WINATRIP 2012 LaFrae Sci introduction video

Drummer/Composer/Creative Arts Activist LaFrae Sci(http://lafraesci.com/) believes music can heal the world and is trying to do her part one day at a time.

LaFrae is a full time musician who is committed to keeping the language and history of the Negro Spirituals, Blues and Jazz alive! In doing so LaFrae has had the pleasure of presenting clinics and workshops at special events, Elementary schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Universities and summer music programs internationally. She has also works as a educational consultant for the Rhythm Road American Music Abroad Program, The Jazz Foundation of America and Jazz at Lincoln Center. LaFrae is the founding director of the Instruments for Kids Afterschool Program in Cleveland, Ohio, a founding member of the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls NYC, and a faculty member of the Middle School Jazz Academy at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

LaFrae has toured, recorded and worked with a myriad of Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, world fusion and Hip-hop artists including The Burnt Sugar Orchestra, Keziah Jones, Kelis, Il Divo, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jr. Mack, The Eli Yamin Blues Band, Robert Lockwood Jr., Reuben Wilson, David "Fathead" Newman, Pinetop Perkins, Vernon Reid, Cyndi Lauper, Nancy Sinatra, Irene Cara and Bumblefoot. LaFrae also served as musical director for Sandra Bernhards' off Broadway run of Everything Bad & Beautiful and as a Cultural Ambassador for the U.S. Dept. of State. Currently LaFrae is applying for the Antioch College phd in Leadership and Change, and preparing to record with her band The 13th Amendment, which interprets Negro Spirituals and freedom songs through the modern languages of Jazz, Blues, and World Fusion.

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