Cyprian Consiglio - a Camaldolese monk-rooted in various sacred chant traditions, composer, singer, guitarist, teacher and author and John Pennington - internationally known percussionist specializing in frame drums and world music, college professor and performer.

In the unique music that Cyprian and John compose and perform together, they weave into a seamless whole texts from a vast array of sacred and secular sources. Infusing elements of sacred chant and drum traditions, their arrangements are rich with rhythmic and textural complexity. The acoustic environment that they create in their recordings and live performances transcend categories of performance and prayer, building a bridge across chasms of division, offering a message of peace and unity through beauty and contemplation. As the Persian mystic Rumi wrote centuries ago, "We have fallen into the place where everything has become music."

In addition to their many solo recordings, they have three recent collaborative collections available, produced and distributed by the Equilibrium and OCP labels. But they are best experienced in live performance. They have performed both in Europe, Asia and America, in bookstores, churches, concert halls, at schools and on university campuses, at music festivals, Yoga Centers, retreat centers, Christian and Buddhist monasteries.

They have collaborated with a number of ensembles for special events and recordings, including established ensembles such as the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Durango Chorale Society. Though sometimes augmented to provide an even richer chamber experience with the addition of other musicians as well, from trio to sextet--piano, violin, cello, harp--the two by themselves create an astonishingly rich, while meditative, experience that is both virtuosic and intimate. Both musicians are also experienced clinicians in their fields.