Sonic Angel Music: Artist Bios

Candace Keach

Candace is a classical flutist and sound therapist. Formal studies were completed at the University of Georgia and at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She is principal flutist in the Macon Symphony Orchestra and has created the sound healing CD, “as Above so Below”, in which flutes, quartz crystal bowls and synthesizer weave a sonic experience of nature’s elements around scientific principles of sound therapy.

Candace trained with sound therapist, Wayne Perry in Los Angeles, and with the creator of BioSonics, Dr. John Beaulieu, in New York, learning the art of toning, vocal harmonics, voice analysis and scanning, as well as the theory and use of tuning forks, the bija mantras, five element music and voice energetics. With sound pioneer, Jill Purce, in London, England, Candace has experienced sound as a tool for repatterning ancestral programming.

She facilitates the monthly Atlanta Toning Circle and is director of the Spiral of Sound Crystal Bowl Choir. Candace maintains a busy schedule of lectures and concerts. Venues have included The Georgia Dowsers Club, The Wellness Center in Atlanta, The Mind-Body-Spirit Expo, Absolute Wellness in Atlanta, International Sound Therapy Association, St. James Episcopal Church in Marietta, Unitarian Fellowship in Auburn, Jumping Water in Charleston, Holistic Therapies in Schenectady, Cymatherapy Conferences 2006,2007,2008, and for The Society for the Arts in Healthcare conference 2009.

Candace has just recently been awarded placement on the Georgia Council for the Arts Touring Artist Roster and also the Southern Artistry registery for her work as a performing artist and as the creator/director of Spiral of Sound workshops and concerts. Candace teaches a 2-day workshop for healing arts practitioners and health professionals in which they gain the skills and understanding necessary to incorporate sound therapy techniques into their own practice.

Candace is also an Associate Polarity Practitioner and Karuna/Usui Reiki Master.  And she is certified in the art and science of practical Aromatherapy from the Zollinger “Body Systems Method”.  Her line of therapeutic oil blends, Sonic Angel Escentuals, was created to complement her therapeutic sound work, Sonic Angel Music.  CandaceResume.pdf

Gordon Porth - Synthesizer, Piano & Organ

Gordon is a collaborative pianist in Rochester, NY where he is Director of Music at First Universalist Church, accompanist for choirs in Pittsford schools, the Draper School of Dance, the Eastman Community School, Company B Vocal Jazz Trio, vocalist Jessie Barth and Concentus Women’s Choir.

A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, his formal studies were at the University of British Columbia, Pacific Lutheran University and the Phil Mattson School of Music in Washington in classical piano, organ performance and Jazz.

Before moving to Rochester, Gordon lived in Atlanta for 11 years where he was Organist & Choirmaster at St. James Episcopal Church, accompanist for the Atlanta Boy Choir and piano teacher at The Lovett School.

Gordon has recently been pianist and bandleader on cruises to New Zealand/Australia, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Alaska and the Panama Canal.