Clint Goss & Vera Shanov — Biographies for Music Workshops

This page has several biographies appropriate for Native American flute and general music workshops.

Clint Goss — Brief Facilitator Bio

Clint Goss, Ph.D. is a trained music facilitator and performer on world flutes and an array of ethnic fusion world instruments. Clint and his wife, Vera, have facilitated energetic and inspirational Native Flute workshops since 2003. They bring out the musical potential in all participants, focusing on techniques that make music expression accessible to players with all levels of musical experience.

Clint Goss — Longer Facilitator Bio

Clint Goss, Ph.D. is a trained music facilitator and performer on world flutes and an array of ethnic fusion world instruments. Clint and his wife, Vera, have facilitated energetic and inspirational Native Flute workshops since 2003. They bring out the musical potential in all participants, focusing on techniques that make music expression accessible to players with all levels of musical experience.

Clint and Vera have facilitated over 60 multi-day Native Flute schools in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Central America, and New Zealand as well as general music workshops at The Omega Institute and Stony Point. Yearly music workshops currently include Flute Haven, Flute Harvest, Native Rhythms, Zion Canyon, and Musical Echoes. Clint also presents on topics such as Flutes and Human Development, Flutes: Health and Healing, Flute Playing Physiology, and the Origins of Music.

Clint has recorded and produced over 20 CDs since 2006 on his Manifest Spirit label, with a heavy emphasis on music enrichment and education. These have included SpiritGrass, the Jam Tracks series for flute players, The Darling Conversations by Grammy^®-winning artist David Darling and Julie Weber, The Listening Book and The Musical Life with William A. Mathieu, Alba with Eugene Carr, Mystic Song with Lynn Miller, From War to Peace with Ani Kalayjian, and Flute Haven Journeys with the participants of Flute Haven 2012.

Over the last decade, Clint has developed Flutopedia.com, an expansive resource for flute players, flute makers, and researchers of the Native American flute. He has also published original research in psychophysiology, respiratory physiology, and ergonomics related to music and the Native American flute.

Clint holds a certificate in music facilitation from the Music for People organization, a Ph.D. in computer science from Courant Institute, New York University, and FAA flight instructor and commercial pilot certificates.

• www.ClintGoss.com • www.Flutopedia.com • www.NativeFluteSchool.com • www.SpiritGrass.com • www.ListeningBookAudio.com • www.ManifestSpirit.com • www.NAFTracks.com •

The Flutopedia logo / image shown above is available in various versions and sizes at the Flutopedia Logo page.

Vera Shanov — Brief Facilitator Bio

In a room full of flute players, Vera provides counterpoint — percussion and rhythm to accompany melodic flute, performance art such as poetry, or the use of visulization and emotion in creating deep music. She makes everyone in the workshop feel comfortable with themselves and their music. Coming from a marketing background, she brings a perspective of “knowing your audience” and encourages flute players to expand their musical repertoire of styles so that they can serve a wider audience.

Vera is the guiding force in organizing flute workshops. She greets all registrants with a hug and a kiss and makes them feel immediately welcome. Vera provides all the information for workshops in terms of schedules and workshop descriptions. If there are any issues during a session, Vera is the “go to” person who will get the matter resolved.

Press Photos

• Press Photos — Clint Goss and Vera Shanov
  
  
• Press Photos — Music Workshops
  
  
• Press Photos — Field Recording
  
  
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Related Web Sites

www.ClintGoss.com — general home page

www.Flutopedia.com — Native Flute resource web site

www.ManifestSpirit.com — Manifest Spirit Records and Music

www.SpiritGrass.com — Clint’s Native Flute / Ethnic Fusion CD

www.NAFTracks.com — Native Flute Background CDs

www.ListeningBookAudio.com — The Listening Book and The Musical Life

www.DarlingConversations.com — The Darling Conversations

www.NativeFluteSchool.com — Native Flute Schools

www.FluteHaven.com — Specific East-Coast Native Flute schools

Details

Birth Date and Place: August 14, 1957 — New York

Genre: Ethnic Fusion

Instruments: Native American flute, Indian Bansuri, African Kalimbas, Slovakian Fujara and Konkovka, Indian Shruti box, Djembe, Udu, Swiss Hang Drum.

Styles: Ethnic Fusion, New Age, Contemporary Instrumental.

Moods: Calm/Peaceful, Ethereal, Soothing, Earthy, Organic, Reflective.