One of 6 instrumental tracks I wrote during my final year at Juilliard, this is a jazzy tune recorded at the Juilliard Studio.

Tommy Gardner, tenor sax
Ola Gjeilo, piano
Ryland Kelly, bass
Tomoya Aomori, drums
Claudia Schaer, violin
Katherine Bormann, violin
Gareth Zehngut, viola
Andrew Ford, cello

The D Minor Sessions

Music from my live concert, December 2013 - featuring songs celebrating the festivals of the winter season, including Advent, Chanukah, Bodhi Day, Feast of the Virgen, Winter Solstice, Christmas and Hogmanay - with a Scottish theme. 

Performers include:
Rasma Bertz - voice, percussion, drone
Lauren Stubbs, bassoon
Sally John, viola
Briony Penn, tin whistles
Kate McWilliams, percussion
Karen Arny, keyboards

Anon  Nova! Nova!

arranger: Georgina Craig
copyright: Cypress Choral Music
visit cypresschoral.com to view the score while you listen

I Have A Bonnet

Helios Vocal Ensemble performs Johann Walther "Joseph, lieber Joseph mein"

Johann Walther: Joseph, Lieber Joseph Mein

Lost in Transatlanticism

A miniature for violin, clarinet and piano by Nicholas Fairbank, composed in 2017.

Flourish 1

Selwyn Choir sings 'He made the stars also' an introit by Sarah MacDonald.

SEAM Introit He Made The Stars

A song of surrender... 
Learning to trust deeply in the currents of life. 
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Take me into your waters 
Take me into your wild sea,
Let the waves break me open, 
Until i'm finally free

Mother Ocean,
You stir the currents of my heart... 
To devotion in this prayer, in this dance, in this art 
Through emotions I am opened to the truth of the stars 
And through these sacred blessings,
We find who we are

I am starting to find, 
Love in the shadows and silence of night
I am starting to shine, 
Through lessons of presence, 
It's freedom i find... 

Take me into your waters 
Take me into your wild sea,
Let the waves break me open, 
Until i'm finally free

Mother, you take me into your storm again,
To tired to swim ashore,
I must let go of all I am again,
So I may be reborn.
Surrender to your ways,
Oh your waves hold me strong,
And carry me 'till I wake,
Among the colours of the dawn. 

Take me into your waters 
Take me into your wild sea,
Let the waves break me open, 
Until i'm finally free
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Musicians : Raamayan Ananda, Adam Johnson, SAFIYA & Will 
Production by Adam Johnson @ The Sonic Root
Photo by Sashvat Stevens

Jai Ma

Wild Sea

Made In Lagos

Essence (feat. Tems)

Today, I share with you a very simple and yet effective tool I use every single day (sometimes more than once). It's an audio recording of a grounding meditation. I start my day with it, and then if needed I do it again  between patients at the clinic if I see someone who's particularly ill, or someone who shared a story that really caught my heart-strings. It's a great way to fill up your inner cup if you lost your centre. Use it as a guide, take or leave what feels right, and perhaps use it as an inspiration to customize your own method of grounding.

Grounding Meditation

Eccentrically diverse, I am a classically trained singer, percussionist and musicologist, also a health practitioner and teacher, gardener and librarian. I have an esoteric blog site: http://quantumnorth.wordpress.com, and a photo gallery at http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-rasma-bertz.html

I'm not into stylistic pigeon holing - if there's a good bass line and a funky groove I can dance to, then inspiration will follow. I keep a toe in the classical world with a specialism in early baroque/renaissance and 20th century composers, and my radio show. Looking to do vocal tracks for DJs and producers - any style...if my voice fits, contact me! 

Important muses in my life include Tallis, Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Steve Reich, RVW, Beth Quist, Imogen Heap, Kate Bush, Alan Stivell, Suzie leBlanc, Julianne Baird, Daega SoundSystem, Gaudi and Underworld. 

Anon Nova! Nova!

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