett, cello and Celtic whistles, are musicians and naturalists who bring their love of the earth and sea into their music to celebrate the interconnectedness of all life. Together they create programs of Celtic and original music inspired by the land and the sea and its creatures, especially the whales and seals. Cynthia and John weave tunes, songs, and wildlife recordings into a magical journey where the human, the natural and the mystical meet.

Into the Silence

A Service of Contemplative Music and Silence
for Christmas and the Solstice

On the first full day of winter, we invite you to join us in a service of instrumental music, chant and silence. Drawing from medieval, Celtic, Taize chant, and original music, the service will offer a quiet entrance into the winter season.

Coracle's music is inspired by the sea and the land, by the cycles of the seasons and by the deep stillness of contemplation. Into the Silence will combine that music with seasonal readings and periods of silence. We invite you to an evening of respite from the busy buildup to Christmas, and a way to reconnect with the deep Spirit of this magical time of the year, the time of deepest darkness, and the returning of the light.

Voice of the Earth

The whole Earth is singing. The birds are singing. The trees are singing. The frogs and crickets are singing. The air is singing. The whales and seals are singing. And we too are singing. All voices of the voice of the Earth.

In our busy and needy world, one of the most important things we can do is to stop and listen.

For millennia, humans have drawn inspiration from the voice of the Earth: the music of whales and seals, birds and insects, wind and forest. Using live music and nature sound recordings, we explore this amazing world of musical collaboration between humans and the many other voices of the Earth.

Through music we reconnect with the common language of the Earth and the still center of creation. We become listeners and collaborators with the Earth. We become friends and colleagues with plants and animals. We fall in love. And that makes all the difference.