Jennifer Berezan is a visionary artist, activist and producer. Her work expands artistic boundaries, blurring the distinctions between musical styles, politics, and spirituality. She is a maestra of collaboration and makes music that changes how we experience ourselves and the world.
Jennifer Berezan is a unique blend of singer/songwriter, producer, and activist. Over the course of ten albums, her music has been shaped by her lifelong involvement in environmental, women’s, and justice movements as well as Buddhist practice.
Though her songs often confront universal issues, her perspective is informed by a refreshing and honest intimacy. Raised in the prairies of Alberta, Canada, the healing power of nature is also at the heart of her work.
Her approach to music as a transformative experience creates a strong rapport with audiences from small venues to large events throughout the world. She is a leading voice in the field of music and healing and an acclaimed producer of large scale multi-cultural ecstatic musical events. She teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco in the department of Philosophy and Religion. Her on-going class (since 1997) is entitled “The Healing Ecstasy of Sound” and explores music as a spiritual practice from a wide range of traditional and contemporary perspectives.
Perhaps nothing more fully expresses the spirit of Jennifer’s lifework than the recent performances of “Song For All Beings." A large-scale multimedia cirque de spirit, these events featured over 100 artists and included Bruce Cockburn, Joanna Macy, Ferron, Jack Kornfield, Anam Thubten Rinpoche, Sarah Dugas, Raz Kennedy, and many others. Song For All Beings Live! was released as a DVD/video recording of the 2017 show.