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The learned listener will find the modular-made realizations by MANNA marked by creative beauty and a meritorious aural adventurousness. The sonic energy level winds its way languidly through the resonant and subtly shaded Ambient moods provided by a range of synthesizers of an open-ended voicing architecture. From tuneful fairytale engagement to the enigmatic and uncategorizable, this explorer of the electronic realm absorbs, then plays the world around us.

MANNA Live on STAR'S END 08.11.24 (live stream/complete performance)

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Sandy James teaches music technology and is in charge of labs, smart classrooms and computers at the Boyer College of Music and Dance and Temple University. Previously she worked in the commercial software industry as a developer and analyst. Sandy has a Masters in Sonic Arts from University of Rome, Tor Vergata, a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Temple University, and a Certificate in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She studied Latin Percussion at Philadelphia's Latin American Music Association, and has studied privately in Cuba and Panama. Sandy uses a combination of analog sound synthesis and computer AV synthesis for her installations, fixed media pieces and performances. She has built some of her own synthesizers and modules, and has presented pieces created in Csound, Flash, pd, POVRay, Blender and Max / MSP, and is a regular performer at local Modular on the Spot events.

Sandy James 2022 (complete performance)

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With a warm-blooded wiring this patch cord poet connects to a constellation of charged, storied machines - devices meant to set the inner workings of the mind into motion, as they cast their spell of consonance and dissonance in alternating currents and continuous voltages. Humming with energy and creativity, Danielle Nia fearlessly imagines a future full of freedom and possibility - a new age hopefully within our reach.

Danielle Nia Live at The Gatherings Concert Series (5 April 2025 - complete performance)

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This event will include the video artistry of Neil Cippon and Samara Talkin.
Generating projections of original, ever-evolving graphics onto the interior features of the St Mary's staging space, their visual output aligns with the improvised live musical expressions conjured by the musicians.

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Additional Material:

• Directions to The Gatherings Concert Series
• Questions? Please Send an Email

MANNA plus Sandy James plus Danielle Nia Youtube Live Stream Saturday 22 November 2025
In-Person Concert/Live Stream - Complete Performance

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• STAR'S END Profile: www.starsend.org/manna.html
• Mystery Circles Interview 24 January 2024
• Bandcamp: mannabothand.bandcamp.com
• Live Stream Archive of MANNA live at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia on 12 October 2024
• Live Stream Archive of MANNA live at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia on 5 April 2025

For more about Sandy James, please access the:

• Official Website: sandyjam.myportfolio.com
• Concert Announcement for Sandy James at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia on 19 October 2019

For more about Danielle Nia, please access the:

• Official Website: www.daniellenia.com
• STAR'S END Profile: www.starsend.org/daniellenia.html
• 15 Questions Interview April 2025
• Bandcamp: daniellenia.bandcamp.com
• Live Stream Archive of Danielle Nia at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia on 5 April 2025

For more about Neil Cippon, please access the:

• Official Website: www.uglybike.com

For more about Samara Talkin, please access the:

• Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/samara.talkin