FREE EVENT: Come Celebrate the Grand Opening of Sedona's gorgeous new outdoor performance Pavilion!

4:00PM-7:00PM Music & Community, Food & other Entertainment!

After-Party next door at the Hub!

"Earth Speak" Music from 3:45-4:00PM, 4:10-4:30PM

‘Earth Speak’ is a musical group that includes harp guitarist-vocalist William Eaton, flutist-vocalist Claudia Tulip, and percussionist-vocalist Susannah Martin.  The trio composes and improvises new music devoted to the human and more-than-human world and our relationship to the natural environment and the miracle of Earth’s planetary biosphere.  ‘Earth Speak’ is connected to the rich oral tradition of our indigenous and contemporary ancestors and our mutual engagement in communicating with the plant, animal and elemental worlds.  

William Eaton designs and builds innovative guitars and stringed instruments and is a founder and Director of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery, in Phoenix, AZ.  A recording artist for Canyon Records, Eaton has received four GRAMMY nominations. In 2015 he received the Arizona Governor’s Arts Award in the ‘artist’ category.  William is also a founder and co-director of Old Town Center for the Arts.

  Classically trained, jazz influenced and world music inspired, Claudia Tulip performs on silver and ethnic flutes, and panpipes.  One reviewer commented, “Claudia’s sound is a beautiful blend of imagination, deft technique and soulful expression.”  Claudia has enjoyed a successful solo career and has also been a member of the William Eaton Ensemble since 1988.   With an ability to sing in several different languages and to improvise fluidly, vocalist Susannah Martin brings worlds of experience in vocal styles. She wails on R&B or Rock tunes, delivers a touch of sultry jazz, vocalizes soothing ragas melodies, and can sing fluently in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Susannah also adds a groovy beat on cajón and hand percussion.