New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ John Sarantos Official Website) North American Flutist,
Tony Francis and Pre-eminent Native American Flute Instructor, John Sarantos to perform live in concert, Wednesday, April 25th at 7:00 pm, at REM, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine; Tickets are $10 at the door. Fans of Native American Flute and World Flute music will enjoy
Tony Francis on Native American flutes. John Sarantos will showcase various Native American and World Flutes as he paints sound pictures with original contemporary Native American flute songs - successfully capturing the soothing, mystical and healing qualities which are the heart and soul of Native American flute music.
ABOUT TONY FRANCIS:
Tony Francis is a flute musician who enjoys bringing the character out of the Native American flutes used during his performances. As a Native American Flute manufacturer at 2 Bears Flutes, he understands how to make each Native Flute sing differently due to the differing woods used in the manufacturing process. Tony has been performing on the Native American Flute; specifically, the Woodland style flutes, since the late 1990's. He recently relocated to Waterville,
Maine from Oregon State. View
Tony Francis online at: https://2bearsflutes.com/
ABOUT JOHN SARANTOS: One of the World's pre-eminent Native American flute instructors, John Sarantos has facilitated weekend and week-long contemporary Native American flute workshops from coast-to-coast for over 17 years. His introductory, intermediate, advanced and master classes have been available from New York City's prestigious Open Center, national cultural gatherings, intimate flute circles and one-on-one private lessons. For 13 years, he has facilitated with Ken Light and R.
Carlos Nakai at the Renaissance of the Native American Flute workshop in Montana. In 2006 & 2008 he was a main presenter and performer at the International Native American Flute Association convention. John has performed live in venues large and small; including New York City's Carnegie Hall. A respected educator, John has been accredited and licensed as a K-12 teacher in IL, KY, MI, MN, NY, OR, and WI and has sought to maximize each student's emotional, physical and intellectual growth. Recognized as a Native flute music historian, John has written six songbooks for the native flute. As a founding member of the New York based flute duo, NightDancers, with Gera Clark; their 2007 debut release, MONTANA CROSSINGS, was nominated for a 2008 Indian Summer
Music Award in the Best Native
Spirit Recording category. John also has an extensive background in the business of entertainment. He has acted in over 35 commercials, 5 feature films and created, produced and starred in 26 episodes of Mr. Moon's Magic Circus for CBS-TV. He has written, directed and starred in T-Bone's World of Clowning and received the Award of
Excellence from the Hollywood Film Advisory Board for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming. View John Sarantos online at: https://www.facebook.com/JohnSarantos
ABOUT REM: REM (Revitalize the
Energy in ME, where ME stands for both "Maine" and "me") is a
grassroots nonprofit organization that supports a network of citizen volunteers working to improve the quality of life in Central Maine. In REM, work is cooperative, diversity is honored, self-reliance is promoted, and civic life is renewed. REM was born out of people's desire to connect and to create a future that reflects their desires, needs, and creativity. REM leaders work to search for new ways to provide opportunities for the diversity of the community to work together. Contact REM at: REM, 93 Main Street, Suite 3, Waterville, ME 04901, Phone: (207) 873-4444, Fax: (207) 873-5004, E-mail:
[email protected]
For More Information Contact:
John Sarantos
PO Box 2824
Midland, MI 48641
Phone: 541-554-3216
E-mail:
[email protected]
URL: www.facebook.com/JohnSarantos
Tony Francis
Phone: 503-781-6283
E-mail:
[email protected]
93 Main Street, Suite 3
Waterville, ME 04901
Phone: 207-873-4444
Fax: 207-873-5004
E-mail:
[email protected] 
