Our lives are so rushed.  In our struggle for survival we sometimes lose sight of the simple pleasures.  I’ve offered my music for various events, only to be told, “We have too many speakers, we haven’t any time for music.”  My stock response became,  “The reason you haven’t any time for music is, you have too many speakers.” Let us make time.  Join us for music and conversation with Bay Area composer, Daniel ben Avram – his new  “Metanoia ” CD recording,  It is a Universalist meditation on our connection with the Divine, via the language of the roman liturgy, but with a universality which embraces many faith traditions. The classic form of the mass is infused. predominantly with jazz but with other elements as well, as eclectic as it is ecumenical, an inter-faith celebration of our deep capacity for compassion and forgiveness, and for metanoia – radical transformation. You will hear fruits of Daniel’s three-year labor of love, and exalt in the healing power of sacred jazz. Daniel sings for a farmworkers' voter registration rally, Pittsburg, California, 2004.  ¡Viva!